Graduate Studies


BIOL 54200 Microscopy and Cell Biology

Offering:
Spring, Credit 1.0

Prerequisites:

BIOL 23200 or 27100 and 24200 or 28100. Course Restriction:  Must be enrolled in the College of Science

Description:

In this five-week module, students will learn how to prepare specimens for viewing by fluorescence microscopy.  Specimens include mammalian tissue culture cells and zebrafish embryos.  The emphasis will be on the staining of the cytoskeleton in these preparations, utilizing antibodies and fluorescent probes.  The specimens will be viewed by wide-field and confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy.  Images will be acquired, processed and analyzed by modern computational methods.  Students will learn the basics of cell culture, immunocytochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, digital image processing and data analysis. At the end of the course, students prepare a PowerPoint presentation of their images and data.

Instructor(s):
Daniel M. Suter  Donna Fekete 

E-mail:
dsuter@purdue.edu
dfekete@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

~No textbook required~

Course Format:

BIOL 54200 - This course meets Wks 11-15 (Mar 29- May 2):

CRN

Instructional Type

Day

Time

Room(s)

12309

4- hr Laboratory

MW

1:30-5:20

LILY 2132



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