BIOLOGY 256 TECHNIQUES IN MICROSCOPY

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The microscope and microscopy (techniques) are central to the development and practice of modern biology. This course provides an historical outline of microscopy and a review of its modern techniques. 

COURSE OBJECTIVES: The microscope and its techniques are central to the development and practice of modern biology.  This course will

• outline the history of microscopy
• introduce the various types of instruments and the theory behind them
• review specimen and tissue preparation

TOPICS COVERED:

• Size and Leeuwenhoek
• History of Microscopy
• Optics
• Compound Light Microscopes
• Techniques for Light Microscopy ( Fixation, Emb., Stains and Sectioning)
• Phase Contrast Microscopy
• Interference Microscopy
• Inverted Microscopes
• Confocal Microscopes
• Stereoscopic Microscopes