Program

Molecular Diagnostics - Course Program

The first 3 weeks of the module will give you an introduction into the basics of optics. Lectures in the first week will be followed by experiments in the next two weeks.

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Location
May 7th 8.15-12.00	Introduction Lecture: The nature of light Lecture: Basic optics	C. Biskup A. Heisterkamp	Seminar room 1 Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor
May 14th 8.15-12.00	Experiments: Group 1-4: Thin lenses and mirrors (Experiment 403) Group 5-6: Diffraction (Experiment 410) Group 7-8: Diffraction (Experiment 411)	B. Hoffmann R. Strathausen A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel	Dept. of Physics Max Wien Platz, 1st floor
May 21st 8.15-12.00	Experiments: Group 1-2: Diffraction (Experiment 410) Group 3-4: Diffraction (Experiment 411) Group 5-8: Thin lenses and mirrors (Experiment 403)	A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel C. Biskup B. Hoffmann R. Strathausen	Dept. of Physics Max Wien Platz, 1st floor

Please, click on the links to download a description of the experiments.

Week 4-6 of the module will give you an introduction into the principles of optical microscopy and spectroscopy. Again, lectures in week 4 will be followed by experiments in the nect two weeks.

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Location
June 4th 8.15-12.00	Evaluation and discussion of the experiments Lecture: Optical microscopy Lecture: Principles of fluorescence spectroscopy Lecture: Fluorescence labelling and staining techniques	A. Heisterkamp C. Biskup C. Melle	Seminar room 1 Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor
June 11th 8.15-12.00	Experiments: Group 1-4: Abbe's theory (Experiment 413) + Optical microscopy (Experiment 405) Group 5-8: Absorption spectroscopy Fluorescence spectroscopy Fluorescence staining of fixed samples	A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel C. Biskup B. Hoffmann R. Strathausen C. Melle	Dept. of Physics Max Wien Platz 1st floor MTI-Lab + Biomolecular Photonics Lab Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor
June 18th 8.15-12.00	Experiments: Group 1-4: Absorption spectroscopy Fluorescence spectroscopy Fluorescence staining of fixed samples Group 5-8: Abbe's theory (Experiment 413) + Optical microscopy (Experiment 405)	C. Biskup B. Hoffmann R. Strathausen C. Melle A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel	MTI-Lab + Biomolecular Photonics Lab Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor Dept. of Physics Max Wien Platz, 1st floor

Please, click on the links to download a description of the experiments.

Week 7-9 of the module aim to introduce you to fluorescence microscopic techniques. Lectures in week 7 will be followed by experiments in the nect two weeks.

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Location
June 25th 8.15-12.00	Evaluation and discussion of the experiments Lecture: Introduction into fluorescence microscopy Lecture: Fluorescence labelling and staining techniques	A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel C. Biskup B. Hoffmann R. Strathausen C. Melle	Seminar room 1 Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor
July 2nd 8.15-12.00	Experiments: Group 1-4: Repetition of failed experiments or additional facultative experiments: Abbe's theory (Experiment 413) + Polarization of light (Experiment 425) Group 5-8: Epifluorescence microscopy Confocal microscopy	A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel C. Biskup B. Hoffmann C. Melle	Dept. of Physics Max Wien Platz 1st floor MTI-Lab + Biomolecular Photonics Lab Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor
July 9th 8.15-12.00	Experiments: Group 1-4: Epifluorescence microscopy Confocal microscopy Group 5-8: Repetition of failed experiments or additional facultative experiments: Abbe's theory (Experiment 413) + Polarization of light (Experiment 425)	C. Biskup B. Hoffmann C. Melle A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel	MTI-Lab + Biomolecular Photonics Lab Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor Dept. of Physics Max Wien Platz, 1st floor

Please, click on the links to download a description of the experiments.

The last lectures in the last week series Week 7-9 of the module aim to introduce you to fluorescence microscopic techniques. Lectures in week 7 will be followed by experiments in the nect two weeks.

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Location
July 16th 8.15-12.00	Evaluation and discussion of the experiments Lecture: Superresolution microscopy Lecture: Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) Lecture: FRET measurements Lecture: Ion concentration measurements	A. Heisterkamp J. Krawinkel C. Biskup B. Hoffmann R. Strathausen C. Melle	Seminar room 1 Nonnenplan 4, 1st floor

A pdf of the complete course program can be downloaded here.

Please, don't forget this "event":

Date	Topic	Lecturer	Location
August 8th 10.00-11.00	WRITTEN EXAM !!!	C. Biskup B. Hoffmann A. Heisterkamp	Lecture hall of the "Theoretical Institutes" (Hörsaal Eichplatz)

Course material (slides, instructions, data - and also some training questions for the written exam) can be downloaded here. Please, log in with the user id and password you got in the course.