This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy 

Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students and Research Staff in Faculty of M&HS and NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre students 

This course is part of the M&HS Faculty Training Programme.

Course Description: 

his workshop will focus on the theoretical and practical considerations of light microscopy use in the Life Sciences.  

Topics covered will include:  

• Theory of light, resolution, contrast and fluorescence. 
• Comparisons of wide field and confocal microscopy 
• The practical considerations required for robust data collection in imaging  
• Imaging techniques & their application through example images.  

Please note this workshop does not include practical hands-on experimental work and instead covers the theories underpinning light microscopy and considerations required when analysing relevant data. 

Course Accessibility

The following table shows a summary of what is needed to participate in the course. 

If you feel you will experience any difficulties participating, please let us know via the ‘special requirements’ tab, providing as much information as possible. The special requirements tab can be completed when you book your place. Alternatively, you can contact us directly at bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. 

Access seminar room on campus
Take part in group activities/ discussions
Follow presentation slides during the course
Watch and listen to the course tutor(s) and/ or other attendees
Attend the course at a specific date and time

Booking Conditions

Our webinars/ online courses are very popular, especially in the current period and we are experiencing large volumes of people on our waiting lists.  

Please do let us know if you would like to cancel your place on this course so we can offer your place to another delegate. 

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a Graduate School or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time. 

Importance of booking commitment 

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing bb-ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process. 

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked.  

If there are no course dates listed below, then all of the instances have already taken place for this current academic year.