Do it yourself! Build your own microscope

This workshop is designed to introduce the participant to the basic principles of optics and microscopy in a practical, hands-on manner. In a number of experiments, participants will sequentially build the different components of a simple compound microscope, with the aim of gaining a thorough understanding of basic concepts such as image formation, magnification, conjugate planes, image planes, aperture planes and infinity-conjugated optical systems. By adding also an epi-fluorescence module, participants will be familiarized with the basic concepts of fluorescence, including fluorophore spectral properties, chromatic filtering, and multi-channel imaging.

Finally, participants can discover the joy of imaging and use their freshly self-built microscope to create their own multichannel image compositions from a variety of provided samples!

Course Schedule:

• 09h00 - 17h30: This is a full day hands-on workshop, with brief theory snippets throughout. The entire workshop will take place at the D-BSSE in room D65.2 (under the central atrium bridge).

Registration:

• Registration is required, and will open on Tuesday, October 14th at 10 AM.
• Add it to your agenda, spots are limited!

Important Information:

• Registration with a professional/institutional email address is mandatory (e.g., @unibas.ch, @fmi.ch, @iob.ch, @psi.ch, @ethz.ch, @bsse.ethz.ch).
• The workshop is offered free of charge; however, a no-show fee of 50 CHF will apply if you do not cancel at least 24 hours in advance.

• We kindly ask that you attend the full workshop if you register.