From the 21st to the 25th of October, the Microscopy CF teams at JGU and IMB organized the first edition of the practical course on “Advanced microscopy techniques used to study (bio)polymer dynamics.”
The recently completed course covered several relevant topics and techniques such as:
- Phase behavior: insights into the phase behavior of (bio)polymers. Generation and interpretation of phase diagrams through the use of fluorescence imaging.
- Molecular mobility: measurement molecular mobility and concentration using Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching (FRAP) and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS).
- Molecular environment: key aspects of setting up Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM) experiments to probe molecular environment and separate fluorophores with overlapping spectra.
- Molecular interactions: molecular interactions in complex systems using Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET).
Trainers included Anusha Gopalan (IMB), Petri Turunen (IMB), Márton Gelléri (IMB), Christof Rickert (JGU), Bastian Hülsmann (JGU), Rossana Piccinno (IMB), Sandra Ritz (IMB) and Juan M. Iglesias (guest trainer from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden).
The SFB1551 is grateful to the organizers, trainers and participants that made this high-quality training opportunity possible. Well done Team! Let’s host a second edition in 2025!
Participants and trainers of the 1st edition of the “Advanced microscopy techniques used to study (bio)polymer dynamics” organized by the JGU and IMB Core Facility teams.
