CNWY40120 Advanced Biological Imaging

Academic Year 2021/2022

This module is designed for students who wish to understand and become critically aware of the principles, practice and applications of rapidly developing imaging technologies. Particular focus is given to transmission and fluorescent light-based imaging approaches. A series of lectures will inform about the concepts of imaging and microscopy; importance of resolution and its limits; optical components; application of histology, immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence; basics of confocal microscopy, light sheet microscopy, super resolution microscopy, multi-photon microscopy, high content screening microscopy; techniques in light microscopy and live cell imaging; and also the relationship between light microscopy and electron microscopy. Complementary workshop sessions will provide context to lectures, allowing students to appreciate the practicalities of specific imaging modalities.

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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students will have extensive insight into the diversity of light microscopes available and associated techniques that can be applied in the study biological samples.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

15
Laboratories

12
Autonomous Student Learning

98
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
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Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

It is recommended that students have completed CNWY40090 Introduction to 'Omic' & Advanced Imaging Technologies prior to registering for this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Incompatibles:
BIOL40560 - Biological Imaging


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Examination: Mid-semester 1 hour exam Unspecified Not specified Graded No

50
Assignment: Presentation Unspecified n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
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Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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