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Cursus: NS-EX417M
NS-EX417M
Physics of light & electron microscopy
Cursus informatie
CursuscodeNS-EX417M
Studiepunten (EC)4,5
Cursusdoelen
After completion of the course, the student is expected to:
 
  • understand the principles of image formation with photons and electrons
    • light microscopy
      • the nature of light and its properties as used in light microscopy
      • simple and compound lenses; aberration in imaging systems
      • Fourier Optics, Hygens-Fresnel princple, Fraunhofer diffraction
    • electron microscopy
      • physics of imaging with electrons
      • 3D reconstructions using electron tomography
      • analytical electron microscopy: X-ray generation and electron energy loss spectrometry
  • understand the limitations and advantages of current microscopy methods
  • understand the basics of  image processing, including its technical and ethical borders.
Inhoud
“Topics in Light and Electron Microscopy” consists of two independent master courses of 4.5 EC (NS-EX417M)  and 3 EC (NS-EX419M), respectively, which aim to familiarize students of natural sciences and life sciences with the theory behind and the applications of modern microscopes. The first course, “Physics of Light and Electron Microscopy” will convey the theoretical basis on which modern light and electron microscopy is based, while the second course “Application of Light and Electron Microscopy” will guide the students in the planning and performing of an experiment, requiring them to acquire and apply theoretical knowledge about a light or electron microscopy technique, and explain their results to their fellow students.

location: Utrecht University
time: Wednesday 13-17 (TBD) , Friday 9-11 (TBD); during A’dam Period 2 (Nov/Dec, starting week 44)
application: via the OSIRIS system; for students from outside Utrecht, through one of the coordinators
examination: written exam in the last week of the course; no retake, but option to obtain a sufficient (6) by successfully completing an additional essay (2000 words, approximately 6 pages including references)1.
requirements: it is assumed that students possess basic knowledge of optics and (light)microscopy at the beginning of the course.
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