Due to COVID-19 restrictions, theoretical course is held by webmeeting platform (Microsoft Teams).

The lectures are given in Italian and are subdivided in four sessions.

First session

• Principles of Optical Microscopy
• Contrast techniques in Optical Microscopy
• Specimen preparation for Microscopy

Second session

• Digital Imaging: concepts and ethics of image manipulation

Third session

• Optical sectioning in Microscopy
• Advanced techniques for molecular and cellular imaging (“F-Techiniques”)

Fourth Session

• High throughput microscopy
• Concepts in Electron Microscopy.