C3b: 2008, July 2-11, RUBICON Electron Microscopy course, Utrecht, Netherlands (»Add to Infobox)

Strous Ger

Ger Strous's Group

The workshop on Cryomethods, Ultracryotomy and Immunolabeling was organized in the laboratory of Cell Biology, UMC Utrecht in collaboration with Leica Microsystems, Vienna. July 2-11, 2008.

The 10 days program of the course started with an optional one and a half days for participants with no experience with standard EM techniques and dealed with the preparation of semi and ultrathin sections of resin embedded material. Twenty students participated in the course. It started with an introduction to cryo-techniques on the third course day. Lectures given by experts in the field were about high pressure freezing, freeze substitution and the Tokuyasu technique. Training in ultracryotomy and immunolabeling was the major issue. The skilled staff of the Utrecht Cell Microscopy Center guided the participants, through the complete Tokuyasu technique (days 4 to 10), including the latest modifications introduced in Utrecht. Biological samples and immuno-reagents were available, but most students brought their own specimens and antibodies for sectioning and labeling. The evaluation of the course was excellent. Link to course programme: http://www.cmc-utrecht.nl/courses/topicsjune2 008.html

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Strous Ger (Principal Investigator / Ger Strous's Group)