Hi everyone! Welcome to Microtutor and thanks for joining our discussion forum! We’re thrilled to have you here as we all journey through the first Fluorescence Microscopy course together!
We’d love to create a space where everyone who has been taking the course can get to know each other! Please take a moment to introduce yourself by sharing:
Where you’re from: Country, city, school (if applicable)
Who you are: high school/undergrad/grad student, postdoc, researcher, educator, avid microscopy enthusiast, etc
What you’ve enjoyed so far about the Fluorescence Microscopy course: What’s been your favorite topic? Has the course helped you learn or achieve something?
Hello, I’m Jessie! I’m a PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis. I already knew a bit about fluorescence microscopy before hand, but this course was helpful for getting a thorough rundown on the terminology and concepts. My favorite science part was the different practical considerations for doing multichannel experiments and testing for bleed through. My lab mates and I do a good amount of multichannel imaging, so this was a lot of help. (But in my heart of hearts, my real favorite part was getting the fun little badges.)
Hi, I’m Maria, a Postdoc at Harvard Medical School. I’m an image analyst, so I am not the one taking the images. This course is a great way to learn what’s behind a microscopy image! I’m particularly interested in parts of the course that present a caveat for image analysis, such as fluorophore brightness, bleedthrough, and autofluorescence.
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I’m Esteban, originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina and currently a Postdoc at the Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard in Cambridge, MA. I’m an image analyst and microscopy enthusiast. I’ve worked at a microscopy core facility before so I was familiar with the topics of the course (which does NOT mean I got every question right from the start! XD). What I enjoyed more about the course was getting new and simpler ways to convey these sometimes complex topics to new users!
Hi, I am Bárbara Maya from Mexico. I am a last-year PhD student in Biomedical Sciences at the Tecnologico de Monterrey campus in Guadalajara.
My research involves Microbiota pairwise interactions using in vitro and in silico studies, which is directly related to the content of the fluorescence microscopy course. By better understanding the tool and improving my skills, I can provide a more comprehensive description and suitable research analysis.