Quantitative Super-resolution Microscopy Workshop
Theme: Quantitative Super-Resolution Microscopy
In-Person Dates: May 11-15, 2026
Location: University of Calgary, Foothills Campus, Calgary, Alberta
Workshop Overview
Students will join us for a workshop designed for active and personalized learning. This workshop is a unique opportunity to learn and group with other participants and facilitators across Canada. Our instructional delivery is informed by best practices in education research, ensuring a memorable and effective learning experience.
- High instructor to student ratio ensuring that participants receive individual attention and guidance
- Case study approach provided practical experience and real-world applications
- Hybrid delivery to ensure that attendees get the most of the onsite learning
- Travel awards available
Topics covered in this workshop
- Best practices in sample preparation
- Tissue clearing
- Tissue expansion
- Fluidics and live-cell applications
- Data visualization and analysis
- One on one mentoring sessions with faculty and/or imaging personnel tailored to the individual and their imaging goals
Who should attend
This course is targeted to researchers who wanted to apply advanced optical microscopy techniques to address their research questions. The workshop requires a working knowledge of fluorescence microscopy. Our participants should be comfortable carrying out experiments using wide-field, confocal, and/or multiphoton microscopes.
Registration information coming soon.
2023 QSW attendees
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Facilitators
Pina Colarusso, PhD, University of Calgary
Flavie Lavoie-Cardinal, PhD, Université Laval
Nicolas Touret, PhD, University of Alberta
Craig Brideau, PhD, University of Calgary
Dylan Greening, University of Calgary
Nicholas Pittner, University of Calgary
Blanca Callejas Pina, PhD, University of Calgary
Hyun Jae Chung, PhD, University of Calgary
Björn Petri, PhD, University of Calgary
David Elliott, PhD, University of Calgary
Grant Gordon, PhD, University of Calgary
Kelvin Poon, PhD, University of Calgary
Vincent Ebacher, PhD, University of Calgary
Thomas Stroh, PhD, McGill University
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Local Organizing Committee
Bronwen Parry, Operations Specialist
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