Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course
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This is the account for the Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole MA. We love all things microscopy!
⏱️ Deadline to apply for AQLM 2026 is today! ⏱️
Get your applications in to be considered for this year's course. Make sure your recommenders submit their letters as well!
#microscopy
#imaging
#fluorescence
#biology
#optics
#AQLM
Get your applications in to be considered for this year's course. Make sure your recommenders submit their letters as well!
#microscopy
#imaging
#fluorescence
#biology
#optics
#AQLM
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
⏱️ Deadline to apply for AQLM 2026 is today! ⏱️
Get your applications in to be considered for this year's course. Make sure your recommenders submit their letters as well!
#microscopy
#imaging
#fluorescence
#biology
#optics
#AQLM
Get your applications in to be considered for this year's course. Make sure your recommenders submit their letters as well!
#microscopy
#imaging
#fluorescence
#biology
#optics
#AQLM
🚨 Don't forget! Applications are due Friday 1/30 for AQLM 2026. Please remember to submit on time and remind your recommenders to get their letters in too!
Photos are from AQLM 2023, 2024, and 2025. Will you be in the 2026 class photo?
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Photos are from AQLM 2023, 2024, and 2025. Will you be in the 2026 class photo?
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January 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
🚨 Don't forget! Applications are due Friday 1/30 for AQLM 2026. Please remember to submit on time and remind your recommenders to get their letters in too!
Photos are from AQLM 2023, 2024, and 2025. Will you be in the 2026 class photo?
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Photos are from AQLM 2023, 2024, and 2025. Will you be in the 2026 class photo?
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Do you know what this is?
The obvious answer is that it's the point spread function of a diffraction limited fluorescent bead. What you'll learn at AQLM is that it's also an effective tool for benchmarking your microscope! Aberrations can't hide when it comes to a single bead.
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The obvious answer is that it's the point spread function of a diffraction limited fluorescent bead. What you'll learn at AQLM is that it's also an effective tool for benchmarking your microscope! Aberrations can't hide when it comes to a single bead.
buff.ly/0XCAKm4
January 26, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Do you know what this is?
The obvious answer is that it's the point spread function of a diffraction limited fluorescent bead. What you'll learn at AQLM is that it's also an effective tool for benchmarking your microscope! Aberrations can't hide when it comes to a single bead.
buff.ly/0XCAKm4
The obvious answer is that it's the point spread function of a diffraction limited fluorescent bead. What you'll learn at AQLM is that it's also an effective tool for benchmarking your microscope! Aberrations can't hide when it comes to a single bead.
buff.ly/0XCAKm4
Are you passionate about #microscopy? 🔬
Want to build a strong foundation in #imaging skills?
One week left to apply for AQLM 2026 at the incomparable Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. @mblscience.bsky.social
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Want to build a strong foundation in #imaging skills?
One week left to apply for AQLM 2026 at the incomparable Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. @mblscience.bsky.social
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January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Are you passionate about #microscopy? 🔬
Want to build a strong foundation in #imaging skills?
One week left to apply for AQLM 2026 at the incomparable Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. @mblscience.bsky.social
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Want to build a strong foundation in #imaging skills?
One week left to apply for AQLM 2026 at the incomparable Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. @mblscience.bsky.social
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We've posted a lot recently about the amazing qualities of AQLM: the incredible faculty, the breadth of imaging topics, the amazing educational experience. Can we pause and just admire the view from the snack room?
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January 21, 2026 at 6:30 PM
We've posted a lot recently about the amazing qualities of AQLM: the incredible faculty, the breadth of imaging topics, the amazing educational experience. Can we pause and just admire the view from the snack room?
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The 2026 Inoué Lecturer is Dr. Sarah Veatch (@veatchlab.bsky.social) from the University of Michigan. Her research program aims to understand how diverse cellular signaling processes exploit emergent behaviors of heterogeneous plasma membranes, using a range of imaging tools. buff.ly/0AgVprR
January 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
The 2026 Inoué Lecturer is Dr. Sarah Veatch (@veatchlab.bsky.social) from the University of Michigan. Her research program aims to understand how diverse cellular signaling processes exploit emergent behaviors of heterogeneous plasma membranes, using a range of imaging tools. buff.ly/0AgVprR
On the final day of AQLM, we also have a special, hand on session with OpenUC2 @openuc2.bsky.social! They come all the way from Germany to spend a few hours helping us build cube-based microscopes. The perfect book-end to day 1 rails!
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January 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM
On the final day of AQLM, we also have a special, hand on session with OpenUC2 @openuc2.bsky.social! They come all the way from Germany to spend a few hours helping us build cube-based microscopes. The perfect book-end to day 1 rails!
Apply now to join us- bit.ly/49YQl7q
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AQLM Day 8 is super-res! We cover SIM, STED, dSTORM, single particle tracking (SPT) and more, requiring an awesome team of faculty: course director Dr. Diane Lidke (SPT), Dr. Anna-Karin Gustavsson (dSTORM), and director-emeritus Dr. Peter Kner (SIM, etc).
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January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
AQLM Day 8 is super-res! We cover SIM, STED, dSTORM, single particle tracking (SPT) and more, requiring an awesome team of faculty: course director Dr. Diane Lidke (SPT), Dr. Anna-Karin Gustavsson (dSTORM), and director-emeritus Dr. Peter Kner (SIM, etc).
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Resuming our faculty countdown, Day 7 of AQLM wraps up with an advanced #image #analysis lecture and lab from none other than Dr. Beth Cimini @bethcimini.bsky.social. We're thrilled to have Beth back this year to revamp our analysis and AI labs!
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January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Resuming our faculty countdown, Day 7 of AQLM wraps up with an advanced #image #analysis lecture and lab from none other than Dr. Beth Cimini @bethcimini.bsky.social. We're thrilled to have Beth back this year to revamp our analysis and AI labs!
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Considering attending AQLM 2026? Join us January 12th at 2:30pm EST to ask the directors and a few former students any questions you have about the course! Registration is required via Google form to get the Zoom link.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Considering attending AQLM 2026? Join us January 12th at 2:30pm EST to ask the directors and a few former students any questions you have about the course! Registration is required via Google form to get the Zoom link.
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Day 7 of AQLM is #light sheet day! New AQLM faculty but former AQLM student, Dr. Reto Fiolka @retof.bsky.social will educate us on the vast landscape of #optical techniques used to generate a light sheet and why they are all useful.
Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Day 7 of AQLM is #light sheet day! New AQLM faculty but former AQLM student, Dr. Reto Fiolka @retof.bsky.social will educate us on the vast landscape of #optical techniques used to generate a light sheet and why they are all useful.
Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
On Day 6 of AQLM 2026 we will hear from #TIRF expert Dr. Justin Taraska (NIH),
@taraska.bsky.social. Learn all about the critical angle and evanescent field, image some endocytosis, and play with lasers all within one evening!
If that sounds fun, apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
@taraska.bsky.social. Learn all about the critical angle and evanescent field, image some endocytosis, and play with lasers all within one evening!
If that sounds fun, apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On Day 6 of AQLM 2026 we will hear from #TIRF expert Dr. Justin Taraska (NIH),
@taraska.bsky.social. Learn all about the critical angle and evanescent field, image some endocytosis, and play with lasers all within one evening!
If that sounds fun, apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
@taraska.bsky.social. Learn all about the critical angle and evanescent field, image some endocytosis, and play with lasers all within one evening!
If that sounds fun, apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
Day 6 of AQLM begins with a lecture on live #cell imaging by Dr. Emily Bartle (AQLM course lab director) following the sage advice of Shinya Inoue, "keep your optics clean and your cells happy!". The lab includes hand-on sample prep with Halo-dyes before imaging.
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Day 6 of AQLM begins with a lecture on live #cell imaging by Dr. Emily Bartle (AQLM course lab director) following the sage advice of Shinya Inoue, "keep your optics clean and your cells happy!". The lab includes hand-on sample prep with Halo-dyes before imaging.
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
On Day 5 of AQLM, we dive into #deconvolution with Sid Shaw (Indiana Univ.) and then follow that up with everyone's favorite #confocal #imaging of EB1 dynamics in Arabidopsis!
If you want to learn to be a great microscopist, apply attend in 2026 bit.ly/49YQl7q
If you want to learn to be a great microscopist, apply attend in 2026 bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
On Day 5 of AQLM, we dive into #deconvolution with Sid Shaw (Indiana Univ.) and then follow that up with everyone's favorite #confocal #imaging of EB1 dynamics in Arabidopsis!
If you want to learn to be a great microscopist, apply attend in 2026 bit.ly/49YQl7q
If you want to learn to be a great microscopist, apply attend in 2026 bit.ly/49YQl7q
On Day 4 of AQLM 2026, we will also have a lecture and lab from Dr. Amy Palmer (@amypalmerzinc.bsky.social ) on #fluorescent #proteins and probes, including measuring #FRET with a zinc #biosensor! Manipulating zinc and seeing a real-time response is always a fun lab.
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On Day 4 of AQLM 2026, we will also have a lecture and lab from Dr. Amy Palmer (@amypalmerzinc.bsky.social ) on #fluorescent #proteins and probes, including measuring #FRET with a zinc #biosensor! Manipulating zinc and seeing a real-time response is always a fun lab.
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now-- bit.ly/49YQl7q
AQLM Day 4 covers digital detectors, #cameras, image noise and #quantification with lectures and labs led by Dr. Simon Watkins, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair Cell Biology and Director Center for Biologic Imaging @University of Pittsburgh. #Image all the beads!
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
AQLM Day 4 covers digital detectors, #cameras, image noise and #quantification with lectures and labs led by Dr. Simon Watkins, Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair Cell Biology and Director Center for Biologic Imaging @University of Pittsburgh. #Image all the beads!
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
Day 3 begins our dive into #fluorscence #microscopy with a lab and lecture from none other than Dr. Wendy Salmon, @fishcscells.bsky.social, director of the Hooker Imaging Core @UNC. She teaches us about the fluorescence #light path, filters, and #fluorophores!
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Apply here- bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Day 3 begins our dive into #fluorscence #microscopy with a lab and lecture from none other than Dr. Wendy Salmon, @fishcscells.bsky.social, director of the Hooker Imaging Core @UNC. She teaches us about the fluorescence #light path, filters, and #fluorophores!
Apply here- bit.ly/49YQl7q
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Day 3 of AQLM also finds us learning about point spread functions from Dr. Keith Lidke. Keith hails from the #Physics and Astronomy Department at UNM, and lectures us on the physics of PSFs-- a crucial background for all the advanced #imaging topics to come.
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Day 3 of AQLM also finds us learning about point spread functions from Dr. Keith Lidke. Keith hails from the #Physics and Astronomy Department at UNM, and lectures us on the physics of PSFs-- a crucial background for all the advanced #imaging topics to come.
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Day 3 begins with a lecture and lab on light #microscopy (#phase, #polarization, #DIC) from the outstanding Dr. Shalin Mehta, @mattersoflight.bsky.social. New this year, we will incorporate an additional exercise on quantitative phase imaging!
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Day 3 begins with a lecture and lab on light #microscopy (#phase, #polarization, #DIC) from the outstanding Dr. Shalin Mehta, @mattersoflight.bsky.social. New this year, we will incorporate an additional exercise on quantitative phase imaging!
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
Apply now- bit.ly/49YQl7q
Day 2 also covers Fourier Optics, with a fantastic lecture from Dr. Peter Kner! You'll never understand Fourier transforms better than you do after Peter explains it, trust us.
Apply now to join us and finally understand #Fourier space! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now to join us and finally understand #Fourier space! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Day 2 also covers Fourier Optics, with a fantastic lecture from Dr. Peter Kner! You'll never understand Fourier transforms better than you do after Peter explains it, trust us.
Apply now to join us and finally understand #Fourier space! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now to join us and finally understand #Fourier space! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
On the second day of AQLM, we also have Dr. Steve Ross of #Nikon Instruments who gives us an inside look at #optics, objective #lenses, and #image aberrations. You've (hopefully) never seen an objective like this before!
Apply now to join us April 29th-May 8th 2026. bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now to join us April 29th-May 8th 2026. bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
On the second day of AQLM, we also have Dr. Steve Ross of #Nikon Instruments who gives us an inside look at #optics, objective #lenses, and #image aberrations. You've (hopefully) never seen an objective like this before!
Apply now to join us April 29th-May 8th 2026. bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now to join us April 29th-May 8th 2026. bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Next on the 2026 roster is Dr. Peter Kner, @knerlab.bsky.social. He lectures on wave #optics, #diffraction, and #contrast generation in imaging. This Physics 101 gets everyone on the same #wavelength, even if your background is all biology. Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
#microscopy
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Next on the 2026 roster is Dr. Peter Kner, @knerlab.bsky.social. He lectures on wave #optics, #diffraction, and #contrast generation in imaging. This Physics 101 gets everyone on the same #wavelength, even if your background is all biology. Apply now to join us! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
#microscopy
First up is AQLM Director, Dr. Alexa Mattheyses. @mattheyseslab.bsky.social She kicks off the course with an introduction to #optics, where you build a #Kohler #microscope using nothing but #lenses and #physics.
If this sounds like your jam, apply now to join! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
If this sounds like your jam, apply now to join! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
First up is AQLM Director, Dr. Alexa Mattheyses. @mattheyseslab.bsky.social She kicks off the course with an introduction to #optics, where you build a #Kohler #microscope using nothing but #lenses and #physics.
If this sounds like your jam, apply now to join! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
If this sounds like your jam, apply now to join! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
AQLM 2026 features an amazing selection of faculty who are truly experts in their fields. Their commitment to education and supporting AQLM make the course the outstanding experience it is, so we're going to highlight each of them over the next few weeks.
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
AQLM 2026 features an amazing selection of faculty who are truly experts in their fields. Their commitment to education and supporting AQLM make the course the outstanding experience it is, so we're going to highlight each of them over the next few weeks.
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Apply now! bit.ly/49YQl7q
#microscopy
Applications are now open for AQLM 2026! Join us @mblscience.bsky.social April 29th-May 8th, 2026 for a comprehensive, hands-on light microscopy course with an amazing roster of faculty who are leading experts in their fields!
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Applications are now open for AQLM 2026! Join us @mblscience.bsky.social April 29th-May 8th, 2026 for a comprehensive, hands-on light microscopy course with an amazing roster of faculty who are leading experts in their fields!