CeMESS

International Courses

CeMESS hosts international courses, including the renowned International Fish Course, which provides advanced education and training in the field of aquatic sciences.

Past Courses

  • International FISH Course 2024

    September 9-13, 2024

    Course Details

    This course will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-based microscopy for identification, quantification, and co-localization of microorganisms and outline complementary techniques for in situ analysis. Practical work focuses (i) on the different basic aspects of FISH with rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes and (ii) on FISH analyses of the participants own samples.

    The course includes seminars on:

    • Principles of fluorescence in situ hybridization
    • Applications of FISH in microbial ecology
    • Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM)
    • Computer-assisted image analysis
    • Probe design and evaluation
    • Advanced FISH techniques, such as CARD-FISH, DOPE-FISH, Clone-FISH, FISH-MAR, Raman-FISH, and NanoSIMS-FISH