The Biological Imaging Facility at UC Berkeley offers an annual one-week workshop in Plant and Animal Microtechnique. The course covers paraffin sectioning and associated techniques using microwave techniques. This class is designed to familiarize the student with up-to-date methods in making microscope slides from specimen material for anatomical and molecular investigations. The more traditional techniques of paraffin embedding and histological staining are also covered. Alternating with laboratory exercises, lectures are presented covering the theoretical aspects of fixation and slide preparation, immunolocalization, and in situ hybridization.

Past classes

Class of '08

Class of '07

Class of '05

Class of '06

Class of '04

Class of '03

Class of '02

Class of '01

Class of '00

Class of '99

The CNR Biological Imaging Facility is a core microscope and imaging facility in the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, The College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley.