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The course is an introduction to superresolution microscopy techniques STORM and SIM. The theoretical background will be complemented with many practical presentations. Experts and scientists from the field teach the lectures and practical sessions. The two-day theoretical course with practical demonstrations and exercises is intensely devoted
to modern methodologies of super-resolution light microscopy (SIM, STORM). The priority is the practical demonstration of the image analysis software by the authors themselves. After completing the course, the participants will be able to determine what is appropriate microscopy technique used to answer the research questions, including sample preparation and data processing for publication. The course will be taught in English. Information about the course Title – Image analysis and data processing in superresolution microscopy: fairSIM and ThunderSTORM open source systems - Code – MB100P04 Guarantor – Msc. Zuzana Burdíková, Ph.D All lecturers – Msc. Zuzana Burdíková, Ph.D, Msc. Zdeněk Švindrych, Ing. Martin Schätz, Ph.D. , MSc. Ondřej Šebesta, MSc. Peter Hohoth, Ph.D., Msc. Marian Novotny, MD. Robert Haase, Ph.D., Msc. Karel Stepka Faculty, department – Faculty of Science, Laboratory of Fluorescent and Confocal Microscopy, Charles University Credits – 02 ECTS Language of instruction - English Flagship and/or transversal skills – Flagship 4, Critical thinking Capacity - 15 Examination – project Minimal requirements, prerequisites, conditions for selection, and enrolment of students: Basic knowledge of Image J is required. The course aims to explain the workflow in Image Analysis, and processing, and it is assumed that the student is interested in Image Analysis. Virtual mobility - yes How the course will be taught (one week) and the starting date –block; on august 23. -25. of the SUMMER semester of 2022, Syllabus Day 1 Introduction to superresolution microscopy: methods, principles, theoretical background image formation in Fluorescence Microscopy Resolution and Noise Super-resolution Localization Microscopy (STORM, PALM, DNA-PAINT, …) Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) Introduction to image processing in FIJI, ImageJ Two-channel colocalization (mitochondrial and membrane labeling) p-Value of colocalization, data filtering Quantitative analysis Quantitative data (filtering, thresholding, background separation) Filter on photon count Data visualization, 3D visualization Histogram, measurement of different parameters Pseudo-colors, pixel size, rendering mode, multicolor image Image export Image reconstruction of superresolution SIM data in ImageJ: fairSIM Super-resolved structured illumination microscopy (SR-SIM) illumination patterns SR-SIM image reconstruction algorithms, access to the plugin, and source code fairSIM, ImageJ plugin that provides SR-SIM reconstructions FairSIM reconstruction of data sets Automated reconstruction parameter estimation for data sets of adequate quality Practical part: ImageJ, fairSIM hands-on Day 2 ThunderSTORM: a comprehensive ImageJ plug-in for SMLM data analysis and super-resolution imaging https://zitmen.github.io/thunderstorm/ Single Molecule Localisation (briefly) The idea behind ThunderSTORM Workflow - localization, filtering, rendering Simulation engine 3D STORM - astigmatism method Scientific lecture Case Study Study Methods for the quantitative analyses of SMLM data, Coordinate-based colocalization / Nearest Neighbor Distance (NND) analysis in ThunderSTORM Voronoi tesselation in Coloc-Tesseler software quantitative evaluation of the spatial organization in the cell nucleus Practical Part ThunderSTORM hands-on sessions: Individual work with ThunderSTORM software Day 3 Customizing Fiji/ImageJ with ImageJ Macro, Hands-on Interactive Design of GPU-accelerated Image Data Flow Graphs in Fiji Introduction to Data Management and FAIR principles Pixel Classification Using ILASTIK Object Detection Using StarDist Practical part : ILASTIK or StarDist Hands-on Last update: Gáliková Kristýna, Mgr. et Mgr., DiS. (07.07.2026)
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Syllabus (English) The course provides an introduction to super-resolution microscopy and quantitative analysis of microscopy images with an emphasis on practical data processing. Students will become familiar with the principles of image formation in fluorescence microscopy, the limits of resolution, and the influence of noise on image quality. The course introduces the main super-resolution microscopy methods, particularly single-molecule localization microscopy (STORM, PALM, DNA-PAINT) and structured illumination microscopy (SIM). The practical part of the course focuses on image processing using FIJI/ImageJ and specialized software tools for image reconstruction and quantitative analysis. Students will learn basic image-processing procedures including data filtering, thresholding, visualization, and quantitative analysis such as colocalization analysis. The course includes reconstruction of SIM microscopy data using the fairSIM software and analysis of single-molecule localization microscopy data using ThunderSTORM. Students will also be introduced to advanced quantitative methods for analyzing spatial molecular organization, such as nearest-neighbor analysis and Voronoi tessellation. The course also covers automation of image processing workflows using FIJI/ImageJ macros, the use of machine-learning tools for image segmentation (ILASTIK, StarDist), and basic principles of microscopy data management following FAIR principles. The course is strongly practice-oriented and is based on independent work with real microscopy datasets. Last update: Gáliková Kristýna, Mgr. et Mgr., DiS. (07.07.2026)
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After completing the course, the student will be able to:
Last update: Burdíková Zuzana, Mgr., Ph.D. (25.02.2026)
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