2026 AQLM Schedule
This is a draft schedule and will likely be updated.
| Time | Event | Faculty | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 4/29/2026 | |||
| 1:30 - 2:30 PM | Check in and get picture ID | ||
| 3:00 - 3:50 PM | Welcome and course orientation | Course Directors, Dir. Ed | Speck Auditorium |
| 4:00 - 4:50 PM | LECTURE and LAB: Ray Optics: Making an image and ray tracing | Mattheyses | Loeb 260 (Main Lab) |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Wine and Cheese reception | MBL Club | |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | DINNER | ||
| 7:00 - 7:30 PM | LAB Continued | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 7:30 - 7:50 PM | LECTURE: Ray optics: Apertures and field stops | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 7:50 - 8:30 PM | LAB: Group work with irises | Mattheyses/ Commercial Faculty | Main Lab |
| 8:30 - 8:45 PM | LECTURE: Ray optics: Building a microscope | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 8:45 - 9:30 PM | LAB: Building a microscope condenser in Kohler illumination; bulding the imaging path | Mattheyses/ Commercial Faculty | Main Lab |
| 9:30 - 9:50 PM | LECTURE: Report out on condenser. Imaging onto a sensor | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 9:50 - 10:30 PM | LAB: Building the imaging path; measuring the magnification of your microscope | Mattheyses/ Commercial Faculty | Main Lab |
| Thursday, 4/30/2026 | |||
| 8:45 - 8:50 AM | Daily Overview | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 8:50 - 10:30 AM | LECTURE: Wave Optics: Infinity-corrected objectives, Diffraction and Resolution; LAB: Measuring the resolution of your microscope | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 10:30 - 11:30 AM | LAB: Kohler on the commercial systems | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 11:35 - 12:30 PM | LECTURE: Wave optics, diffraction and contrast generation | Kner | Speck |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:30 - 2:30 PM | LECTURE: Optics | Ross | Speck |
| 2:30 - 2:40 PM | 10 min break | ||
| 2:40 - 3:40 PM | LECTURE: Image Processing: FIJI | Cataldo | Main Lab |
| 3:40 - 5:30 PM | LAB: Image Processing: FIJI | Cataldo | Main Lab |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM | LECTURE: Fourier | Kner | Speck |
| 6:30 - 7:30 PM | DINNER | ||
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM | Lightning talks | Mattheyses | MBL Club |
| Friday, 5/1/2026 | |||
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Daily Overview | Lidke | Speck |
| 9:00 - 10:30 AM | LECTURE: Label free: Phase/Pol/Darkfield | Chandler | Speck |
| 10:30 - 12:00 PM | LAB: Label free: Phase/Pol/Darkfield | Chandler | Main Lab |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 - 3:00 PM | Label Free Analysis | Chandler | Main Lab |
| 3:15 - 4:15 PM | LECTURE: PSF - transmitted and fluorescence | K. Lidke | Speck |
| 4:15 - 4:30 PM | 15 min break | ||
| 4:30 - 6:00 PM | LECTURE: Fluorescence | Salmon | Speck |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | DINNER | ||
| 7:00 - 10:30 PM | LAB: Fluorescence | Salmon | Loeb var |
| 10:30 - 11:00 PM | Vendor lightning talks | Main Lab | |
| Saturday, 5/2/2026 | |||
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Daily Overview | Mattheyses | Main Lab |
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | LECTURE: Digital Detectors | Watkins | Speck |
| 10:15 - 12 PM | LAB: Quant Lab | Watkins | Main Lab |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 - 4:30 PM | LAB: Noise Lab | Watkins | Main Lab |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Noise and Quant discussion | Watkins/Directors | |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | DINNER | ||
| 6:00 - 7:30 PM | LECTURE: Fluorescence Proteins and Probes | Palmer | Speck |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM | LAB: FRET Biosensors | Palmer | Loeb var |
| Sunday, 5/3/2026 | |||
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Daily Overview | Mattheyses | Speck |
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | LECTURE: 3D Microscopy I: The Problems and a Wide-Field Solution | Shaw | Speck |
| 10:00 - 12:0 PM | LAB: Deconvolution | Shaw | Loeb var |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | LECTURE: 3D Microscopy II: Point-scanning Solutions and Their Problems | Shaw | Speck |
| 2:00 - 5:00 PM | LAB: Confocal | Shaw | Loeb various |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | DINNER | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | LECTURE: 3D Microscopy III: Analysing Performance and Choosing Methods | Shaw | Speck |
| 7:00 - 10:00 PM | LAB: Quantitative Evaluation of Performance in 3D Microscopy | Shaw | Loeb various |
| 10:00 -10:30 PM | 3D Microscopy discussion | Shaw | Main lab |
| Monday, 5/4/2026 | |||
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Daily Overview | Bartle | Speck |
| 9:00 - 10:30 AM | LECTURE: Live Cell and Labeling | Bartle | Speck |
| 10:30 - 12:30 PM | LAB: Live cell and Labeling | Bartle | Loeb various |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 - 5:00 PM | LAB: Live cell and Labeling | Bartle | Speck |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | Dinner | Speck | |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | LECTURE: TIRF | Taraska | Speck |
| 7:00 - 10:00 PM | LAB: TIRF | Taraska | Loeb various |
| Tuesday, 5/5/2026 | |||
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Daily Overview | Lidke | Speck |
| 9:00 - 10 AM | LECTURE: Light Sheet | Fiolka | Speck |
| 10:00 - 12:00 PM | LAB: Light Sheet | Fiolka | Loeb various |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 - 3:00 PM | LAB: Light Sheet, cont. | Fiolka | Loeb various |
| 3:00 - 6:00 PM | OPEN SCOPE TIME | All Vendors | |
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | DINNER | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | LECTURE: Advanced Image Analysis | Cimini | Speck |
| 8:00 - 10:00 PM | LAB: Analysis | Cimini | Main lab |
| 10:00 - 11:00 PM | Ethics | Directors | MBL Club |
| Wednesday, 5/6/2026 | |||
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Daily Overview | Mattheyses | Speck |
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | LECTURE: SR Single particle tracking | Lidke | Speck |
| 10:00 - 10:10 AM | 10 min break | ||
| 10:10 - 11:10 AM | LECTURE: SR Non-stochastic approaches | Kner | Speck |
| 11:10 - 12:10 PM | LAB: Super-res | Lidke | Loeb various |
| 12:10 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | LECTURE: SR Localization Lecture | Gustavsson | Speck |
| 2:00 - 5:30 PM | LAB: Super-res, con't | Gustavsson, Lidke, Kner | Loeb various |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM | DINNER | ||
| 6:30 - 10:30 PM | LAB: Super-res, con't | Gustavsson, Lidke, Kner | Loeb various |
| 10:30 - 11:00 PM | SR Discussion | Gustavsson, Lidke, Kner | Main Lab |
| Thursday, 5/7/26 | |||
| 8:45 - 9:00 AM | Daily Overview | Bartle | Main Lab |
| 9:00 - 12:00 PM | Machine Learning for Image Processing Laboratory | Cimini | Main Lab |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH | ||
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | UC2 | Wang | Main Lab |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Computer-hardware communication, open source microscope control | Wang | Main Lab |
| 5:00 - 6:00 PM | BREAK, pre-dinner cocktail hour | ||
| 6:00 - 7:00 PM | Inoue Lecture | Veatch | MBL Club |
| 7:00 - 9:00 PM | Clambake | Everyone! | MBL Club |
| Friday, 5/8/26 | |||
| Depart MBL | |||