Course Syllabus
Aims
Students will be able to the understand the basic histological techniques, to prepare histological samples for the observation of the structure and ultrastructure of the main biological tissues. There will be the supervision of qualified laboratory staff by using an "on field" approach.
Contents
The students are introduced to the main histological techniques and to the instruments, materials and reagents needed for histological analysis.
Detailed program
Preparation of biological samples for histological analysis, immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence and ultrastructural analysis
Principles of light microscopy, confocal microscopy and electron microscopy
Blood cytology
Prerequisites
College-level scientific knowledge
Teaching form
Frontal lessons, practical activity in the histology laboratory
Textbook and teaching resource
Histology: A Text and Atlas, with Correlated Cell and Molecular Biology, 6th Edition by Michael H. Ross PhD, Wojciech Pawlina MD.
Junqueira's Basic Histology: Text and Atlas, Thirteenth Edition by Anthony Mescher.
Semester
2nd term
Assessment method
Assessment of the suitability on the basis of the attendance/participation to the laboratory activities. Knowledge and skills will be further assessed during the “Fundamentals of Human Morphology” examination, with the modalities there described.
Office hours
See “Clerkship 2”