The course will be taught at Sunnybrook Research Institute over three days and includes an additional assignment. Students will learn how to design cell-based screen assays using fluorescent cell markers/gene targets, perform a screen and acquire data using a robotic-enabled high content microscope. Material to be covered includes the philosophy and design of high content screens and the use of automated image analysis algorithms to analyze high content data sets.

Enrolled students will need to download the following and have it working on their own computer before class begins

https://cellprofiler.org/releases

and instructions on use available on that site in a popdown menu also linked here: https://cellprofiler.org/getting-started

Drop date: Students are not permitted to drop a 0.25 credit course if more than one class has been completed without approval of the course coordinator.