Optical Microscopy

• Image formation in wide-field, confocal and fluorescence microscopes
• New techniques being introduced into optical microscopy
• Automation in optical microscopy

Image Acquisition and Analysis

• Image acquisition and its automation
• Image preprocessing, linear and non-linear techniques
• Image segmentation, mathematical morphology and other approaches

Molecular Cytogenetics

• Fluorescence staining techniques
• Computer analysis of fluorescence-stained cells (metaphase spreads, interphase nuclei, tissues)
• Higher-order chromatin structure studies
• Clinical applications, diagnosis of leukaemias and other diseases related to changes in human genome