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This course is designed to provide an opportunity for students to learn principles and practices of electron microscopy so they can use then for their thesis projects. The course has two components: lectures and hands-on experimental sessions. Lectures will cover history, principles, and techniques. In the hands-on sessions, students will learn how to process samples for electron microscopy, including, fixation, plastic embedding, high-pressure freezing, freeze-substitution, imaging and image analysis. *Instructor approval is required prior to registration and the student must be in their 2nd year or later, and have a thesis advisor. The lab course fee will be charged to the thesis advisor.