Course description:

Course fee is 40 Euros

The two-day course consists of lectures and hands-on sessions which will demonstrate basic mechanical testing methods such as atomic force microscopy, Brillouin microscopy, indentation test or uniaxial and biaxial tensile test. The tests will be introduced in practical sessions together with their biological and methodological relevance. To relate the mechanical tests to the most significant biomechanical structures such as collagen fibers, elastic fibers or fat, the participants will be taught how to link these mechanical properties and microscopy images. Due to the minimum sample alternations, the images are acquired using label-free techniques, for instance, pSHG, THG or CARS or confocal reflectance microscopy.

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