Image Analysis and Data Processing in Super-Resolution Microscopy 2020#

Program 24.–26.8 2020

Day 1#

Location: KONFMI Microscopy Center, Viničná 7, Praha 2, study room 311

Lecture schedule

9:00 – 9:10 Introduction and practical information (Ondřej Šebesta, KONFMI, PřFUK)

9:10 – 9:40** Introduction to dSTORM, fPALM, SIM superresolution microscopy: methods, principles, theoretical background** (Zuzana Burdíková, KONFMI, PřFUK)

  • Super-Resolution Localization Microscopy (The Diffraction Limit of Light, Airy Disks,

The Rayleigh Criterion, Sub-Pixel Localization)

  • Super-resolution localization microscopy techniques (Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM), Stochastic Optical Resolution Microscopy (STORM), DNA-Based Point Accumulation for Imaging in Nanoscale Topography (DNA-PAINT), Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM)

  • DETERMINING RESOLUTION IN SUPER-RESOLUTION LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY (Localization Accuracy, Molecular Density)

9:10 – 9:40 ** Introduction to dSTORM, fPALM, SIM superresolution microscopy: methods, principles, theoretical background** (Karel Štěpka, Faculty of informatics, MU)

10:20 – 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 – 11:20 Image processing in FIJI, ImageJ (Karel Štěpka, Faculty of informatics, MU)

Data quantification and image analysis basics

  • Two channel colocalization (mitochondrial and membrane labeling)

  • p-Value of colocalization, data filtering

  • Quantitative analysis

  • Quantitative data (filtering, thresholding, background separation)

  • Filter on photon count

  • Data visualization, 3D visualization

  • Histogram, measurement of different parameters

  • Pseudo-colors, pixel size, rendering mode, multicolor image

  • Image export

11:20– 11:50 Scientific lecture: Super-resolved nuclear landscape defined by dSTORM (Peter Hoboth, UMG)

  • optimizations of 2-colors labelling and dSTORM acquisition

  • quantitative analysis of spatial nuclear organization

  • nanoscale map of nuclear PI(4,5)P2 defined by 2-colors dSTORM

11:50 – 12:30 Lunch

12:30 – 13:30 SHORT TALKS: Presentations of the participants’ projects

13:30 – 14:00 Coffee break

14:00 – 14:30 Image reconstruction of superresolution SIM data in ImageJ: fairSIM

(Martin Schätz, KONFMI, PřFUK)

  • Super-resolved structured illumination microscopy (SR-SIM)

  • illumination patterns

  • SR-SIM image reconstruction algorithms, access to the plugin and source code

  • fairSIM, ImageJ plugin that provides SR-SIM reconstructions

  • FairSIM reconstruction of data sets

  • Automated reconstruction parameter estimation for data sets of adequate quality

14:30 – 15:00 SIM check tool FIJI plugin and nano-squirrel (Martin Schätz, KONFMI, PřFUK)

  • Three-dimensional structured illumination microscopy, 3D-SIM

  • SIMcheck, a suite of ImageJ plugins, advanced calibration tools

  • Integration of SIMcheck functionalities to the SIM imaging workflow

  • NanoJ-SQUIRREL, an ImageJ-based analytical approach providing a quantitative assessment of super-resolution image quality

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break

Practical part

15:30 – 18:00 ImageJ, fairSIM hands-on

Group 1: beginners (Zuzana Burdíková, KONFMI, PřFUK)

Group 2: intermediate (Ondřej Šebesta, KONFMI, PřFUK, Karel Štěpka, Faculty of informatics, MU )

Group 3: advanced (Martin Schätz, KONFMI, PřFUK)

18:00 – 18:30 Optional: Facility tour - KONFMI (Zeiss Elyra PS, Zeiss Axio Scan) Test Samples for Optimizing STORM Super-Resolution Microscopy (Ondřej Šebesta, KONFMI, PřFUK, Zuzana Burdíková, KONFMI, PřFUK)

Refreshment included

Day 2#

Location: KONFMI Microscopy Center, Viničná 7, Praha 2, study room 108

Lecture schedule

09:00 – 9:30 Image Deconvolution and NIS-Elements (Martin Berger, LIM)

09:30 – 10:00 Scientific lecture: Receptor clustering in super-resolution microscopy - how to capture reality on the cell membrane (Barbora Kalousková, KONFMI, PřFUK)

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 – 10:45 ThunderSTORM: a comprehensive ImageJ plug-in for PALM and STORM data analysis and super-resolution imaging (Zdeněk Švindrych, Dartmouth College) https://zitmen.github.io/thunderstorm/

  • Analyzing single-molecule data, filtering, detection, drift correction, rendering

  • examples of different filters, thresholds, see detection molecules,

  • 2D, 3D analysis, simulations, documentation, updates

  • FIJI- help online with software, web site, supplementary data, choice of filters

  • Non-fitting methods, fitting methods, fitting analysis, statistical tests, rendering

10:45 – 11:30 ThunderSTORM: a comprehensive ImageJ plug-in for PALM and STORM data analysis and super-resolution imaging (Zdeněk Švindrych, Dartmouth College)

  • Challenges of settings combinations, formats, interactive histogram, drift corrections

  • Tools for creation and simulation – density mask, background mask, results table

  • Realistic simulations (comparing real and simulated data)

  • 3D STORM - astigmatism method

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch

Practical part

12:30 – 19:00 ThunderSTORM hands-on sessions: Individual work with ThunderSTORM software (Ondřej Šebesta, Zuzana Burdíková, Martin Schätz, KONFMI, PřFUK)

Coffee break included

Group 1: beginners (Zuzana Burdíková, KONFMI, PřFUK)

Group 2: intermediate (Ondřej Šebesta, KONFMI, PřFUK)

Group 3: advanced (Martin Schätz, KONFMI, PřFUK)

19:00 – 22:00** Informal discussion in the Academic Club**

Day 3#

Location: KONFMI Microscopy Center, Viničná 7, Praha 2, study room 108

Lecture schedule

09:00 – 10:00 Acquisition and localization: From raw pixel data to molecules localizations, and preparing data for external work (Štěpán Svoboda)

10:00 – 10:15 Coffee break

10:15 – 11:30 Analysis and visualization options of NIS-Elements (Štěpán Svoboda)

11:30 – 12:30 Lunch

Practical part

12:30 – 17:00 STORM module in NIS-Elements** :** Individual work

(Ondřej Šebesta, Zuzana Burdíková, Martin Schätz, KONFMI, PřFUK)

Coffee break included

A Group 1: beginners (Zuzana Burdíková, KONFMI, PřFUK)

A Group 2: intermediate (Ondřej Šebesta, KONFMI, PřFUK)

B Group 3: advanced (Martin Schätz, KONFMI, PřFUK)

17:00 – 17:10 Final evaluation and closing remarks

Refreshment included