Training Course on STEREOLOGY
Agust 1st to 3rd, 2015 
Phu Quoc, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This stereology will be organzed by the iAQUA project (Interdisciplinary Project on Climate Change in Tropical Aquaculture). Design-unbiased quantification of biological structure using contemporary stereological techniques is increasingly being used as an essential research tool. The techniques can be applied efficiently if built into the overall study design. The course is a general and intense 3-day learning experience with a mixture of lectures and hands on exercises during the day. The course can be used in all medical and biological research areas and the examples span from brain to bone. In the breaks and evenings, participants have ample opportunity to discuss their individual projects with the instructors.

LECTURE TOPICS

The lecture topics covered include:1) The measurement of volume, surface area, length, number and connectivity (disector/fractionator) in 3-dimensional space using 2-dimensional images;

2) The measurement of these structural parameters in homogeneous and non-homogeneous tissues;

3) The design of efficient, unbiased sampling strategies;

4) Plane of sectioning;

5) How to determine the optimal number of animals per group and measurements per animals;

6) Shrinkage issues and the corrections.

LECTURERS
- Jens Randel Nyengaard, Stereology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark|- Mark Bayley, PhD; Zoophysiology, Dept. Biosciences, Aarhus University, Denmark- Le My Phuong, Department of Bioscience, Zoophysiology, Aarhus University, Denmark and College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University.

CONTACT PERSON:
A/Prof. Dr. Do Thi Thanh Huong;
Local cordinator of iAQUA project
College of Aquaculture and Fisheries,
Campus 2, Can Tho University3/2 street, Xuan Khanh ward,Ninh Kieu dist. Can Tho city, VietnamTel: +84710 3830931; Fax: +84710 3830323;
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Website: iaqua.ctu.edu.vn