The Master’s Degree in R&D in Biomedicine and Biotechnology considers necessary to establish a subject which reflects the already present effects of new technologies regarding the training of future Biology professionals. There is no doubt that the above mentioned technologies bring along powerful tools for data obtaining and analysis, but they also rise new challenges on the training of students.
11 may 2016
The Master’s Degree in R&D in Biomedicine and Biotechnology considers necessary to establish a subject which reflects the already present effects of new technologies regarding the training of future Biology professionals. There is no doubt that the above mentioned technologies bring along powerful tools for data obtaining and analysis, but they also rise new challenges on the training of students.
Image analysis is a complex technique which requires an essentially practical approach to be studied and which benefits from the development of IT resources to obtain quantitative data in microscopic and macroscopic images. The subject taught at the UV Master’s Degree is considered as an introductory course on the techniques of digital image treatment. Such subject counts with 2,5 credits and aims at developing classical morphometric techniques and the basic concepts of stereology techniques in the quantitative field. It also tackles image restoration, treatment of images proceeding from Confocal Microscopy and the newest techniques on the restoration and improvement of digital images.
The subject is understood as a practical package, so each of the theoretical concepts introduced during the year, will have its immediate practical application in the subsequent sessions to grant students proper learning not only in the theoretical field but also in its practical application.
Our experience in the field of Image Analysis has confirmed the utility this subject is having for new graduates: with certain frequency, we receive support requests and technical consultations by interns from several origins who apply these digital evaluation techniques in their jobs. This is so, that the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was bestowed to three scientists who had contributed to the development of microscopy techniques on high-resolution fluorescence microscopy, fact which brings to light to the importance of the field nowadays and its contribution to the development of several beneficial aspects for society.
