In MW1 the groups of Dario Leister and Ute Vothknecht from the LMU Munich gave an introduction in Functional genomics and Bio-Imaging within a six-days training course (programme) from August 24th to 29th 2009. The course was supported by Halina Gabrys from Krakow and provided training for 16 participants, including external researchers from Krakow, Munich, and Vienna.