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20.309 course materials
General course information
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Optical microscopy lab
- Lab Manual: Optical Microscopy
- Optical Microscopy Week 1: Bright Field Microscopy
- Optical Microscopy Week 2: Fluorescence Microscopy
- Optical Microscopy Week 3: Particle Tracking
- Optical Microscopy Week 4: Microrheology Measurements in Fibroblast Cells
- Optical Microscopy Report Outline
- Protocols for cell culture, fixing and imaging
Optics pages
- Geometrical optics and ray tracing
- Optical detectors, noise, and the limit of detection
- Physical optics and resolution
- Super resolution microscopy
Electronics
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DNA melting lab
- Lab Manual:Measuring DNA Melting Curves
- DNA Melting: Simulating DNA Melting - Basics
- DNA Melting Part 1: Measuring Temperature and Fluorescence
- DNA Melting Report Requirements for Part 1
- DNA Melting: Simulating DNA Melting - Intermediate Topics
- DNA Melting Part 2: Lock-in Amplifier and Temperature Control
- DNA Melting: Model function and parameter estimation by nonlinear regression
- DNA Melting Report Requirements for Part 2
Presentations
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Atomic Force Micrscopy (AFM) lab
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Optical trapping lab
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Limits of detection lab
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Useful things
Resource lists
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Lab manuals
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Matlab tutorials
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Projects
- eSTORM: super-resolution microscope for the classroom