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== 20.309 Master Schedule==
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| Week 15: May 14 - 18
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| <font color=#04B45F>9/17/17</font color>
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| Participate in "measuring biological forces" demos, enjoy cupcakes and 20.345 posters in the lab on Thursday 12-1pm
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| [[Assignment 1 Overview: Transillumination microscopy|Assignment 1]]
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| Attend a demo: W 1-2:30 or 3-4:40, R 1-2:30 or 3-4:30
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Take apart your DNA melters!
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[[Assignment 1 Overview: Transillumination microscopy| Assignment 1 Overview]]
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* [[Assignment 1, Part 1: Pre-lab questions|Part 1: Pre-lab questions]]
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* [[Assignment 1, Part 2: Optics bootcamp|Part 2: Optics bootcamp]]
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* [[Assignment 1, Part 3: Microscope design|Part 3: Microscope design]]
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* [[Assignment 1, Part 4: Building your transilluminated microscope|Part 4: Building your microscope]]
 
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* [[Lab Manual: Limits of Detection]]
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* [[Geometrical optics and ray tracing]]
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* [[Lab Manual: Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)]]
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* [[Physical optics and resolution]]
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* [[Limits of Detection: Data Sessions]]
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* [https://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/20/fa13/20.309/materials.html Lectures 1 through 9 of the 20.309 class]
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* From [http://www.microscopyu.com Nikon MicroscopyU]
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** [http://www.microscopyu.com/articles/formulas/formulasconjugate.html Conjugate planes in optical microscopy] (includes transmitted and reflected (epi) illumination)
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** [http://www.microscopyu.com/articles/formulas/formulasri.html Snell's law]
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** [http://www.microscopyu.com/articles/formulas/formulasresolution.html Resolution]
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* [[Understanding log plots]]
  
 
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| [[Assignment 2: fluorescence microscopy| Assignment 2]]
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| [[Assignment 2: fluorescence microscopy| Assignment 2 Overview]]
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* [[Assignment 2: epi illuminator for fluorescence microscopy|Part 1:epi illumination]]
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* [[Assignment 2: resolution and noise|Part 2: resolution and noise]]
 
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* [[Assignment 3, Part 1: visualizing actin with fluorescence contrast|Part 1: fluorescence imaging]]
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* [[Assignment 3, Part 2: experimental design with fluorescence| Part 2: choosing filters]]
 
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| [[Assignment 4: finding and measuring things|Assignment 4]]
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| [[Assignment 5 Overview|Assignment 5]]
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* [[Assignment 5, Part 1: viscosity and diffusivity in glycerol-water mixtures|Part 1:]] Estimating the diffusion coefficient by tracking suspended microspheres;
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* [[Assignment 5, Part 2: live cell particle tracking of endocytosed beads| Part 2:]] Live cell particle tracking of endocytosed beads.
 
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| [[Assignment 6 Overview|Assignment 6]]
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* [[Assignment 7, Part 1: op amp golden rules questions|Part 1: Op amps]]
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* [[Assignment 7, Part 2: measure temperature and fluorescence| Part 2: measure temperature and fluorescence]]
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20.309 Master Schedule

Important dates Assignment due Assignment page links Useful resources
9/17/17 Assignment 1

Assignment 1 Overview

9/24/17 Assignment 2 Assignment 2 Overview
9/28/17 Quiz 1 (in lecture)
10/1/17 Assignment 3 Assignment 3 Overview
10/8/17 Assignment 4
10/15/17 Assignment 5 Assignment 5 Overview
  • Part 1: Estimating the diffusion coefficient by tracking suspended microspheres;
  • Part 2: Live cell particle tracking of endocytosed beads.
10/19/17 Exam 1 (at 7:30pm in room ____)
10/29/17 Assignment 6
11/2/17 Quiz 2 (in lecture)
11/5/17 Assignment 7 Assignment 7 Overview
11/12/17 Assignment 8
11/19/17 Assignment 9
12/3/17 Assignment 10
12/7/17 Exam 2 (at 7:30pm in room _____)
12/13/17 Assignment 11


20.309 course information

Reserve a lab station here: Bioinstrumentation Lab reservation system

Optics bootcamp

Lab manual

Background reading

Optical microscopy lab

Code examples and simulations

Background reading

Electronics bootcamp

Lab manual

Background reading

DNA melting lab

Lab manuals

Code examples and simulations

Reference materials

Background reading


Limits of detection mini-lab

MRI mini-lab

(Kept for historical reasons.)
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