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* Reserve a lab station here: [http://measurebiology.org/reservations/Web/schedule.php Bioinstrumentation Lab reservation system]
 
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== 20.309 Master schedule==
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== 20.309 master schedule==
  
 
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*  [[Understanding log plots]]
 
*  [[Understanding log plots]]
 
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| [[Assignment 2: fluorescence microscopy| Assignment 2 Overview]]
 
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* [[Manta G032 camera measurements]]
 
* [[Manta G032 camera measurements]]
 
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*[[Flat-field correction|Flat-field correction of non-uniform illumination]]
 
*[[Flat-field correction|Flat-field correction of non-uniform illumination]]
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| Assignment 5
 
| Assignment 5
 
| [[Assignment 5 Overview|Assignment 5 Overview]]
 
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* [[Calculating MSD and Diffusion Coefficients]]
 
* [[Calculating MSD and Diffusion Coefficients]]
 
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===Module 2: Signals and Systems===
 
===Module 2: Signals and Systems===
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| Assignment 6
 
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| [[Assignment 6 Overview]]
 
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* [[Complex Number Review|Complex number review]]
 
* [[Complex Number Review|Complex number review]]
 
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* [[Input and output impedance]]
 
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| [[Assignment 7 Overview]]
 
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* [[Assignment 7, Part 2: measure temperature and fluorescence| Part 2: measure temperature and fluorescence]]  
 
* [[Assignment 7, Part 2: measure temperature and fluorescence| Part 2: measure temperature and fluorescence]]  
 
* [[Assignment 7, Part 3: testing your instrument and measuring a DNA melting curve| Part 3: test your instrument and measure a preliminary melting curve]]
 
* [[Assignment 7, Part 3: testing your instrument and measuring a DNA melting curve| Part 3: test your instrument and measure a preliminary melting curve]]
 
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* [[Real electronics]]
 
* [[Impedance Analysis|Impedance analysis]]
 
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* [[Assignment 8, Part 2: lock-in amplifier and temperature control| Part 2: modify your instrument]]
 
* [[Assignment 8, Part 2: lock-in amplifier and temperature control| Part 2: modify your instrument]]
 
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* [[DNA Melting: Simulating DNA Melting - Intermediate Topics]]
 
* [[DNA Melting: Model function and parameter estimation by nonlinear regression]]
 
* [[DNA Melting Thermodynamics]]
 
 
* [http://mfold.rna.albany.edu/?q=DINAMelt/Hybrid2 DINAMelt Web Server]
 
* [http://mfold.rna.albany.edu/?q=DINAMelt/Hybrid2 DINAMelt Web Server]
 
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| [[Assignment 9 Overview]]
 
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* [[Assignment 9, Part 1: model function|Part 1: writing the model function]]
 
* [[Assignment 9, Part 1: model function|Part 1: writing the model function]]
* [[Assignment 9, Part 2: Simulating DNA melting data and testing the model function|testing the model with simulated data]]
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20.309 course information

20.309 master schedule

Module 1: Optics & Microscopy

Important dates Assignment due Assignment page links Useful resources
2/16/18 Assignment 1

Assignment 1 Overview

2/25/18 Assignment 2 Assignment 2 Overview
3/1/18 Quiz 1 (in lecture)
3/4/18 Assignment 3 Assignment 3 Overview
3/11/18 Assignment 4
3/18/18 Assignment 5 Assignment 5 Overview
3/22/18 Exam 1 (at 7:30pm in 4-237)


Module 2: Signals and Systems

Important dates Assignment due Assignment page links Useful resources
4/8/18 Assignment 6 Assignment 6 Overview
4/15/18 Assignment 7 Assignment 7 Overview
4/19/18 Quiz 2 (in lecture)
4/22/18 Assignment 8 Assignment 8 Overview
4/29/18 Assignment 9 Assignment 9 Overview
5/6/18 Assignment 10 Assignment 10: measure DNA melting curves and identify your unknown sample.
5/10/18 Exam 2 (at 7:30pm in 4-237)

Optics and microscopy resources

Background reading

Code examples and simulations

Electronics resources

Background reading

Code examples and simulations

Reference materials

Limits of detection mini-lab

MRI mini-lab

(Kept for historical reasons.)