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20.309: Biological Instrumentation and Measurement

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20.309 This week and next

Week Summary Assignments due Lab Manual Resources
Week 14: May 7 - 13 Hand in DNA Melting 2 and prepare for Exam 2 Sunday May 7: DNA melting 2

Thursday May 11: Exam 2 (at 7:30 pm in 4-237)

DNA Melting Part 2: Lock-in Amplifier and Temperature Control Overview

Code examples and simulations

Reference materials

Background reading


Week 15: May 14 - 18 Participate in "measuring biological forces" demos (TBD)


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.)