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==This week and next in the 20.309 lab==
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|style="width: 17%;"|'''Week'''
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|style="width: 17%;"|'''Summary'''
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|style="width: 16%;"|'''Assignments due'''
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|style="width: 17%;"|'''Lab'''
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|style="width: 35%;"|'''Resources'''
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| Week 1: Sept. 8 - 11
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| Get started in the lab with the Optics Bootcamp!
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| [[Optics Bootcamp]]
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* [[Geometrical optics and ray tracing]]
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* [[Optical detectors, noise, and the limit of detection]]
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* [[Manta G032 camera measurements]]
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| rowspan="2"| Week 2: Sept. 12 - 18
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| rowspan="2"|Finish the Optics Bootcamp and start Microscopy 1
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| rowspan="2"|<font color=#04B45F>'''Sept. 14 (Wed): Optics Bootcamp'''</font color>
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| [[Optics Bootcamp]] continued (Mon-Tues)
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| [[Optical Microscopy Part 1: Brightfield Microscopy|Microscopy 1]] (Wed-Sun)
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| Overview
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* [[Lab Manual: Optical Microscopy|Optical Microscopy Overview]]
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Code examples and simulations
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* [[Converting Gaussian fit to Rayleigh resolution]]
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* [[MATLAB: Estimating resolution from a PSF slide image]]
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* [[Matlab: Scalebars]]
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Background reading
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* [[Geometrical optics and ray tracing]]
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* [[Physical optics and resolution]]
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* [[Optical aberrations]]
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* [[Aperture and field stops]]
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* [[Optical detectors, noise, and the limit of detection]]
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* [[Manta G032 camera measurements]]
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== 20.309 course information==
 
== 20.309 course information==

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20.309: Biological Instrumentation and Measurement

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This week and next in the 20.309 lab

Week Summary Assignments due Lab Resources
Week 1: Sept. 8 - 11 Get started in the lab with the Optics Bootcamp! Optics Bootcamp
Week 2: Sept. 12 - 18 Finish the Optics Bootcamp and start Microscopy 1 Sept. 14 (Wed): Optics Bootcamp Optics Bootcamp continued (Mon-Tues)
Microscopy 1 (Wed-Sun) Overview

Code examples and simulations

Background reading


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.)