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== Weekly goals ==
 
== Weekly goals ==
- 3/25: Optics finished. Code started.  
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* 3/25: Optics finished. Code started.  
- 4/1: Heated lid finished.
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* 4/1: Heated lid finished.
- 4/8: Updated heat transfer function. Successful PCR.
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* 4/8: Updated heat transfer function. Successful PCR.
- 4/15: QRT-PCR code finished.
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* 4/15: QRT-PCR code finished.
- 4/22: Setup is ready for QRT-PCR. (i.e., the mechanical setup works)
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* 4/22: Setup is ready for QRT-PCR. (i.e., the mechanical setup works)
- 4/29: Successful QRT-PCR from the side.
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* 4/29: Successful QRT-PCR from the side.
- 5/6: the top. Now which one was better?
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* 5/6: the top. Now which one was better?
  
 
== Progress Notes ==
 
== Progress Notes ==

Revision as of 18:51, 19 March 2011

Looking for weekly reports?

To-Do

  • put away 25mm lens
  • put away filter, which is not a dichroic
  • research what to order for heated lid

Weekly goals

  • 3/25: Optics finished. Code started.
  • 4/1: Heated lid finished.
  • 4/8: Updated heat transfer function. Successful PCR.
  • 4/15: QRT-PCR code finished.
  • 4/22: Setup is ready for QRT-PCR. (i.e., the mechanical setup works)
  • 4/29: Successful QRT-PCR from the side.
  • 5/6: the top. Now which one was better?

Progress Notes

3/18/11

Optical setup appears to be working.

3/16/11

Added dichroic mirror.

Question: how can I verify the optical setup? it seems to respond to driving signal, not fluorescence.

TODO: put away 25mm lens