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20.309 course materials
General course information
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Reserve a lab station here: Bioinstrumentation Lab reservation system
Optical microscopy lab
Code examples and simulations
- Converting Gaussian fit to Rayleigh resolution
- MATLAB: Estimating resolution from a PSF slide image
- Matlab: Scalebars
- Calculating MSD and Diffusion Coefficients
Background reading
- Geometrical optics and ray tracing
- Physical optics and resolution
- Optical aberrations
- Aperture and field stops
- Optical detectors, noise, and the limit of detection
- Manta G032 camera measurements
- Understanding log plots
Electronics
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DNA melting lab
- Lab Manual:Measuring DNA Melting Curves
- DNA Melting: Simulating DNA Melting - Basics
- DNA Melting Part 1: Measuring Temperature and Fluorescence
- DNA Melting Report Requirements for Part 1
- DNA Melting: Simulating DNA Melting - Intermediate Topics
- DNA Melting Part 2: Lock-in Amplifier and Temperature Control
- DNA Melting: Model function and parameter estimation by nonlinear regression
- DNA Melting Report Requirements for Part 2
Limits of detection lab
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Useful things
Resource lists
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Lab manuals
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Matlab tutorials
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Projects
- eSTORM: super-resolution microscope for the classroom