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20.309: Biological Instrumentation and Measurement

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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
9/15/19 Assignment 1

Assignment 1 Overview

9/22/19 Assignment 2 Assignment 2 Overview
9/26/19 Quiz 1 (in lecture)
9/29/19 Assignment 3 Assignment 3 Overview
10/9/19 Assignment 4
10/13/19 Assignment 5 Assignment 5 Overview
10/17/19 Exam 1 (at 7:30pm) in 32-144


Module 2: electronics, signals and systems

Important dates Assignment due Assignment page links Useful resources
4/7/19 or 4/14/19 Assignment 6 Assignment 6 overview
4/14/19 Assignment 7 Electronics bootcamp II: feedback systems
4/19/19 Quiz 2 (in lecture)
4/21/19 Assignment 8 Assignment 8 Overview: flow channel & two-color microscope *The* yeast paper: Mettelal et al., Science (2008)
4/28/19 Assignment 9 Assignment 9 Overview: Analyzing yeast images
5/5/19 Assignment 10 Assignment 10, Part 1: Measuring the osmotic shock response of yeast
12/5/19 Exam 2 (at 7:30pm) in 32-144
5/16/19 Assignment 11 Assignment 11: Tell us about your lab visit

Optics and microscopy resources

Background reading

Code examples and simulations

Electronics resources

Background reading

Limits of detection mini-lab

MRI mini-lab

(Kept for historical reasons.)