20.309

20.309J/2.673J: Biological Engineering II: Biological Instrumentation and Measurement
Fall 2006

Units: 2-7-3

Lecture: T/R 12:00n-1:00pm (56-180)

Lab: 16-352 (open scheduling)

Lab phone: 617-324-1634

Announcements

Oct. 1: Lab Module 2: The Atomic Force Microscope is now available. It covers three weeks, and is of a rather large size. It's highly advisable to start reading through it early.

Sep. 26: SOLUTIONS to Homework Set #1 have been posted.

Sep. 18: Lab Module 1: Measuring DNA Melting Curves has been posted. Please aim to finish the circuit construction and most of the optics assembly by Sep. 22, so that you can spend most of the week of Sep. 25 running melting curves and optimizing your setup.

Old Announcements

Sep. 13: Marcio has posted MATLAB tutorial files one and two (also available on the schedule page).

Sep. 11: Pizza Dinner, 6 pm Monday at the 4th floor Stata faculty lunch room. The Stata Pub will be the alternate location.

HOMEWORK SET 1 has been posted on the schedule page, and will be due on Friday, Sep. 22 at 12:00 noon.

Sep. 8: Lab orientation sessions will take place Friday, Sep. 8 from 3pm to 4pm and Monday, Sep. 11 from 9:30am to 10:30am. Attendance at either one of these is mandatory for all enrolled. Please also read over the Laboratory Guidelines Document.

Sep. 6: All students who intend to enroll should email a brief statement of your interest (a few paragraphs) to Prof. Scott Manalis scottm AT media DOT mit DOT edu by 5:00pm on Thursday Sep. 7. You should mention your background and (research) interests, any relevant prior coursework in mechanics, electronics, or optics, why you're interested in 20.309, and what you hope to get out of it.

Aug. 30: The lab schedule this semester will be open-format, meaning that there will be very few fixed lab hours. The lab will be open 9am to 5pm and students will sign up for the lab hours that work for them each week, about a week in advance, so you can plan each week as your schedule permits. Keeping regular lab hours will be a good idea, but you won't be locked into it.

Aug. 28, 2006: All interested students who have not pre-registered yet should contact Lab Instructor Maxim Shusteff, if you have not already done so, and attend the first lecture on Thursday, Sep. 7, 2006 at 12:00noon in 56-180.