Bi 227: Methods of Modern Microscopy
California Institute of Technology - Fall 2008
John Choi and Willy Supatto
TA: Louisa Liberman
 

 

Hours
 
 
Mon 3:00-4:00 pm (Chrurch 68)
Fri 2:00-4:00 pm (Chrurch 60)
Lab: Church 68
 

 

Student group list
 
 
available here
 

 

Syllabus (updated 10/23)
 
week 1
 
09/29: Administrative session
Training sessions to be scheduled with Chris Waters
Download LSM310 manual
Download LSM410 manual
 
 
10/03: Imaris Seminar/training
 
week 2
 
10/06: Assignement #1
2D Imaging of fixed samples: widefield and CLSM microscopy
 
 
10/10: Q&A session
 
week 3
 
10/13: Assignement #2
3D and multi-channel CLSM imaging of fixed samples
 
 
10/17: Student presentations (Assignement #1)
 
week 4
 
10/20: Assignement #3
Live imaging I: fly embryos
 
 
10/24: Student presentations (Assignement #2)
 
week 5
 
10/27: Assignement #4
Live imaging II: zebrafish embryos
 
 
10/31: Student presentations (Assignement #3)
 
week 6
 
11/03: Assignement #5
Image analysis
> Download the Sample Images (zip file)
 
 
11/07: Student presentations (Assignement #4)
 
week 7
 
11/10: Assignement #6
FRAP experiment
Final Project proposal due!
 
 
11/14: Student presentations (Assignement #5)
 
week 8
 
11/17: Final project Q&A
 
 
11/21: Student presentations (Assignement #6)
 
week 9
 
11/24: Final project Q&A
 
 
11/28: no class (Thanksgiving)
 
week 10
 
12/01: Final project Q&A
 
 
12/05: Student presentations (Final project)
 

 

Grading
 
 
60% Weekly lab assignments
40% Final project
see the grading policy here
see the Final Project rules here
 

 

Office Hours
 
 
By appointment:
John Choi, johnchoi AT caltech.edu, x4499
Willy Supatto, supatto AT caltech.edu, x2863
Louisa Liberman, louisa AT caltech.edu, x5952
 

 

Obtaining keys to Church 68
 
 
Contact: Mary Marsh, 110 Kerckhoff, marshm AT caltech.edu, x6444
 

 

Microscope Calendar Access
 
 
Students need to access the calendar system for microscope and Imaris station reservations:
- go to: http://calendar.bic.caltech.edu/.
- click on "New users please Register here".
- fill in required information.
- use "Caltech Labs" as affiliation
- Request access to 3 Calendars: (1) Bi227 310 (2) Bi227 410 and (3) Bi 227 IMARIS.
This will send an email to request official access to the calendars.
 
Notes about Scope Calendar reservations and usage:
- Never use the microscopes or the Imaris station without reserving it first
- Be considerate of others
- reserve reasonable amounts of time
- If you cannot make it to your reserved time please delete your reservation on calendar.
- Try to avoid imaging late at night, since no one will be around to help if you have a problem.
 

 

Links
 
 
Bi177 & Bi227 website
Imaris (Bitplane AG)
Bitplane Training Center
Microscope Primer
Microscopy from the Very Beginning (Zeiss)
Olympus Microscopy Primer
ImageJ