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 109/29: Administrative session Training sessions to be scheduled with Chris Waters Download LSM310 manual Download LSM410 manual 10/03: Imaris Seminar/training week 210/06: Assignement #1 2D Imaging of fixed samples: widefield and CLSM microscopy 10/10: Q&A session week 310/13: Assignement #2 3D and multi-channel CLSM imaging of fixed samples 10/17: Student presentations (Assignement #1) week 410/20: Assignement #3 Live imaging I: fly embryos 10/24: Student presentations (Assignement #2) week 510/27: Assignement #4 Live imaging II: zebrafish embryos 10/31: Student presentations (Assignement #3) week 611/03: Assignement #5 Image analysis > Download the Sample Images (zip file) 11/07: Student presentations (Assignement #4) week 711/10: Assignement #6 FRAP experiment Final Project proposal due! 11/14: Student presentations (Assignement #5) week 811/17: Final project Q&A 11/21: Student presentations (Assignement #6) week 911/24: Final project Q&A 11/28: no class (Thanksgiving) week 1012/01: 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