Bi 227: Methods of Modern Microscopy California Institute of Technology - Winter 2016
Andres Collazo TA: Yonil Jung
Hours
Mon 10:00-11:00 am (Braun 151) Wed 10:00-11:00 am (see schedule for room) Lab: Church 68 (Phone Number x6094)
Student group list
Please contact Yon
Syllabus (updated 12/30)
week 1Introduction to Microscopes (Koehler illumination, Confocal microscopy) 01/04: Administrative details and Introductions (151 Braun)
(Assignment 1) Training sessions to be scheduled with Yon and Andres Download LSM310 manual Download LSM410 manual Download LSM410 full manual Manuals for BIF Microscopes
(Lecture 01)
01/06: Hands on with the microscopes (68 Church)
week 2Applying Geometrical Optics (Making the Rochester Cloak)
01/11: Lecture on Geometrical optics and Rochester Cloak (151 Braun)
(Assignment 2) (Lecture 02)
01/13: Building invisibility cloak with lenses (68 Church)
week 32D Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM) 01/18: No class (Martin Luther King Day) Institute Holiday
01/20: Discuss assignments (68 Church) (Assignment 3)
(Exciter manual)
week 43D LSCM; Begin Building a Light Sheet Microscope (openspim.org) 01/25: Light sheet fluorescence microscopy lecture by Dr. Antti Lignell (151 Braun) (Lecture 03)
01/27: Work on assignments (68 Church)
week 5Live Imaging I: Drosophila embryos
02/01: Introduction to Drosophila (Yonil Jung, guest lecture) (151 Braun) (Lecture 04) (Assignment 4)
02/03: Final Project Proposal due!
week 6Live Imaging II: Zebrafish embryos
02/08: Introduction to Zebrafish (151 Braun)
(Lecture 05) (Assignment 5)
02/10: Student presentations for Assignment 3 (60 Church)
week 7Multispectral Imaging Lab
02/15: No class (President?s Day) Institute Holiday
02/17: Meet in BIF (B133 Beckman Institute)
week 8Fluorescent Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) 02/22: FCS Lecture (151 Braun)
(Lecture 06)
02/24: Meet in BIF (B133 Beckman Institute)
02/25: Eric Betzig talk on Super Resolution Microscopy
Physics Research Conference at 4:00 P.M. in 201 E. Bridge
week 9Comparisons of Different Confocals & Light Sheet 02/29: Work on project and this week?s topic
03/02: Discussion on this week's topic
week 10Multispectral Imaging Lecture 03/07: Multispectral Imaging lecture (151 Braun) (Lecture 07)
03/09: Work on project and this week?s topic
03/16: Final Project Due
Grading
50% Lab assignments 50% Final project Download Final Project Instructions
Office Hours
Andres Collazo, acollazo AT Caltech.edu
Phone: x2761 or x2863
Friday 2-4 PM, 226 or B133 in the Beckman Institute
Yonil Jung, jung830307 AT gmail.com
By appointment as well.
Obtaining keys to Church 68
Please contact Yon
Microscope Calendar Access
Students need to access the calendar system for microscope reservations: - go to: http://calendar.bic.caltech.edu/. 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