Bi 227: Methods of Modern Microscopy California Institute of Technology - Winter 2020
Andres Collazo, Ph.D., preferred gender pronoun 'he, him'
TA: Steven Wilbert, preferred gender pronoun 'he, him'
Hours
Mon 10:00-11:00 am (Braun 152 was 151) Wed 10:00-11:00 am (not every Wednesday, see schedule for room) Lab: Church B168 (Phone Number x6094)
Student group list
Please contact Steven Wilbert
Syllabus (updated 2/18)
week 1Introduction to Microscopes (Koehler illumination, Confocal microscopy) 01/06: Administrative details and Introductions (152 Braun)
(Assignment 1) Training sessions to be scheduled with Steven and Andres Download LSM310 manual Download LSM410 manual Download LSM410 full manual Manuals for BIF Microscopes (LARGE File)
(Lecture 01)
01/08: Fiji Intro by Steven Wilbert; bring your laptops (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff)
Lab Time: Hands on with microscopes (B168 Church)
week 23D Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy (LSCM)
01/13: Lecture on Confocal Microscopes (152 Braun) (Assignment 2) (Lecture 02)
01/15: Students present Assignment 1 (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff)
Lab Time: Collect 3D confocal data sets (B168 Church)
week 3Begin Building a Light Sheet Microscope (openspim.org) 01/20: No class (Martin Luther King Day) Institute Holiday
01/22: Light sheet fluorescence microscopy; Guest lecture by Dr. Thai Truong (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff) (Lecture 03) Lab Time: Begin building light sheet microscope (B168 Church) (Assignment 3) (OpenSPIM paper)
week 4Live Imaging Zebrafish Embryos 01/27: Introduction to zebrafish lecture (152 Braun)
(Lecture 04)
01/29: Students present Assignment 2 (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff) Lab Time: Set up zebrafish embryo timelapse; Demo Zeiss Z1 light sheet setup (B133 Beckman Institute)
week 5Fluorescent Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) vs FRAP 02/03: FCS vs FRAP Lecture (152 Braun)
(Lecture 05) (Assignment 4) (FCS guide) (FRAP guide)
02/05: Lab Time: Collect FCS and FRAP data sets. Afternoon lab meet in BIF (B133 Beckman Institute) Final Project Proposal due!
week 6Multispectral Imaging Lab 02/10: Multispectral Imaging; Lecture by Steven Wilbert (152 Braun)
(Lecture 06)
02/12: Lab Time: Spectral imaging of microbial biofilms
week 7Super-resolution Microscopy 02/17: No class (President's Day) Institute Holiday
02/19: Super-resolution microscopy lecture (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff) (Lecture 07) (Assignment 5) Lab Time: Compare Airyscan to deconvolution (B133 Beckman Institute)
week 8Work on Assignments and building light sheet
02/24: Fiji - Basic Image Analysis Lecture by Steven (152 Braun) (Lecture 08)
02/26: Students present Assignment 4 (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff) Lab Time: Work on assignments and building light sheet
week 9Work on Assignments and building light sheet 03/02: No lecture. Afternoon, Work on light sheet (B168 Church)
(Light sheet instructions)
03/05: Students present Assignment 5 (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff)
week 10Student Presentations of final project
03/09: Oral presentations for final project (152 Braun)
03/11: Oral presentations for final project (10 am, 101 Kerckhoff); Assignment 3 due.
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
Steven Wilbert, swilbert AT Caltech.edu
By appointment as well.
Obtaining code for key to B168 Church
Please contact Steven Wilbert
Microscope Calendar Access
Students need to access the calendar system for microscope reservations: - go to: bioimaging.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