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Ed Boyden, Ph.D.
Benesse Career Development Professor
Leader, Synthetic Neurobiology Group
Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab
Joint Professor, MIT Dept. of Biological Engineering, MIT Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Investigator, MIT McGovern Institute
Associate Member, MIT Picower Institute
Room E15-421, 20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone: (617) 324-3085
fax: (617) 253-6285
email: esb@media.mit.edu
web: http://syntheticneurobiology.org
twitter: http://twitter.com/eboyden3

Biological Instrumentation and Measurement

[Stellar Link] [Spring 2009]

MIT Course Numbers: 2.673 ~ 6.122 ~ 20.309 ~ 20.409 ~ MAS.402
Instructors: E. Boyden ~ S. Nagle ~ S. Wasserman ~ M. F. Yanik ~ Clarissa Zimmerman
TAs: N/A
Units: Undergraduate/Graduate G-level ~ 3-6-3 Units
Time: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 12pm-1pm
Place: Room 4-237 and 4-231

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Sensing and measurement aimed at quantitative molecular/cell/tissue analysis in terms of genetic, biochemical, and biophysical properties. Methods include light and fluorescence microscopies, electronic circuits, and electro-mechanical probes (atomic force microscopy, optical traps, MEMS devices). Application of statistics, probability, signal and noise analysis, and Fourier techniques to experimental data. Final design project emphasizes utilization of principles underlying biological instrumentation. Preference to juniors and seniors.

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