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Biological Instrumentation
Cornell University
BioNB 442
Fall 2007
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This page is no longer maintained.
Last update was Dec 2007.
This is the home page for BioNB 442 which deals with instrumentation and computing in biological
research. This year the course will consider the electronic basis of neuron physiology and programming in Matlab, with applications
including data aquisition, signal analysis and virtual instrument design.The course
is taught by Bruce
Land, who is a staff member in Neurobiology
and Behavior and Electrical Engineering.
Contents
Reading
- Week of Aug 23 and Aug27:
- Week of Sept 3:
- Spend an hour brousing the links at the bottom of this page
- Using Graphics
- Week of Sept 10
- Week of Sept 17
- Week of Sept 24
- Week of Oct 1
- Week of October 8
- Week of October 22
- Week of Nov 7
Laboratory assignments
- Connecting a computer to an experiment (gPRIME) (Aug 29)
- Matlab and 2D graphics (Sept 5)
- Handle graphics and GUI design (Sept 12)
- Introduction to DAQ toolbox (Sept 19 and Sept 26)
- Passive cell model and intracellular amplifier (Oct 3 and Oct 10)
- Active model cell (Oct 17)
- Reducing noise (Oct 24 and Oct 31)
- Voltage Clamp (Nov 7)
- Finger Plethysmograph (Nov 14 and Nov 28)
Old lab assignments : Potential labs
Course Schedule
- Lectures:
- Tues/Thurs 8:40- 9:55 am, Plant Science G37 (Garden level)
- Lab:
- Wednesday afternoon 1:25-4:25 pm, B160 Comstock
Staff
Useful links:
- Class
- Matlab
- Instrumentation
- Neurobiology
- Math
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