Following is a tentative course schedule, which is subject to change as the course progresses. Due dates may also change, but they will never change to be earlier than what is posted below. Links to all tutorials will be posted when available. Lab sessions marked with an asterisk feature lecture material.

Due dates

Tu 10/08: Exercise packet 1-4 (23:59)
Tu 10/15: Pulse oximetry prelab (10:30)
Th 10/17: Exercise packet 5-8 (23:59)
Th 10/31: Pulse oximeter system demo (10:30)
Tu 11/05: Real-time PCR prelab (10:30)
Th 11/07: Pulse oximetry writeup (10:30)
Th 12/05: Real-time PCR system demo (10:30)
~~W 12/11~~: ~~Real-time PCR writeup (17:00)~~
F 12/13: Real-time PCR writeup (23:59)

Lab schedule

In each lab session, which are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30-11:55, you will be working on your exercises or projects. Date with special activities are shown below.

Tu 10/01: Introduction, safety
Th 10/10: Guest talk, Jase Gehring, Sina Booeshaghi, Anne Kil
Th 10/15: Lecture on design approaches
Tu 10/22: Milestone: Pulse detection should be working
Th 10/24: Guest talk, Sarah Sam and Mu Qiao
Th 10/31: Pulse oximeter system demo and tear down, discussion on PCR
Th 11/14: Milestone: Thermocycling should be working
Th 11/28: No class; Thanksgiving Day
Th 12/05: Real-time PCR system demo
Th 12/12: Teardown

Lights out times

To enable data acquisition for the real-time PCR experiment, the lights of the lab will be off at the following times.

M 11/25: 19:00-23:59
Tu 11/26: 19:00-23:59
W 11/27: 19:00-23:59
Th 11/28: 19:00-23:59
F 11/29: 19:00-23:59
Sa 11/30: 19:00-23:59
Su 12/01: 19:00-23:59
M 12/02: 19:00-23:59
Tu 12/03: 19:00-23:59
W 12/04: 19:00-23:59
Th 12/05: 10:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59
F 12/06: 10:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59
Sa 12/07: 10:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59
Su 12/08: 10:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59
M 12/09: 10:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59
Tu 12/10: 10:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59
W 12/11: 10:00-15:00, 19:00-23:59