9.422/20.452/MAS.881  Principles of Neuroengineering

12/2
Riley, Joy, Gleb, Jon
Rowland, Ralph, Laya
Thrasyvoulos

12/4
Shengxi, John, Ira
Ben, Gideon, Emily
Vladimir, Che-Wei

According to the syllabus from lecture 1, homework 4 is due today.  I apologize for not reminding everyone of the due date a week beforehand, like for previous homeworks.  If you want to work until Monday to finish, that is okay with me.  The assignment:  write a page or two about:

Overcoming hurdles. What is the biggest surprise you found? The biggest hurdle you overcame? The biggest hurdle remaining?  (due 11/20 )

This homework is designed to help you get to the home stretch for your project.

Just posted Paper Set 4 Signups, in the "Materials" section of the Stellar site! See you all on 11/25, and looking forward to some exciting discussions!

Ed

Just posted, upon request, the "Lecture 11 - Principles Whiteboard Snapshot" to the "Materials" section.

Ed

For the class on 11/25, 10:30A-12P, we'll have paper discussions.  Here are the three papers you can sign up for.  Just email me at esb@media.mit.edu with subject line "Paper discussion sign-ups" by Wed 11/18 5PM, and I'll compile the list that evening.  Here are the choices:

Science. 2014 Nov 7;346(6210):1258361. doi: 10.1126/science.1258361. Epub 2014 Oct 9.
Casting inorganic structures with DNA molds.
Sun W1, Boulais E2, Hakobyan Y2, Wang WL1, Guan A3, Bathe M4, Yin P5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25301973

Nano Lett. 2013 May 8;13(5):2073-7. doi: 10.1021/nl400346k. Epub 2013 Apr 8.
Wide-field multispectral super-resolution imaging using spin-dependent fluorescence in nanodiamonds.
Chen EH1, Gaathon O, Trusheim ME, Englund D.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23547791

J Am Chem Soc. 2014 Sep 24;136(38):13102-5. doi: 10.1021/ja5056356. Epub 2014 Sep 11.
De novo-designed enzymes as small-molecule-regulated fluorescence imaging tags and fluorescent reporters.
Liu Y1, Zhang X, Tan YL, Bhabha G, Ekiert DC, Kipnis Y, Bjelic S, Baker D, Kelly JW.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25209927

After 11/25, the next two classes -- 12/2 and 12/4 -- will be for presentation of final projects!  I'll send out a schedule of final presentations on 12/1.  Everyone always wants to go on the second day, of course, so we'll assign people randomly.  Also remember the final paper is also due on 12/4.

Best,
Ed