Introduction to Biophotonics (IST 8A) - Winter 2008 Hunt Hall Room 241, Monday and Wednesday, 10 to 11:50 am PST, Winter 2008
University of California, Davis
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Dr. Marco Molinaro and Professor James Shackelford
Taught in collaboration with the Science and Education Teams of the Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST). If you are prompted for a username and password on the videos, use guest and no password. To view Windows Media (.WMV files) on a Mac, please install the free Flip4Mac plugin.
Week | Dates | Topic | Videos | Downloads | 1 | Jan 7, 9
| Introduction, CBST Overview
Brief History of Science; Basics of Light
| Video, Video
| PDF, PDF
| 2 | Jan 14, 16
| Light Sources and Interaction w/ Matter;
Light/Tissue Interactions
| Video, Video
| PDF, PDF
| NOTE: Mon, Jan. 21 is a Holiday; Class resumes on Wed, Jan. 23 | 3 | Jan 23 | Basics of Biology | Video
| PDF
| 4 | Jan 28 | No class meeting – Oak Park Field-Trip
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| Jan 30 | Basic Molecular Biology, Genes and Cancer | Video
| PDF1, PDF2
| 5 | Feb 4, 6
| Bioluminescence, tagging living organisms, model organisms and plants | Video, Video
| PDF, PDF1, PDF2
| 6 | Feb 11, 13
| Tools; Hands-on spectrophotometry | Video, Video
| PDF, PDF
| NOTE: Mon., Feb. 18 is a Holiday; Class resumes on Wed., Feb. 20 | 7 | Feb 20 | hands-on tissue and color | Video
| PDF
| 8 | Feb 25, 27
| Traumatic Brain Injury; Overview of CBST Science Program
| Video (V1,V2), Video
| PDF, PDF
| 9 | Mar 3, 5
| Imaging and medical biophotonics
| Video, Video
| PDF, PDF
| 10 | Mar 10, 12
| Dissecting biophotonics tools; Intern Panel, Internship program overview, Presentation debrief | Video, Video
| PDF | | 11 | Mar 17
| Wrap-up and review session
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PRESENTATION Practice: Feb. 25, 2008 (Practice session on presenting a basic principle of biophotonics to one of following audiences – middle school, high school class, community college or general public)
FINAL PRESENTATION: Approximately last two weeks of class (Actual presentation of a biophotonics application to one of following audiences – middle school, high school class, community college or general public)
TERM PAPER DUE: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
FINAL EXAMINATION:Friday, Mar. 21, 2008, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
TEXT: Paras Prasad, Introduction to Biophotonics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2003. (Reference copies available for check-out at CBST Office)
Office Hours: JFS: Wednesday, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., 241 Hunt Hall. Other times by appointment.
MM: Monday, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., 227 Hunt Hall. Other times by appointment. Grading:Attendance (10%), Quizzes (15%), Presentations (25%), Term Paper (25%), Final (25%)
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