Douglas Martin: How to Build a Microscope
Monday, Feb. 19 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Youngchild 115
Optical microscopes were first used to observe single biological cells 350 years ago. Contemporary research microscopes have improved about 100-fold in resolution, field of view, and color sensitivity, yet remain limited to major research projects due to cost and complexity.
This talk presents an open-source microscope my colleagues and I have developed and built from off-the-shelf and 3D printed parts. This OSM is capable of: seeing single molecules and molecular motors; watching living cells divide (and imaging the entire mitotic process); and recreating Einstein’s experiment that demonstrated the existence of atoms. There will even be a live demo!