August+29th,+2009

Back to LM's logbook

I just turned in my [|Summer Report]  to Dr. Lieberman on Thursday.

I'm still adjusting to the my classes this year (and the amount of homework I've been getting), but I intend to go into lab probably on Wednesday and Friday to use the AFM.

For now I am working on a statistical analysis of the offsets of the DNA origami with sticky ends. I am able to measure the offsets with a program called [|WSxM], which is a free download on nanotec website. With this program you can view the original files, do section analysis', measure lengths, widths and heights, measure the roughness, adjust the z-scale (the color-height scale), zoom in and smooth images. This program is great because one won't have to perform these tasks while working in the AFM, all one has to do is capture the image and copy the original file to a zip drive and transfer it to their computer. Then you can perform those tasks on your own time, thus resulting in the gathering of more images and data.