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 Inquiry-based hands-on learning through or inspired by Stanford BioSci 123 and BioE 301D:
Hernandez Candia, C.N., Martinez, S.T., & Gutierrez-Medina, B. “A minimal optical trapping and imaging microscopy system”, PLoS ONE (2013). (pdf)

Microscopy instrumentation and construction:
Block, S.M. “Construction of optical tweezers”, Cells: A Laboratory Manual. (pdf)
Gutierrez-Medina, B., & Block, S.M. “Visualizing individual microtubules by bright field microscopy”, American Journal of Physics (2010). (pdf)
Neuman, K.C., & Block, S.M., “Optical trapping”, Review of Scientific Instruments (2004). (pdf)

Review of high-throughput RNA analysis methods:
Sarah Knight Denny, William James Greenleaf (2018) “ Linking RNA Sequence, Structure, and Function on Massively Parallel High-Throughput Sequencers .” Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Nature perspective on high-throughput biochemistry: The hackers teaching old DNA sequencers new tricks