Bio322: Biophysics Lectures

Mid-semester exam: topics 1-4

End-semester exam: topics 5-8

1. Introduction: why physical biology?
2. Energy in Biology
3. Biology by dimensionsal analysis and numbers
4. DNA: structure and higher order shapes (Yamuna Krishnan)
5. Equilibrium models: Free energy minimization of structures, Entropy and Levinthal's Paradox
6. Boltzmann distributions, ligand-receptor binding and two-state systems
7. Random walks and macromolecular structures and summary equations
8. Cell structure and cytoskeleton

• Mid-semester exams: 27-Sep to 29 Sep (Bio322 @0830h on Friday 28-Sep-2012)
• Mid-Semester break: 30-Sep to 06-Oct
• End-semester exams: 22-Nov to 30 Nov (Bio322 @1400-1700h on Tuesday 27-Nov-2012)

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