Physical biology of molecules, cells and tissues at equilibrium. Biophysical techniques.
Applying the very successful methods of thinking from
classical and statistical-mechanics in physics to
unravel problems in biology at the cellular scale. We use standard
results from classical mechanics (springs, rods,
pendula etc.) and examine how far we can use them for
biological systems. We spend some time with Random Walk models and
Boltzmann Statistics, and use these to derive theoretical results that
connect energetics with the
bulk-biochemistry. We intersperse this with a constant
discussion of
At the end of the course you should be able to understand and evaluate sensible theoretical models of cell-biological systems from a biophysics perspective. Intructors: Primary instructor: Dr. Chaitanya Athale (bio@iiserpune) Guest lectures by: Dr. Shiva Patil (physics@iiserpune) Assessment: Internal assesment (50%) includes evaluation of assignments, paper-reading and quizzes. Exam based assesment carries the remaining 50% of the score. Course-Coordinator email: bio322 at the rat e student s dot ii serpune do t a c d o t in News
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Course Contents
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AssignmentsThe assignments page [link] contains all the assignmnts and their solutions as the deadline passes.
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Policy on plagiarism [pdf]: A document of what is acceptable usage of existing resources. It particularly deals with what IS and IS NOT acceptable use of published, online, wikipedia, journal-article and other sources of information, figures, graphs and words. It is mandatory for all course attendees to have read it. A quiz will be conducted on your understanding. |
Lecture notes (TBA)
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Historical accounts of Linus Pauling's work in biology |