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Week 1 : Introduction to Biophysics, Spatial and temporal scales
Week 2 : Random walks and diffusion in biology, FRAP, cell signaling
Week 3 : Diffusion and capture processes, Mean capture times
Week 4 : Fluid flows in biology, viscosity and Navier Stokes equation
Week 5 : Life at low Reynolds number, Scallop theorem and bacterial flagella
Week 6 : Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics: Energy, entropy, free energy
Week 7 : Two-state systems, cooperative binding, Hemoglobin
Week 8 : Polymers and biopolymers, Entropic elasticity, persistence length
Week 9 : Force spectroscopy, HP model of protein folding, Chromosome models
Week 10 : Life in crowded environments, Depletion forces
Week 11 : Biological dynamics and rate equations, motors and filaments
Week 12 : Pattern formation in biology, Reaction-diffusion systems
The application of physical principles to biological systems is an exciting and rapidly evolving feld of research. Methods of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, stochastic processes, non-linear dynamics and polymer physics, among others have helped understand the guiding principles of a variety of biological processes. In this course,we will attempt to provide an introduction to the physics of biological systems using theoretical tools, with examples from diverse areas of biology such as pattern formation, low Reynolds number fows, cytoskeleton and motors and transport in cells, gene expression and chromatin organisation, among others.
INTENDED AUDIENCE : All Engineering students
PREREQUISITES : Statistical Mechanics (Preferred, not a hard prerequisite)
INDUSTRY SUPPORT : NA
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