PHY 3650 BIOPHYSICS
This course brings physical principles to bear on fundamental microscale processes essential to life. Students begin with a brief survey of cellular physiology and then discover how probabilistic phenomena give rise to ordered activity and structures within the cell. Topics include entropy, random walks and diffusion, chemical forces and self-assembly, molecular motors, microscale fluid physics, membrane mechanics, and nerve impulses. Special attention will be given to current frontiers in biophysics through discussion of contemporary scientific literature.
Offered
Offered spring.