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PHYS551: Biological Physics
Course Description
This course will cover topics in frontier of biological physics.
Reference Texts
- Philip Nelson, Biological Physics, W. H. Freeman and Company (2004), ISBN 0716743728.
- M. Daune, Molecular Biophysics: Structures and Dynamics, Oxford University Press
(1999).
- L. Stryer, Biochemistry, 5th ed., W. H. Freeman, New York (2003).
- Cantor and Schimmel, Biophysical Chemistry, I, II, III, W. H. Freeman, New York (1980).
- D. A. McQuarrie, Statistical Mechanics, Harper & Row, New York (1976).
Tentative list of the topics to be covered
- DNA
- RNA
- Proteins
- Cells
- Bacteria
- Eukaryotic systems
- Virus
- Biomaterials
- Single molecule techniques
- Cancer and other diseases
- Biological networks
- Evolution
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