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Clicking on an image will bring up a larger image.
Some representative images related to biophysics. The first image
on the left shows a simulation
of DNA
translocating through an artificial nanopore, a physical process
that suggests a rapid inexpensive way to read out a genome. The second
image shows non-invasive optical manipulation of particular neurons in
a rat's brain by the technique of
optogenetics. The
third image from the left shows an artificial oscillating dynamical
system constructed out of interacting genes, which provides insights
about
gene
regulatory networks. The last image shows
a kinesin molecule
transporting a vesicle along a microtubule highway (from the
movie Inner
Life of a Cell).
Welcome to Physics 174, a
one-semester half-credit undergraduate seminar whose goal is to give
students a broad exposure to what is biophysics by introducing them to
current frontiers and to research topics via guest speakers,
presentations by studnets of journal articles followed by discussion,
and some traditional lectures that will provide background
information.
Please refer to the links at the top of this page to access course
announcements, the course syllabus, and other useful material. In
particular, please check
the
Announcements link from time to time for postings of reading
assignments, homeworks, answers,and topics or talks of special
interest to the class.
Note: This course has an
active Sakai website but
that site will play a secondary role in that only grades and blogs
will be accessed there.
