Physics of Biological Systems
NPTEL is offering online course for undergraduate/ postgraduate students in Physics of Biological Systems.
About the course:
Course Layout:
Duration: 12 weeks
Enrollment Ends: February 03, 2020
Exam Date: April 25, 2020
For more details, please visit: https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc20_ph02/preview
- The application of physical principles to biological systems is an exciting and rapidly evolving field 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 flows, cytoskeleton and motors and transport in cells, gene expression and chromatin organization, among others.
Course Layout:
- 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, Haemoglobin
- 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
Duration: 12 weeks
Enrollment Ends: February 03, 2020
Exam Date: April 25, 2020
For more details, please visit: https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc20_ph02/preview
