Physics 4710 – Introduction to Biophysics

Spring 2002 / Prof. S.J. Hagen

Tentative Calendar as of 1/8/2002

January

8 10 What is biophysics?

15 17 Introduction to biological macromolecules

22 24 Biomolecular NMR

Guest speaker: Prof. Arthur S. Edison

29 31 Scaling laws and dimensionless numbers in biology

February

5 7 DNA structure and flexibility

2/7/02 Colloquium: Dr. Ad Bax (Natl. Inst. of Health)

12 14 New technologies for DNA separation

19 21 Biomolecules and EM radiation

26 28 Atomic force microscopy

2/26/02: Guest speaker: Prof. Andrew G. Rinzler

March

5 7 Spring Break

12 14 Protein structure and dynamics

19 21 Chromatin structure

3/19/02: Guest speaker: Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul

26 28 Biological motors and motility (I)

April

2 4 Biological motors and motility (II)

9 11 Vision and the eye

16 18 Physical descriptions of neurons and their function

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May

1 (Wednesday) Final Exam 12:30 – 2:30 pm

Other Important Dates:

Friday February 15 Term paper topic must be approved

Friday March 1 Draft version of term paper is due at 5:00 pm

Friday March 22 Final version of term paper is due at 5:00 pm