Biophysics PHYS 305 - Section 201 Term 2, Jan 2020 - April 2020

Course outline:

This course outline is approximate; It may be modified slightly as we go along, based on our progress and your feedback.

Week 1 Diffusion in biology Week 2 Diffusion contd. Cell signaling Week 3 Statistical mechanics in biology Entropy & Free energy Week 4 Random walks in proteins, polymers, and DNA Protein folding Week 5 Enzymes Model systems Week 6 Entropy in the cell, ligand receptor binding, Hill functions Midterm (Feb 10)

Week 7 Chemical kinetics, reaction rates. Week 8 Gene regulation, biological networks Week 9 Gene regulation, biological networks Regulatory dynamics Week 10 Genetic networks contd. Stochastic models of gene regulation Week 11 Genetic switches Biological oscillations. Week 12 Biological patterns in space and time. Week 13 Biological patterns in space and time contd. Lateral inhibition; cell signaling