PHYC452Biophysics:Schedule

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Week by Week Calendar

Week	Activities, Notes	Links
Week 1 Jan 23	Lecture 1: A discussion about Biophysics in General, and Biophysics in the UNM Physics Department. Random Walks, Stokes-Einstein relation, time scales of diffusion in cell membranes and cytoplasm. (Nelson Chapter 4)	Week 1
Week 2 Jan 28,30	Lecture 2: Basic structure and function of Eukaryotic cells. (Nelson Chapter 2) Diffusion through channels and membranes. (Nelson Chapter 4) Lecture 3: Quiz on basic biology terminology. Friction in fluids and low Reynolds number. (Nelson Chapter 5).	Week 2
Week 3 Feb 4,6	No Classes: Biophysical Society Meeting Feb 2-6. Classes will be rescheduled at a later date.
Week 4 Feb 11,13	Lecture 4:: Basic chemistry in Biology, the Navier-Stokes equation, Reynolds number and low viscosity environments (Nelson Chapter 5). Lecture 5:: Basic chemistry in Biology II, disorder, maximum entropy lead to the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. Energy, enthalpy and free energies (Nelson Chapter 6).	Week 4
Week 5 Feb 18,20	Lecture 6:: Rate constants, chemical equilibrium, Arrhenius equation. Lecture 7:: Quiz on basic biochemistry (postponed from Monday). Entropic forces.	Week 5
Week 6 Feb 25,27	Lecture 8:: Chemical Potential, Osmosis, Rate equations, Scatchard Plots Lecture 9:: Gels, Freely jointed chains, 1D cooperative chain model.	Week 6
Week 7 March 3,5	Lecture 10:: Worm-Like Chain Model Lecture 11:: Buffers, Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy, Basic Microscope Optics.	Week 7
Week 8 March 10,12	Lecture 12:: Point Spread Function Calculations. Lecture 13::	Week 8