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'''March 26''': Midterm Exam. | '''March 26''': Midterm Exam. | ||
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[http://panda3.phys.unm.edu/~klidke/452sp2008/MidtermSol.pdf Solutions] | |||
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|'''Lecture 18''': Molecular Motors. '''April 23:''' Quiz 3- [[/quiz3| click here for topics]] | |||
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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:: MATLAB PSF demo, Photodiode, Avalanche Photodiodes. |
Week 8 |
| Week 9 March 24,25,26 |
Lecture 14:: PMTs, CCDs, Exam Overview
Reveiw Session: Review for Exam/ Q&A problems session. 3:00pm, meet outside rm 5. March 26: Midterm Exam. |
Midterm Links |
| Week 10 March 31,April 2 |
Lecture 15,16:: Parameter Estimation, Cramer-Rao Lower Bound, single fluorophore localization accuracy. | Week 10 |
| Week 11 April 7,9 |
Lecture 17:: Beer-Lambert Law, Protein and Nucleic Acid concentration measurements, Phospholipid nomenclature, Laser Classes.
Lab 1: Single Particle Tracking of Quantum Dot Labeled lipids in a DOPC bilayer. |
Week 11 |
| Week 12 April 14,16 |
Lecture 18,19:: Single Particle Tracking Analysis, lipid bilayer elasticity, Optical trap calibration for optical tweezers. | Week 12 |
| Week 13 April 21,23 |
Lecture 18: Molecular Motors. April 23: Quiz 3- click here for topics | Week 13 |
