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Advanced biophysics
The Advanced Biophysics Course is a lecture course that covers modern concepts in experimental and theoretical physics of living systems, in the broadest sense.
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Image N. Desprat (LPENS)
We will present theoretical ideas and illustrate them with experiments that show how these ideas are relevant for real systems, at the same time presenting modern experimental techniques.
The topics covered by the course will include : cytoskeleton physics, tissue mechanics, non-equilibrium molecular motors, gene regulation, evolution, neuroscience, among others. The concepts covered will include landscape theory, non-equilibrium phenomena, nonlinear physics, stochastic processes, information theory applied to living systems, among others.
Each week there will be 2 hours of lectures followed by 2 hours of problem sessions. The problem sessions will include both traditional pen and paper problems, computational exercises and projects.
Syllabus
- Gene regulation
- Chromosome structure
- Gene networks
- Protein folding
- Noise in gene regulation
- Protein self-assembly
- Introduction to evolution
- Cytoskeletal elasticity
- Introduction to neuroscience
- Membraneless organelles
- Information theory
- Detecting nonequilibrium phenomena
Prerequisites
Evaluation
The course will be evaluated based on project presentations + 2 midterms during the year. Oral Examination.