Course Details

1	Title of the course (L-T-P-C)	Biophysics (3-0-0-3)
2	Pre-requisite courses(s)
3	Course content	Diffusion and Brownian motion and Biological applications. Electrostatic interactions Chemical Potential and Chemical reactions Self-assembly, micelles, cell membranes Helix coil transition Stretching of macromolecules Protein folding Unzipping of DNA Machines in membranes Electro-osmotic effects Ion pumping Nerve Impulses Action Potentials Ion Channels Physical Techniques and related biology X-ray diffraction, light and neutron scattering Nuclear magnetic Resonance Fluorescence DNA Microarrays Manipulation of bio-molecules using optical tweezers. Tomography Patch clamps
4	Texts/References	Physical Biology of the Cell, Second Edition by Rob Phillips, Jane Kondev, Julie Theriot, and Hernan Garcia (Garland Science, 2012). Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life Student edition by Philip Nelson. (Chiliagon Science)

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