Individual
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Study programme |
Theoretical
and experimental physics |
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Chosen research area (module) |
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Nature and level of studies |
Master
studies |
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Name of the course |
Biophysics |
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Professor (lectures) |
Prof.
Milan Knežević |
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Professor/associate (additional) |
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ECTS |
10 |
Status
(required/elective) |
elective |
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Access requirements |
statistical
physics |
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Aims of the course |
Learn
the main concepts, laws and methods of bophysics. |
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Learning outcomes |
Students
will be able to apply the acquired knowledge and methods in studies of simple
biophysical systems. |
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Contents of the course |
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Lectures |
Introduction
to the physics of biopolymers: random
walks model, entropic forces, collapse of homopolymers, DNA collapse, helix-coil
transition, DNA and RNA
structures, Protein structures, Protein folding, Molecular motors, Physics of genetic regulation. Molecular
networks. Models of evolution. |
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Examples/ practical classes |
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Recommended books |
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1 |
K.
Sneppen, G. Zocchi, Physics in Molecular Biology, Cambridge UP (2005) |
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2 |
R.
Cotterly, Biophysics, J. Wiley and Sons (2002) |
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3 |
W.
Poon, D. Andelman, Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell
Biology, Taylor and Francis (2006) |
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5 |
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Number of classes (weekly) |
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Lectures |
Examples&practicals |
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Student
project |
Additional |
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Teaching and learning methods |
lectures,
consultation,project |
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Assessment (maximal 100) |
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assesed coursework |
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examination |
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coursework |
20 |
written
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practicals |
30 |
oral
examination |
50 |
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papers |
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presentations |
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