- Probability distributions, ideal gas law, Boltzmann Distribution
- Random walk, friction, Diffusion. Impact on biological processes.
- Revision of entropy, temperature, free energy
- Protein-DNA interactions, electrostatic interactions, Debye screening, role in chromatin deformability and packing. Kinetics of repressor-DNA interaction.
- Aqueous, Ionic equilibrium of a living cell, osmotic pressure, non-equilibrium distributions of ions. Ion transport in membranes, physical basis of action potential creation and propagation. Introduction to Cable equation.
- Self assembly in cells. Cooperative transitions.
- Membrane mechanics, membrane deformation by protein-membrane interactions.
- Biophysical characteristics of a tissue: Surface and interfacial tensions.
- Biophysics of cancer.
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