| Center |
| Faculty of Physics |
| Departament |
| Earth Physics and Thermodynamics |
| Lecturers in charge |
| Sin datos cargados |
| Met. Docent |
| METHODOLOGY: Assessment: the final mark will depend on a written exam comprising 2 essay questions (4 points), 3 questions (3 points) and 1 problem (3 points) , and optional coursework. |
| Met. Avaluació |
| - - |
| Bibliografia |
| 1) Manzanares, J.A.; Maf*, S. Apuntes de BiofÔsica Molecular, curso 2003-2004, Univ. Valencia, Valencia, 2003. 2) Vàzquez, J. BiofÔsica: Principios Fundamentales, EYPASA, Madrid, 1993. 3) Nossal, R.J.; Lecar, H. Molecular and Cell Biophysics, Addison-Wesley, 1991. 4) Weiss, T.F. Cellular Biophysics, MIT Press, 1996. |
| Continguts |
| CONTENTS Description of the main phasic phenomena in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, with focus on those related to Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics. Theory Programme 1st Part: Molecular biophysics Lesson 1: Molecular interactions in Biophysics Lesson 2: Water structure and properties Lesson 3: Proteins: Molecular structures and conformational analysis Lesson 4: Nucleic acids: molecular structure and conformational analysis Lesson 5: Cooperation and regulation in biochemical processes Lesson 6: Electrolyte and polyelectrolyte solutions 2nd Part: Cellular Biophysics (biological membrane transport) Lesson 7: Auto-organization of lipid structures Lesson 8: Distribution equilibrium Lesson 9: Neutral solutes and water transport Lesson 10: Passive electrodiffusion Lesson 11: Facilitated diffusion Lesson 12: Active transport. |