Molecular Biophysics

Applied Biophysics

This PDF covers the following topics related to Applied Biophysics : The Scope and Topics of Biophysics, The Main Targets of Biophysics, Thermodynamics and Biosystems, Statistical Physics of Biosystems, Mechanical and Chemical Equilibrium in Biosystems, Biological Processes and Entropy, Molecular Structures: The Shape of Molecules, Structure of Biosystems, The Building Blocks and Architecture of Cells, etc.

Author(s): Paata J. Kervalishvili

281 Pages

Theoretical Biophysics by Ulrich Schwarz

This PDF covers the following topics related to Biophysics : Review of some basic physics, Biomolecular interactions and dynamics, Electrostatistics and genome packing, Binding and assembly, Physics of membranes and red blood cells, Physics of polymers, Molecular motors, Diffusion, Reaction kinetics.

Author(s): Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz, Heidelberg University, Institute for Theoretical Physics

237 Pages

Molecular Biophysics

This note covers the following topics: Structure of DNA, Base-pair Interactions and DNA Melting, Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics of DNA, Electrostatics of DNA and DNA -DNA Interactions, DNA Collapse and DNA Mesophases, DNA Organization in Chromatin and Viruses.

Author(s): Rudi Podgornik

320 Pages

Systems Biology

This note covers the following topics: Michaelis-Menten kinetics, equilibrium binding, Lambda phage, multistability, synthetic genetic switches, stability analysis, introduction to E.coli chemotaxis, Fine-tuned versus Robust chemotaxis models, wrapping up chemotaxis, genetic oscillators,  stochastic chemical kinetics, cell systems biology-'the importance of diffusion and gradients for cellular regulation', Quorum sensing, Drosophila development.

Author(s): Prof. Alexander van Oudenaarden

NA Pages