Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) | |
BIOFISICA CELLULARE // CELL BIOPHYSICS | FIS/03 | LEZIONI | 36 |
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By the end of the course:
Knowledge of basic concepts of the physics of matter. A short description of fundamental thermodynamics concepts for biology will be presented during the course
Lectures, with the aid of slides. The teacher can show tutorials found on the web; elearning website: download of ppts and communications between teacher-student; type of interaction between student and teacher: meeting, email, skype; language: English
Cell Biophysics (36 hours)
A – The biological world (10 hours)
B – Thermodynamics and kinetics in biology (6 hours)
C – Cell dynamics (8 hours)
C – When biology is far from equilibrium (6 hours)
D – Molecular evolution (6 hours)
Beside the slides of the course (that will be made available to all students following each lesson), some topics are covered by the following books:
The oral examination consists of an interview between the candidate and the teachers. During the oral examination the candidate may also be asked to solve "think as a scientist" or to try to approach an experimental problem with the right scientific plan. The duration of the interview is about 40 minutes, the number of questions is generally 4.