Physics 174 Schedule
Fall, 2016
Unless stated otherwise, all classes are on Tuesdays from 1:25-2:40 pm in Room 144 of the Biology building.
Aug 30
Introduction and discussion about what is biophysics, and why it is an exciting interdisciplinary frontier of biology and physics.
Sep 6
Professor Greg Field
, understanding the retina through an massive array of electrodes
Sep 13
Professor Miguel Nicolelis
, brain-machine interfaces with applications to neuroprosthetics.
Sep 20
Professor Laura Miller
, computer simulations of animals moving in fluids (small insects in air, jelly fish in water).
Sep 27
Professor Warren Warren
, design and application of lasers to medical problems.
Oct 4
Professor Anita Layton,
mathematical physiology applied to kidneys
Oct 11 No class, fall break
Oct 18
Professor Nick Buchler
, bistability and clocks related to gene regulatory networks
Oct 25
Lecture by Prof. Greenside on scaling, how do biological properties vary with body size?
Nov 1
Professor Brent Hoffman
, molecular tools for measuring molecular forces
Nov 8
Lecture by Prof. Mercer on diffusion, the enormous importance of molecular collisions at the cellular level.
Nov 15
Prof. Al Johnson,
advanced magnetic resonance imaging methods and applications to brain connectomics.
Nov 22
Lecture by Prof. Greenside on deducing macroscopic properties from microscopic properties via the Boltzmann factor of statistical physics.
Nov 29
Student group presentations
Dec 6
Student group presentations, final class
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