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CC/Phy 201  : Physics for Biologists

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Essentials of thermodynamics; concept of entropy, enthalpy and Gibb’s free energy; order and disorder in biological systems; molecules, diffusion, random walks and friction; methods of studying macromolecules; interactions of molecules in 3-D space – determining binding and dissociation constants; molecular motors; sedimentation; Reynold’s number; chemical forces and self-assembly; physics of ion channels.


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This course is intended for students studying life sciences and aims to impart fundamental concepts of physics in the context of biological systems.


Reynolds number

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Molecular motor, Enthalpy & Gibbs free energy

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Chemical forces-intermolecular and intramolecular forces

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Chemical forces-intermolecular and intramolecular forces (Part II)

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Types of ion channels

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Sedimentation

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First and second law of thermodynamics

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Entropy and second law of thermodynamics

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Heat and energy transfer

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Internal energy

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Book Title : Introduction to Biological Physics for the Health and Life Sciences
Author : Kirsten Franklin, Paul Yates , Paul Muir , Terry Scott , Lara Wilcocks , Gerry Carrington
Edition : second edition
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons


Book Title : Physics of the Life Sciences
Author : Jay Newman
Edition : First Edition
Publisher : Springer
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Title : Molecular motors
Type : Other

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Title : Reynold number
Type : Other

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