PHYS 326. Biophysics

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 013057 Grading Basis GRD

Physical models are used to explain biological systems. Topics from biology include cell division, replication, transcription, and translation of DNA, protein folding, and molecular motors. Physics topics include entropy and free energy, diffusion, statistical mechanics of two state systems. Experimental tools for biophysics are also discussed. Prerequisite(s): PHYS 150 or PHYS 250 .