| Recommended semester: 4th -7th semester |
| Scope and form: Lectures, laboratory exercises, computer exercises and problem solving |
| Evaluation: Approval of coursework/reports
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| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: 10257,10231, 10401 |
| Aim: To give the students an introduction to biophysics and show how non-linear dynamics and fluid mechanics can be used to describe biophysical systems ranging all the way from macromolecules to populations. |
Contents: I. Pattern formation: Lotka-Volterra equations. Stability.
Limit cycles. Bifurcations. Reaction-diffusion equations. Turing
structures. numerical methods for ordinary and partial differential equations.
II. Molecular biophysics: Macromolecules. Proteins. DNA. RNA. The
mechanical properties of proteins. Protein folding. Biological motors.
III. Biophysical flows. Blod vessels. Pressure regulation. The kidneys.
Swimming and flying of large and small organisms. IV. The immune system.
V. Neurons. The brain. Consciousness. |
| Contact: Tomas Bohr, building 309, (+45) 4525 3310, tomas.bohr@fysik.dtu.dk |
| Department: 010 Department of Physics |
| Keywords: Pattern formation, Stability and Bifurcations, Proteins and DNA, Regulation and feedback, Swimming |
| Updated: 15-01-2002 |
