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Lecture type	Total
Lectures	30
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
The aim of the Biophysics course is to introduce students into interdisciplinary biophysics research. Students will gain insight into basic concepts of the structure and function of biological systems from molecule to the brain as well as to the latest experimental methods of biophysics. The course will particularly emphasize the close links between biophysics and the emerging biotechnologies and encourage students to present some of the latest biophysics research in the seminars on the topics of their choice.

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND SYLLABUS:
1. Subject, role, and importance of biophysics. Biophysics - biotechnology.
2. Cellular organization of life.
3. Biosynthesis, structure and functions of nucleic acids and proteins.
4. Protein folding and dynamics.
5. Overview of experimental methods for studying structure and dynamics of biological systems.
6. Solute transport through biological membranes.
7. Ion transport and rest potential.
8. Solvent transport. Joint solute and solvent transport.
9. Noninvasive brain imaging.
10. Neurobiology and biophysics of cognitive processes and emotions.
11. Bio-sensors.
12. Neuroimplants.

1. Cellular Biophysics I, Weiss, T.F., The MIT Press, Cambridge, USA, 1996.
2. Quantitative understanding of biosystems: An Introduction to Biophysics, Thomas M. Nordlund, CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, New York, USA, 2011.

Enrollment :
Passed : Fundamentals of physics 4

Izborni fizički predmet 1 - Regular study - Mathematics and Physics Education