PHYS 337 - Contemporary Problems in Physics: Biophysics

Instructor: Ben Vollmayr-Lee

Contact: Olin 253, ben.vollmayr-lee@bucknell.edu, x73106

Office Hours: Mon 1-2, Tue 4-5, Wed 2-3, Thu 11-12 and 4-5

Text: R. Phillips, J. Kondev, J. Theriot, and H. Garcia, Physical Biology of the Cell, 2nd Edition.

Course Materials: Syllabus | Auxilliary Materials from the Publisher

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Exams

• Solutions: Exam 1 | Exam 2 | Exam 3 | Final Exam

Homework & Reading

• HW #1 Assignment and Jan 20-24 Reading | Hw #1 solutions
• HW #2 Assignment and Jan 27-31 Reading | HW #2 solutions
• HW #3 Assignment and Feb 3-7 Reading | HW #3 solutions
• HW #4 Assignment and Feb 14-21 Reading | HW #4 solutions
• HW #5 Assignment and Feb 24-28 Reading | HW #5 solutions
• HW #6 Assignment and Mar 3-7 Reading | HW #6 solutions
• HW #7 Assignment and Mar 17-21 Reading | HW #7 solutions
• HW #8 Assignment and Mar 26-Apr 4 Reading | HW #8 solutions
• HW #9 Assignment and Apr 7-Apr 11 Reading | HW #9 solutions
• HW #10 Assignment and Apr 14-Apr 18 Reading | HW #10 solutions
• HW #11 Assignment and Apr 23-Apr 25 Reading | HW #11 solutions

Lecture Notes

February 14 | March 3 | March 5 | Law of Mass Action | Pulling on a Membrane

Schedule

Dates	Topics	Text
Jan 15 - 17	Intro to Biophysics I	Ch 1 - 2
Jan 20 - 27	Intro to Biophysics II	Ch 3 - 4
Jan 29 - Feb 5	Mechanical and Chemical Equilibrium	Ch 5
Feb 7	Catchup and review
Mon, Feb 10	Exam 1 (take-home)
Feb 12	Guest lecture: JiaJia Dong
Feb 14 - 19	Statistical Mechanics	Ch 6
Feb 21 - 26	Two-State Systems	Ch 7
Feb 28 - Mar 5	Random Walks & Macromolecules	Ch 8
Mar 7, Mar 17 - 19	Electrostatics of Ionic Solutions	Ch 9
Mar 21	Catchup and review
Mon, Mar 24	Exam 2 (in-class)
Mar 26 - 31	Beam Theory	Ch 10
Apr 2 - 7	Membranes	Ch 11
Apr 9 - 11	Hydrodynamics for the Small	Ch 12
Apr 14 - 16	Diffusion	Ch 13
Apr 18	Catchup and review
Mon, Apr 21	Exam 3 (in-class)
Apr 23 - 28	Rate Equations Molecular Motors	Ch 15 16
Mon, May 5	Final Exam