201. Cellular Biophysics. (3 units) § Wi. Lecture 3 hours.
A. Cooke
Topics covered: membrane structure and dynamics; transport and permeability; cellular motion and muscle contraction; cell energetics; DNA replication and information transfer; cell cycles. ( department: BIOCHEM )
204A. Macromolecular Structure & Interactions A. (4 units) § Fa. Prerequisites: None. Restrictions: None. Lecture 3 hours. Project: 1 1 hours.
R. Stroud
This course seeks to achieve a rigorous understanding of the physical principles of macromolecular structure and interactions, and the methods used to define the molecular basis for macromolecular interactions and their function in biology.
204B. Macromolecular Structure and Interactions B. (4 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: BIOPHYSICS 204A. Restrictions: None Lecture 3 hours. Project 1 hours.
R. Stroud
This course seeks to achieve a rigorous understanding of the physical principles of macromolecular structure and interactions, and the methods used to define the molecular basis for macro molecular interactions and their function in biology.
205. Introduction to Dynamical Systems. (3 units) § Wi. Prerequisites: Chem 241 or equivalent basic physical chemistry and basic mathematics through calculus. Restrictions: None. Lecture 3 hours.
C. Voigt
This course introduces quantitative modeling of complex dynamical biochemical systems. Students will be able to model systems involving coupled biochemical reactions & reduce them to dimensionless variables. For linear systems students will be able to model systems using Laplace transforms; for nonlinear systems, perform an analysis of stabilities & robustness. They will understand 1) how biochemical reaction networks can function in the presence of noise & 2) signal processing in biology. ( department: BIOCHEM )
206. Computation of Biological Molecules. (3 units) § Sp. Lecture 3 hours.
M. Jacobson
A survey of computational methods used in the study of biomolecules. Topics covered are: modeling of molecular interactions abnd dynamics; approaches for protein folding and drug design; and computational methods for NMR, X-ray and microscopy. ( department: BIOCHEM )
215. Laboratory Rotation. (3 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Laboratory 9 hours.
Staff
A laboratory rotation course to acquaint first-year Biophysics students with the various approaches to biophysical research. Students will rotate through 3-4 labs. ( department: BIOCHEM )
219. Special Topics in Biophysics. (3 units) § Sp. Prerequisites: None. Restrictions: First-year graduate students; other graduate and professional students with permission of instructor. Lecture 1 hours. Conference 3 hours. Independent study 3 hours.
Staff
Each course offering will focus on the literature of a current important area of Biophysics. Students will be expected to read assigned papers critically before class and to present and discuss papers in class. Students will also be expected to write and present a brief research proposal based upon their reading. Topics in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Systems and Computational Biology will be covered in individual courses.
220. Biophysics Seminar. (1 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp. Lecture 1 hours.
A. Frankel
Selected topics by guest lecturers. ( department: BIOCHEM )
250. Research. (1-8 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Research 3-24 hours.
Staff
( department: BIOCHEM )
297. Special Study. (1-3 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp. Conference 1-3 hours.
Staff
Reading and conferences for properly qualified students under the direction of a member of the staff. ( department: BIOCHEM )
299. Dissertation. (0 units) § Fa, Wi, Sp, SS1, SS2, SS3. Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy and permission of the graduate adviser.
Staff
For graduate students engaged in writing the dissertation for the PhD degree. ( department: BIOCHEM )
Panel Information © copyright 1997 University of California