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[ 663MAPHBPHV18 ] VL Biophysics
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Education level |
Study areas |
Responsible person |
Hours per week |
Coordinating university |
| 3 ECTS |
B3 - Bachelor's programme 3. year |
(*)Biophysik |
Rainer Schindl |
2 hpw |
Johannes Kepler University Linz |
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| Detailed information |
| Original study plan |
Bachelor's programme Biological Chemistry 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
| Students will learn and comprehend biophysical concepts and major experimental techniques, followed by the solution and analysis of selected life science problems.
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Knowledge |
| More specifically, upon completion of the course, they will be able to
- remember, understand, explain discussed biophysical theory and methods (k1, k2, k3)
- apply, analyze, and critically review problems related to the discussed content (k3, k4, k5)
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Students are familiarized with physical models and experimental techniques required for the description of biological systems . The lecture content includes:
• Thermodynamics: An overview of the basic principles of thermodynamics required for the description of biological systems throughout the course .
• Osmosis: Insights in the properties of cell membranes as semipermeable membranes and their roles.
• Biomembranes: knowledge of biomembranes, their composition, and model systems.
• Diffusion: Insights and physical principles on passive transport processes in biological systems; methods for the experimental evaluation of diffusion in biosystems.
• Electrical processes at membranes, Electrodiffusion: Electrical properties of lipid membranes, determinants and measurement of electrostatic membrane potentials
• Description of the protein translocation machinery from a thermodynamic perspective.
• Vesicular transport of secretory molecules and plasma membrane proteins: Main pathways, mechanism of vesicle fusion and measurement techniques thereof .
• Selective biomembrane permeability: Ion channels and transporters, steady-state description of ion fluxes, techniques for measurement of ion currents through biomembranes.
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Exam
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Lecture
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| Language |
English |
| Study material |
Biophysics: An introduction. Roland Glaser, Springer; 2nd edition (2012)
Atkins' Physical Chemistry, Peter Atkins, Oxford University Press; 11th edition (2017).
Biological Physics, Philip Nelson, WH Freeman; Auflage: 2007
Biological Physics, Philip Nelson, free version: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=2ahUKEwi764eKiKjkAhUPmeAKHSGxCNsQFjACegQIChAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmaths.dur.ac.uk%2Fusers%2Fkasper.peeters%2Fpdf%2Fnelson_free.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2bH546f82_tFskOHpKtSdl
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Corresponding lecture |
BCBPMVOBPHY: VO Biophysics (3 ECTS)
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| On-site course |
| Maximum number of participants |
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| Assignment procedure |
Direct assignment |
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