Upon completing the course, students learn the following skills. They are able to
- understand and explain basic concepts and phenomena in biophysics (k1/k2);
- formulate and interpret biophysical and biochemical laws and theories in a precise and analytical manner (k3);
- apply the principles of biophysics and biochemistry to other advanced biological and biophysical problems (k3).
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During the course, students acquire knowledge in the following areas and concepts of biophysics:
- statistical thermodynamics;
- nucleotide, carbohydrate, lipid and protein structure;
- non-covalent interactions;
- calorimetric and microscopic methods;
- self-organization of membranes, lipid mobility;
- osmosis, Fick's laws of diffusion;
- diffusion in an electric field, electrokinetic phenomena, electrochemical double layers, transport processes;
- electrical potentials (resting and action potential), electrical and chemical signal transmission.
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