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PHY 315 Spring 2010

Welcome to Biological and Medical Physics


Prof. Liviu Movileanu E-mail: lmovilea@physics.syr.edu; Phone: 443-8078

Lecture 1 The Facts of Life 19th January, 2010

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We know the atomic-level structures of the most important biological macromolecules

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Illustration of Cricks two great polymer languages

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The chemical structure of nucleotides

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The chemical structure of DNA

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The chemical structure of DNA

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Genetic code

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Idealizations of DNA

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Idealizations of proteins

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Idealizations of membranes

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The Escherichia coli idealization

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Idealization of a solution

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Electron micrograph of a mitochondrion

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The network of membranes of a mitochondrion

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The electron transport and ATP synthesis in the inner membrane

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Mitochondrial division (fission)

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The chemical structure of DNA

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The elastic spring model can be used in several ways

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EM image of a bacteriophage genome

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Fundamental estimates in biological systems

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Announcements

Phillip & Kondev & Theriots Textbook Chapter 1: Why: Biology by the Numbers Pages 3-26

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