Contributions
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) system and experiments for the undergraduate advanced laboratory
Optics, Diffusion
Cellular Dynamics
Nancy Forde
Center for Living Systems
We consider the intrinsic randomness of nature and its consequences for life, including the emergence of robust behaviors and strategies.
Fluid Mechanics, Biophysics, Statistical Physics, Viscosity, Diffusion, Brownian Motion, Charge, Coulomb's Law, Probability Density, Binomial Distribution, Poisson Distribution, Gaussian Distribution, Random Walks, Information Theory, Shannon Entropy, Boltzmann Distribution, Ising Model
Vision, Physical Mechanisms, Extended Math Representations, Cellular Structure, Intracellular Components, Universal Functions, Viruses, Cellular, Biomechanical, Visual, Surface Area/volume, Levels of Organization, Gene Expression, Genetic Networks, Cellular Mechanics, Biological Regulatory Networks, Biological Set Points, Maintaining Set Points, Proteins, DNA and RNA, Molecular Manipulation, Genetics, Bioenergetics, Cellular Structure, Cellular Dynamics, Bacteria, Viruses, Fluid Transport, Origin of Diversity/Mutation Rates
Raghuveer Parthasarathy
Center for Living Systems
How probability, diffusion, and low-Reynolds flows shape molecular transport and cell dynamics
Fluid Mechanics, Thermo & Stat Mech, Biophysics
Cross-cutting Biological Concepts, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Rae Robertson-Anderson
Center for Living Systems
This course explores how statistical mechanics, polymer physics, and continuum mechanics govern cellular structure and dynamics.
Fluid Mechanics, Thermo & Stat Mech, Biophysics, Kinetic Theory, Viscosity, Diffusion, Brownian Motion, Correlation Function, Boltzmann Equation, Networks, Microstate, Macrostate, Density of States, Boltzmann Distribution, Partition Function, Equipartition Theorem, Gibbs Distribution, Chemical Potential
Genetics, Cellular Interactions, Cellular Dynamics, Cellular Structure
Justin Bois
Center for Living Systems
The Center for Living Systems has curated biological physics teaching materials for the community — this summary links to them
Thermo & Stat Mech, Optics, Biophysics
Biochemistry, Biomechanics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cross-cutting Biological Concepts
Catherine Crouch
Center for Living Systems
This project introduces students to the fast-growing field of mechanobiology, starting from a research article.
Diffusion of Fluids, Flow Rate, Viscosity, Equation of Continuity
Physical Mechanisms, Emergent Phenomena, Mechanics of Biomaterials
philip nelson
Center for Living Systems
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