Lecture Material
Lecture 1: Tues 4/4/2017
- Introduction and course description.
- Xray crystallography
Lecture 2-3: Thurs 4/6/2017, Tues 4/11/2016
- Xray crystallography
- Fourier Transforms
- Python scripts used Download Python scripts used
- Phases in x-ray diffraction image reconstruction.
- Tomography
Lecture 4-5: Thurs 4/13, Tues 4/18/2017
- Tomography
- NMR
- Reference material for Random walks and diffusion Links to an external site.
- zip file Download zip file of python scripts used (you can use this zip file Download zip file for anaconda on a mac).
Lecture 6: Thurs 4/20/2017
- Quiz 1
- More on Random walks and diffusion Links to an external site. including the physics of chemoreception.
Lecture 7: Tues 4/25
- Tuesday's lecture presentation: http://prezi.com/q70fmsip7vce/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Links to an external site.
- Pattern Formation
- Development
Lecture 8: Thurs 4/27
- Continuation of lecture presentation: http://prezi.com/q70fmsip7vce/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Links to an external site.
- Dendritic growth, Diffusion limited aggregation, and Fractals: http://prezi.com/guij0fcn54kf/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Links to an external site.
Lecture 9: Tues 5/2
Lecture 10: Thurs 5/4
- Quiz 2
- Time Dependent Effects
Lecture 11: Tues 5/9
- Improving signal to noise in optical tweezer experiments.
- Diffusion in external potentials Links to an external site.
- Electrophoresis part 1
Lecture 12: Thurs 5/11
Lecture 13: Tues 5/16/2017
Lecture 14-15: Thurs, Tues 5/18, 5/23
- Helix coil transitions and proteins
- Berkeley Biophysics lectures on proteins Links to an external site.
Lecture 16-17: Thurs 5/25, Tues 5/30
- Quiz Thurs
- Cytoplasmic streaming (under "Development" here)
- http://deutsch.physics.ucsc.edu/MTsim_videos/
- Molecular motors
- Simple motor simulation
Lecture 18: Thurs 6/1/2014
- Neurons, Membrane potentials and the Hodgkin Huxley Equations.
- Hodgkin Huxley model An optional homework problem