Introduction to biophysics week: what is ...

img
Pdf Available

3 pages - 67.2 KB

By os andersen · 2016 · cited by 5 — biophysics is a thriving discipline, as is evident by the breadth and depth of the science that is being presented at the biophysical society annual ...

DownloadPrintView FileLoad Full
/ 0
60%
Table of contents
Table of contents
Introduction to Biophysics Week: What is Biophysics?
1
Table of contents
/ 0
60%

Document in text mode:

IntroductiontoBiophysicsWeek:WhatisBiophysics?Biophysicsisathrivingdiscipline,asisevidentbythebreadthanddepthofthesciencethatisbeingpresentedattheBiophysicalSocietyAnnualMeetingsandpublishedinBiophysicalJournal.Yet,biophysicsalsohasanidentityproblem—duetothewiderangeofresearchtopicsthatproperlyfallunderthegeneralrubricofbiophysics—andbiophysicistsoftenfindthemselveschallengedwhenaskedtodescribewhatthetermactuallyrepresents.Biophysics,asadistinctdiscipline,canbetracedtoa‘‘gangoffour’’:EmilduBois-Reymond,ErnstvonBr€ucke,HermannvonHelmholtz,andCarlLudwig—allfourbeingphysiciansandtheformerthreebeingstudentsofthegreatGermanphysiologistJohannesM€uller,who,in1847,gottogethertodeveloparesearchprogrambasedontherejec-tionofthe,atthetime,prevailingnotionthatlivinganimalsdependonspecialbiologicallawsandvitalforceswoulddifferfromthosethatoperateinthedomainofinorganicna-ture.Incontrast,thegroupsoughttoexplainbiologicalfunctionusingthesamelawsasareapplicableinthecaseofphysicalandchemicalphenomena.Asst...

Load more Show less

Relevant files:

  • Order your biophysics week t-shirt today!
    img
    Pdf Available

    1 page - 197.4 KB

    Please email the completed form to the society at [email protected] or send it in by fax at (240) 290-5555. biophysics week t-shirt 2019 order form.

    8690
  • Membrane biophysics calculations week 1:
    img
    Word Available

    1 page - 25.5 KB

    Membrane biophysics calculations week 2: given the following chemical and permeability data: p [xo] [xi]. k+ 10 20 344. na+ 0.1 440 65. cl- 10 540 40.

    5323
  • Membrane biophysics calculations week 1:
    img
    Word Available

    1 page - 25.5 KB

    Membrane biophysics calculations week 5: 1. after a particular step depolarization in hodgkin and huxley's squid giant axon, the parameter n follows the ...

    7857
  • Biophysics week
    img
    Pdf Available

    15 pages - 752.7 KB

    A 3 day seminar cum workshop/demonstrations on various platforms of biophysics such as structural biophysics, spectroscopy, radiation biophysics ...

    5819
  • Biophysics (biophy)
    img
    Pdf Available

    1 page - 24.1 KB

    Supervised independent honors research on topics specific to biophysics, ... fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 4 hours of independent study per week.

    9190
  • 182nd-bbs-minutes-18th-mar-2021.pdf
    img
    Pdf Available

    10 pages - 368.5 KB

    Biophysics week 2021. does anyone else have anything planned? the suspicion is that folks are too time poor for this.

    7137

Topics related: