- Electrostatics of Biological Molecules
- Spring Semesters of even years
- 2 credits (2 hr Lecture/recitation/discussion, 0 hr lab)
- (When offered as a half-semester course: 4 hr Lecture/recitation/discussion, 0 hr lab)
- Prerequisite:
- PHY 481 and PHY 482 or approval of department
- Recommended Background:
- Knowledge of computer programming in Fortran or C++
- Restrictions:
- Open to graduate students in the Department of Physics and Astronomy or in the Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology or approval of department.
Introduction to the physics of biological molecules. Proteins and nucleic acids. Role of electrostatics in
biological processes. Methods for computing energies and fields of biological molecules in aqueous salt solutions. Current
progress and controversies in molecular biophysics.
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