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  • Course Number / Code:
  • HST.452J (Spring 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • Statistical Physics in Biology 
  • Course Level:
  • Graduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Physics 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 8.592J / HST.452J Statistical Physics in Biology



    Spring 2005




    Course Highlights


    This course features extensive lecture notes as well as assignments.


    Course Description


    Statistical Physics in Biology is a survey of problems at the interface of statistical physics and modern biology. Topics include: bioinformatic methods for extracting information content of DNA; gene finding, sequence comparison, and phylogenetic trees; physical interactions responsible for structure of biopolymers; DNA double helix, secondary structure of RNA, and elements of protein folding; considerations of force, motion, and packaging; protein motors, membranes. We also look at collective behavior of biological elements, cellular networks, neural networks, and evolution.


    Technical Requirements


    Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .fna, .pdb, .mov, and .fasta.

     

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