Registration deadline: September 8
— What’s this lecture series about? —
The primary goal is to give participants — no matter their background — a good overview of the concepts which underly physical principles commonly encountered in different areas of modern biology. This is complementary to a traditional Biophysics course, and will cover topics such as:
- entropy and statistical physics
- fluid mechanics
- phase transitions
- non-linear dynamics and chaos
- properties and dynamics of complex networks
— Do I have to have a background in maths/physics to join? —
Not at all! It’s open to anyone interested In fact, if you don’t have such a background, you’re probably the most optimal target audience.
This lecture series will help you understand how physicists think about problems in physics and biology. You’ll be better able to communicate with physicists, armed with understanding of both the jargon and concepts underlying physical problems in biology.
— Really exciting! When will this take place? —
The course contains of 14 lectures. It starts on Sept 23 and ends on November 6. It takes place Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 am to 10:30 am in the small auditorium of MPI-CBG.
Lecturers: Carl Modes, Anne Materne, Michael Staddon
23.09 (Carl) Course Intro + Dimensional Analysis
25.09 (Anne) Math Methods
30.09 (Carl) Statistical Mechanics
02.10 (Carl) Phases of Matter + Order Parameters
07.10 (Carl) Order Parameters + Phase Transitions
09.10 (Anne) Emergent Properties
14.10 (Anne) Elasticity
16.10 (Anne) Fluids
21.10 (Michael) Viscoelasticity
23.10 (Michael) Tissue Mechanics
28.10 (Carl) Active Matter
30.10 (Carl) Dynamical Systems
04.11 (Anne) Chaos & Complexity
06.11 (Anne) Complex Systems & Networks