PHYSICS C287B

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Biological Physics II: Life in Motion

Description

Lecture, three hours. Enforced requisites: courses 105A, 110A, 115A, C287A, Chemistry 110A, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 100. Nonequilibrium phenomena. Application of mechanics, hydrodynamics, diffusion, and electrical transport to dynamical phenomena. Macroscopic phenomena: swimming, flying, thermoregulation, blood circulation, breathing, electrical transport along membranes. Physics of cells: Brownian motion, molecular motors, and cytoskeleton. Concurrently scheduled with course C187B. S/U or letter grading.

Prerequisites

• Required: PHYSICS 105A

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• Required: PHYSICS 110A

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• Required: PHYSICS 115A

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• Required: PHYSICS C287A

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• Required: CHEM 110A

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• Required: MCD BIO 100

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