CMPBIO 2055 - QUANTITATIVE ELEMENTS OF CELL FORM AND MOVEMENT

Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
This course covers the basic as well as certain selected topics pertaining to the Physico-chemical origins of architecture and motility of biological cells. It is aimed at graduate students pursuing degrees in various fields of biology (and also in mathematics, physics, chemistry, or engineering), who have taken university-level courses in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. This course material draws upon the variety of quantitative disciplines but maintains a biological perspective. Physical properties and chemical kinetics that determine the structure and function of the cytoskeleton (the assembly of non-covalent polymers at the base of the cellular architecture) will be covered, as will the Physico-chemical mechanisms of motility driven by biological force-generating macromolecules. The didactic material will be presented from the perspective of a practical researcher, and the problem sets will emphasize developing a sense of what makes for a good research strategy.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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