PHYS 340 - Biophysics

Instructor: Ben Vollmayr-Lee

Contact: Olin 253, ben.vollmayr-lee@bucknell.edu, x73106

Office Hours: Mon 1-2, Tue 11-12, Wed 4-5, Thu 10:30-11:30

Text: Philip Nelson, Biological Physics

Course Materials: Syllabus

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Exam Solutions

• Exam 1 | Exam 2 | Exam 3 | Final Exam

Homework & Reading

HW #1 (due Jan 24) Asgmt | Solns HW #2 (due Jan 31) Asgmt | Solns HW #3 (due Feb 7) Asgmt | Solns HW #4 (due Feb 21) Asgmt | Solns HW #5 (due Feb 28) Asgmt | Solns HW #6 (due Mar 7) Asgmt | Solns

HW #7 (due Mar 28) Asgmt | Solns HW #8 (due Apr 4) Asgmt | Solns HW #9 (due Apr 11) Asgmt | Solns HW #10 (due Apr 25) Asgmt | Solns HW #11 (due April 30) Asgmt | Solns

In Class Exercises - With Solutions

Unit 1: Wed, Jan 17 Fri, Jan 19 Mon, Jan 22 Wed, Jan 31 Fri, Feb 2 Mon, Feb 5 Wed, Feb 7

Unit 2: Mon, Feb 12 Wed, Feb 14 Fri, Feb 16 Mon, Feb 19 Wed, Feb 21 Fri, Feb 23 Mon, Feb 26 Wed, Feb 28 Fri, Mar 2 Mon, Mar 5 Wed, Mar 7

Unit 3: Mon, Mar 19 Wed, Mar 21 Fri, Mar 23 Mon, Mar 26 Wed, Mar 28 Fri, Mar 30 Mon, Apr 2 Wed, Apr 4 Fri, Apr 6 Mon, Apr 9 Wed, Apr 11

Unit 4: Mon, Apr 16 Wed, Apr 18 Mon, Apr 23 Wed, Apr 25 Fri, Apr 27 Mon, Apr 30

Schedule

Dates	Topics	Text
Jan 17 - 22	Intro to thermodynamics	Ch 1
Jan 24 - Jan 29	Intro to cells and their ingredients	Ch 2
Jan 31 - Feb 5	Molecular motion	Ch 3
Feb 7	Catchup and review
Fri, Feb 9	Exam 1
Feb 12 - 16	Random walks and diffusion	Ch 4
Feb 19 - 23	Entropy and free energy	Ch 6
Feb 26 - Mar 5	Osmotic pressure, charges, and water	Ch 7
Mar 7	Catchup and review
Fri, Mar 9	Exam 2
Mar 19 - 26	Chemical reactions and self assembly	Ch 8
Mar 28 - Apr 2	Cooperativity and allostery in macromolecules	Ch 9
Apr 4 - 9	Enzymes and molecular motors	Ch 10
Apr 11	Catchup and review
Fri, Apr 13	Exam 3
Apr 16 - 20	Machines in membranes	Ch 11
Apr 23 - 27	Nerve impulses	Ch 12
Apr 30	Catchup and review
Mon, May 7 11:45 AM	Final Exam