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Course Name | Course Number | Lecturer | Academic Unit | Students status | Last time delivered | Next time will be delivered | Frequency | Topics | Webpage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Introduction to Cellular Biophysics | 0555-4550 | Uri Nevo | Biomedical Engineering | BSc/ MSc | 2019-20 /B | 2020-21/ B | 1 years | The course provides an introduction to various physical mechanisms that operate in the living cell, with emphasis on feedback mechanisms and the preservation of Homeostasis:
Chemical and hysical introduction, introduction to soft-matter, membranes,two satte systems, energy and entropy in cells, ionic channels, Nerns potential, action potentials in nerve and muscle cells, mechanical events, transport of molecules along cells, Homeostasis, measurement and imaging techniques in cellular biophysics research.
If time allows the course includes treatment of networks of cells (nervous or immune systems) | |
Biophysics | 0321-4859 | Yael Roichman | Chemistry/ Physics | MSc/PhD+BSc with permission | 2019-20/ B | 2 years | Selected topics in contemporary biophysics | ||
Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics | 0321-4111 | Yael Roichman | Chemistry/ Physics | MSc/PhD | 2019-20/ B | 2020-21 /B | 1 years | Stochastic Processes and Brownian Motion: Markov Processes, Master Equations, Fokker-Planck Equations, The Langevin Equation, Applications of Brownian Motion | |
Statistical Mechanics of Granular Matte | 0540-6430 | Yair Shokef | Mechanical Engineering | MSc/PhD | 2018-19/ B | 2-3 years | Particulate-statistical perspective for describing the statics and dynamics of granular materials. Statistical approach for analyzing many-body systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium | ||
Dynamical Systems and Chaos | 0540-6308 | Yair Shokef | Mechanical Engineering | MSc/PhD | 2017-18/ A | 2-3 years | Introduction to chaos and dynamical systems | ||
Physics of Living Systems | TBD | Yasmine Meroz | Life Sciences | MSc/PhD | NEW! | 2 years | Examples of physical problems on the organismal level, e.g. mechanical sensors in plants, growing material, bacterial dynamics etc | ||
Soft Matte | 0321-4852 | Yoav Lahini | Physics | MSc/PhD | 2018-19/A | 2 years | Capillarity, liquids at interfaces, colloidal solutions/ crystals, Mechanics of soft materials | ||
Introduction to Solid State Physics and Chemistry | 0351-3217 | Yuval Ebenstein | Chemistry | Advanced BSc/MSc/PhD | 2019-20/B | 2020-21/B | 1 years | Molecular view of solid state physics |
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