Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

0351-3207

Amir Goldbourt

Chemistry

BSc / MSc/PhD

2019-20/ A

1-2 years

Bloch equations, spins, echoes and relaxation, Chemical shifts, scalar coupling and other intrinsic spin interactions, Spin and radio-frequency Hamiltonians, product operator formalism to solve the liouville von neumann equations, Fourier transform and signal processing, NMR pulse sequences in one, two and higher dimensions

Physical Chemistry of Polymers

0351-4201

Amit Sitt

Chemistry

MSc/PhD + BSc with permission

2016-17/B

Polymers, polymer dynamics, network and gels

Condensed Matter theory 2

0321-4410

David Andelman

Physics

BSc

2019-20/ B

2020-21/ B

1 year

Phase transitions, Liquid crystals, polymers, interactions, colloids

Modeling biological systems

0421-3815

David Sprinzak, Avigdor Eldar, Iftach Nachman

Life sciences

MSc/PhD

2018-19/B

2020-21/B

2 years

Various concepts in modeling biological systems. Tools to analyze regulatory and signaling networks both at the single cell and the multicellular levels, including both analytical tools and simulations using Matlab

Complex fluids

Haim Diamant

Chemistry

MSc/PhD

2018-19/ B

3 years

Movement of body in liquid, hydrodynamic interactions, polymers in liquid, liquid membranes, viscoelasticity

New Horizons in Nanotechnology

0103-5960

Lihi Adler-Abramovich

Medicine

MSc/PhD + BSc with permission

2018-19 /B

2020-21 /A

1 years

Introduction to the field of nanotechnology with an emphasis on medical and biological aspects

Continuum Theory

0321-3119

Naomi Oppenheimer

Physics

B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D.

2019-20 /A

2020/21 /B

1 years

Dimensional analysis, hydrodynamics, conservation laws, vortices, Navier-Stokes eqn., aerofoil theory, finite amplitude waves, shock waves

Intermolecular Forces in Biology and Chemistry

0351-3220

Raya Sorkin

Chemistry

BSc / MSc/ PhD

2020-21/ B

2 years

This course aims to introduce various intermolecular and interparticle forces and the role of these forces in determining the properties of various colloidal, polymeric and biological systems. In addition, the course deals with experimental methods and techniques that allow force measurements, such as optical tweezers and Atomic Force Microscopy. Contemporary examples for the use of these techniques and theoretical concepts in scientific studies will also be discussed

Design, Synthesis and Application of Smart Polymers

0351-4430

Roey Amir

Chemistry

MSc/PhD + 3rd/4th year MSc

2019-20 /B

2 years

Basic terms in polymer chemistry, polymer architectures, types of polymerizations and common characterization techniques. Design, synthesis and characterization of supramolecular assemblies based on stimuli-responsive polymers that can change their physical and chemical properties in response to external stimuli

Physics of Biopolymer

0321-4824

Roy Beck

Physics

MSc/PhD

2016-17/ B

2-3 years

Basic principles of polymer physics and its relation to biological polymers

An Introduction to Stochastic Phenomena

0351-3113

Shlomi Reuveni

Chemistry

MSc/PhD

2020-21 /A

1 years

Stochastic processes, random walks, bio-molecular processes

Introduction to Gene Expression Modeling and Engineering, and Igem

0555-4715

Tamir Tuller

Biomed Engineering

BSc/ MSc

2020-21/ A

1 years

Modeling of gene expression

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