Lecture: Theoretical and Computational Biophysics - Details

Lecture: Theoretical and Computational Biophysics - Details

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Course name Lecture: Theoretical and Computational Biophysics
Subtitle
Course number 340232
Semester WiSe 2023/24
Current number of participants 4
maximum number of participants 30
notwendige Teilnehmeranzahl 3
Home institute Göttinger Graduiertenzentrum für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und molekulare Biowissenschaften (GGNB)
participating institutes Georg-August University School of Science (GAUSS) (für Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften)
Courses type Lecture in category Teaching
First date Monday, 23.10.2023 16:00 - 17:30
Type/Form
Pre-requisites Basic knowledge in physics is preferred, programing skills are not required. For interested students the subsequent lecture “Biomolecular Physics and Simulations (A170)“ is recommended in the following semester.

Rooms and times

No room preference
Monday: 16:00 - 17:30, weekly(14x)

Fields of study

Comment/Description

This combined lecture and hands-on computer tutorial focuses on the basics of computational biophysics and deals with questions like “How can the particle dynamics of thousands of atoms be described precisely?” or “How does a sequence alignment algorithm work?” No cell could live without the highly specialized macromolecules. Proteins enable virtually all tasks in our bodies, e.g. photosynthesis, motion, signal transmission and information processing, transport, sensor system, and detection. The perfection of proteins had already been highly developed two billion years ago.
The aim of the lecture is to develop a physical understanding of those “nano maschines” by using modern concepts of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and computer simulations on the dynamics on an atomic scale. Moreover, the lecture shows (by means of examples from current research) how computers can be used in modern biophysics, e.g. to simulate the dynamics of biomolecular systems, molecular charge transfer or to calculate or refine a protein structure.
During the exercises, the knowledge presented in the lecture is to practical examples to further deepen and strengthen the understanding. By completing homework sets, which are distributed after each lecture, additional aspects of the addressed topics during the lecture shall be worked out. The homework sets are collected during the corresponding exercises.

Organisatorial details:
The course will alternate between two rooms in the Physics Faculty: Lectures take place in a lecture hall and the hands-on computer tutorial takes place in a computer room, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen. The room numbers will be announced in due time. Please check the StudIP entry regularly.

All participants need an individual account to access the CIP-Pool computers of the Physics Faculty: Please contact the CIP-Pool administrator < support@cip.physik.uni-goettingen.de > or the tutor (will be announced in StudIP) in advance if you do not have one yet.



Important:

Once participation has become binding after the signing-out period, cancellation is only possible via the GGNB or GAUSS Office with a) sick certificate, or b) statement by supervisor for scientific reasons. If you do not provide this, you will be excluded from courses for the next 12 months, as well as travel grants and other financial support. No exceptions.

By signing up you agree (1) to carefully check whether you will be able to attend the course (do not register for 2 courses taking place on the same dates - the above mentioned sanctions apply!), (2) to frequently check your student e-mail account, as all information on courses will exclusively be sent to that account; (3) that your name and e-mail address may be forwarded to the course instructor(s) for communication before and after the course; (4) to complete the course evaluation; (5) inform us if you no longer wish to maintain a waiting list position.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "GGNB_Methods_2023_WiSe_August_Oktober".
You can register and sign out for methods courses in October 2023 from 1-20 August 2023. The slots will be assigned around 25 August 2023.
In exceptional circumstances, you can still sign out until 31 August 2023.
Your participation becomes binding on 1 September 2023. Thereafter, cancellation is only possible via the GGNB Office with a) sick certificate, or b) statement by supervisor (for scientific reasons). If you do not provide this, you will be excluded from courses for the next 12 months, as well as travel grants and other financial support.

By signing up you agree (1) to carefully check whether you will be able to attend the course (do not register for 2 courses taking place on the same dates – the above mentioned sanctions apply!), (2) to frequently check your student e-mail account, as all information on courses will exclusively be sent to that account; (3) that your name and e-mail address may be forwarded to the course instructor(s) for communication before and after the course; (4) to complete the course evaluation.
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • The enrolment is possible from 01.08.2023, 00:00 to 20.08.2023, 23:59.
  • Enrolment is allowed for up to 2 courses of the admission set.
  • At least one of these conditions must be fulfilled for enrolment:
    • Degree is Promotion m.Abschlussprfg
    • Degree is PromStudiengang Cotutelle
    • Degree is Promotion Cotutelle
    • Degree is Promotionsstudiengang
    • Degree is Promotionsprogramm
    • Degree is PromProgramm Cotutelle
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 25.08.2023 on 23:59. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
  • At least one of these conditions must be fulfilled for enrolment:
    • Subject is Neurowissenschaften
    • Subject is Physik
    • Subject is IRTG 2172 - PRoTECT
    • Subject is Psychologie
    • Subject is Genes in Development, Disease and Evolution
    • Subject is Mathematical Sciences
    • Subject is PhysicsBiologComplexSyste
    • Subject is Cardiovascular Science
    • Subject is Molekulare Medizin
    • Subject is Biologische Diversität und Ökologie
    • Subject is Geoscience
    • Subject is Emerging Infect. Diseases
    • Subject is Geography
    • Subject is Computer Science -PCS-
    • Subject is Biologie
    • Subject is Catalysis Sust.Synt.CaSuS
    • Subject is SensoryMotor Neuroscience
    • Subject is BioNutz-MolwissBiotechnol
    • Subject is Umweltinformatik
    • Subject is Biomol:Struc-Func-Dynamic
    • Subject is Geographie
    • Subject is Systems Neuroscience
    • Subject is Behavior and Cognition
    • Subject is Genome Science
    • Subject is Theoret Computat Neurosci
    • Subject is Environmental Informatics
    • Subject is Materialforschung Holz
    • Subject is Molekulare Biologie
    • Subject is MolecularBiology of Cells
    • Subject is MetalSites i.Biomolecules
    • Subject is Environmental Informatics
    • Subject is MolecularPhysi oftheBrain
    • Subject is Chemie
    • Subject is Microbiology-Biochemistry
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