F6330 Selected topics in applied biophysics

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Karel Kubíček, PhD. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. Olga Nováková, Dr. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Viktor Brabec, DrSc.
Department of Condensed Matter Physics – Physics Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Karel Kubíček, PhD.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The seminar is focused on the recent topics in the field of biophysics. The seminar consists of lectures and seminars held by scientists not only from Czech Rep. but also from abroad. The students are expected to present a selected scientific article to the topic of a given seminar.

The main objective of the course is to provide the students with
- possibility to list the actual problems in biophysics, via lectures of both local and international experts in the field
- ability to formulate an excerpt from a scientific work, via active presentation of a particular journal article
Syllabus
  • 1] Introduction, selection of the scientific articles
  • 2] Electrochemical analysis in biophysics
  • 3] Vibrational spectroscopy
  • 4] Molecular crowding in biology
  • 5] Radiation biophysics - application
  • 6] Fluorescent spectroscopy of proteins
  • 7] NMR
  • 8] Absoprtion spectrophotometry and circular dichroism
  • 9] Molecular modeling
  • 10] The RNA world
  • 11] Bio-membranes and their function
  • 12] Cell damage, the cause and consequence
  • 13] AFM
  • 14] Free topic
Literature
  • Studenti si články vybírají vždy v úvodním semináři.

    The scientific articles are chosen by the students during the intrudictory seminar.

Teaching methods
seminary, active presentation
Assessment methods
The students have to participate on at least 75% of the seminars and they have to present a lecture on the scientific article they have chosen at the first seminar.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2011, recent)
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