advanced undergraduate/beginning graduate level students and would be applied to courses focusing on three different areas:Foundations of molecular biophysics Macromolecular structure and assembly Methods in physical biochemistry

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Kevin Hallock, Ph.D., is a researcher and instructor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, Masschusetts, where he teaches biostatistics, an graduate course on the science of disasters, and co-teaches biophysical chemistry and modeling courses with Dr. Bergethon. His research interests include the impact of antimicrobial peptide on phospholipid bilayers, solid-state NMR and magnetic resonance imaging characterization of crystalline solids, atherosclerotic plaque formation, magnetic resonance microscopy of arthropods, the impact of chronic Hg exposure on aging, and the role cell membrane biophysics play in the fundamental processes of neurophysics. Peter Bergethon, MD is the Head of the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Modeling and Simulation Center (NIMS Center), the Laboratory for Intelligence Modeling and Neurophysics and a member of the faculty in both the Departments of Anatomy/Neurobiology and Biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine. His research spirals around a core question: "What is the physical and systemic basis for creativity and intelligent behavior and how could such behavior be practically constructed or reconstructed?" Dr. Bergethon is also an active member of the American Academy of Neurology from which he received the Founder''s Award , the Electrochemical, Biophysical, American Chemical Societies, the Society for Neuroscience and the American Society of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology.

PART I: Principles of Biophysical Inquiry Chapter 1Philosophy and Practice of Biophysical Study Chapter 2Overview of the Biological System Under Study - Descriptive Models Chapter 3Physical Thoughts, Biological Systems - The application of modeling principles to understanding biological systems Chapter 4Probability and Statistics PART II:Foundations Chapter 5Physical Principles: Energy - The Prime Observable Chapter 6Biophysical Forces in Molecular Systems Chapter 7An Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Chapter 8Chemical Principles Chapter 9 Measuring the Energy of a System: Energetics and the First Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 10Entropy and the Second Law of Thermodynamics Chapter 11 Which Way Did That System Go? The Gibbs Free Energy Chapter 12The Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria PART III: Building a Model of Biomolecular Structure Chapter 13Water: A Unique Structure, A Unique Solvent Chapter 14Ion-Solvent Interactions Chapter 15Ion-Ion Interactions Chapter 16Lipids in Aqueous Solution Chapter 17Macromolecules in Solution Chapter 18Molecular Modeling - Mapping Biochemical State Space Chapter 19The Electrified Interphase PART IV: Function and Action Biological State Space Chapter 20Transport and Kinetics: Processes Not at Equilibrium Chapter 21Flow in a Chemical Potential Field: Diffusion Chapter 22 Flow in an Electrical Field: Conduction Chapter 23Forces Across Membranes Chapter 24Kinetics - Chemical Kinetics Chapter 25 Bioelectrochemistry - Charge Transfer in Biological Systems PART V: Methods for the Measuring Structure and Function Chapter 26Separation and Characterization of Biomolecules Based on Macroscopic Properties Chapter 27Determining Structure by molecular interactions with photons: Electronic Spectroscopy Chapter 28Determining Structure by molecular interactions with photons: Scattering Phenomena Chapter 29Analysis of Structure - Microscopy PART VI: Physical Constants Physical Constants