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| Inst. for Matematik og Fysik (2003/2004) |
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| Varighed | 1 semester |
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| Pointværdi | 6 (ECTS) |
| Kursustype | Kandidatkursus |
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| Eksamen | mundtlig eksamen
med hjælpemidler
Beskrivelse af eksamen: bestået/ikke bestået, intern censur
Beskrivelse af eksamen:
Eksamensdatoer:
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| Rammer for undervisning | Forelæsninger:1 skemamodul pr uge.
Øvelser: 2 timer ugentligt
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| Blokplacering | E7, fall
Onsdag 13-15
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| Undervisningssprog | Engelsk |
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| Anbefalede forudsætninger | 015311 Matematisk grundkursus
025111 Anvendt fysik A
025211 Biofysik
Det er tilstrækkeligt med enten Biofysik eller Anvendt Fysik A |
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| Begrænset deltagerantal | 25 |
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| Kursets målsætning |
The course objective:
The course adresses students with an interest in the mechanical properties and architecture of cells and how these influence cell motion and motion inside the cell.
Students who have taken this course will have a thorough understanding of the mechanical properties of the cells substituents, such as polymers and membranes, and they will understand how these different components work together to form the dynamic properties of the cell. |
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| Kursusindhold |
The course will be given as a joint Master and PhD course, and is aimed at both students with a biological background as well as a background in physics and is offered in collaboration with the Niels Bohr Institute.
In order to lay a common ground the course will start with an introduction to different cell types, and the cell's molecular buildning blocks as well as an introduction to elementary statistical mechanics and elasticity.
The mechanical properties of bio-polymers are then introduced. First the mechanical properties of single polymers, then of 2 and 3 dimensional networks of polymers. After this the mechanical properties of membranes are treated. These are combined to understand cell motion and mechanical properties of simpel cells.
Dynamic filaments such as microtubili, that are important for cell division are also treated.
The course will closely follow the suggested book by David Boal, but with an emphasis on the biological applications and less emphasis on the mathematical derivations.
Motivation:
In the last decades an increasing understanding of the single processe in a living cell has been obtained. However, in order to understand the whole living cell, it is necessary to combine the single processes to more complex systems. This course offers the students insight in the most recent understanding of one aspect of such complex systems - namely the mechanics of cells. |
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| Undervisningsform |
| The material is presented in lectures and through problem solving at theoretical tutorials.
As course evaluation the students choose one or two research papers of relevans to the course and make a short written report and an oral presentation in an exam.
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| Litteraturhenvisninger |
| David Boal: Mechanics of the cell, Cambridge, 2002 |
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| Kursusansvarlig |
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| Studienævn |
| Studienævn AHJ |
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| Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang |
| forelæsninger | 36 | | teoretiske øvelser | 24 | | projektarbejde | 50 | | forberedelse | 70 |
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