Biophysics for Beginners

A Journey through the Cell Nucleus

Helmut Schiessel

• Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9781000468632
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biophysics
• Index: Biological Sciences

Biophysics is a new way of looking at living matter. It uses quantitative experimental, theoretical, and computational methods, thereby opening a new window for studying and understanding life processes. This textbook provides a brief introduction to the basics of the field, followed by in-depth discussions of more advanced biophysics subjects, going all the way to state-of-the-art experiments and their theoretical interpretations. The second edition presents some of the newest developments in the field (e.g., biomolecular condensates, loop extrusion), a new chapter on computational methods, and many computer exercises specially designed for this textbook.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table Of Contents
• Preface to the First Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• 1 Molecular Biology of the Cell
• 2 Statistical Physics
• 3 Polymer Physics
• 4 DNA
• 5 Stochastic Processes
• 6 RNA and Protein Folding
• 7 Electrostatics inside the Cell
• 8 DNA–Protein Complexes
• 9 Computational Methods
• Appendix A: Probability Theory
• Appendix B: The Distribution of Magnetization and the Central Limit Theorem
• Appendix C: Connection between Polymer Statistics and Critical Phenomena
• Appendix D: Hamilton’s Principle and the Pendulum
• Appendix E: Fourier Series
• Appendix F: The Pre-Averaging Approximation
• Appendix G: Interaction between Two Equally Charged Plates at Zero Temperature
• Appendix H: Geometries of Chromatin Fiber Models
• References
• Backmatter