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8.592[J] Statistical Physics in Biology

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(Same subject as HST.452[J])
Prereq: 8.333 or permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
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Lecture: TR9.30-11 (4-265)

A survey of problems at the interface of statistical physics and modern biology: bioinformatic methods for extracting information content of DNA; gene finding, sequence comparison, phylogenetic trees. Physical interactions responsible for structure of biopolymers; DNA double helix, secondary structure of RNA, elements of protein folding. Considerations of force, motion, and packaging; protein motors, membranes. Collective behavior of biological elements; cellular networks, neural networks, and evolution.
M. Kardar
Textbooks (Spring 2018)