Welcome to the Current Topics in Biophysics (SC/BPHS 2090.02) course website, containing course information, handouts, and important news for the course. Please visit often because information will sometimes be posted on this website before being announced in class. Information about the Biophysics degree program can be found here [link].

Announcements

13 feb 2009: The Final Exam is scheduled for Friday 27 feb 2009 at 12:00-14:00 (in CB 115)

Most of the final exam will focus on material presented by Dr. Jerzak. There will be one question written by Dr. Lew, based on his lectures given at the beginning of the term. The question will be similar, in style and approach, to the questions on the first term test.

2 feb 2009: Revised Schedule

Term Test: Tuesday 17 February during lecture time in the usual lecture room (202 Bethune College).

Second Assignment: Due Thursday 19 February.

First Guest Lecture: Dr. Scott Menary Particle Accelerators and their Biomedical Uses on Thursday 5 February.

Second Guest Lecture: Dr. Logan Donaldson Protein Structure, Dynamics and Orientation from NMR Spectroscopy on Thursday 19 February.

News

Here are the Powerpoint slides for Dr, Menary's Presentation Particle Accelerators and their Biomedical Uses [ppt]

04 feb 2009: Chemistry Seminar on Synchrotron Radiation (Thursday 5 feb 2009 in PSE 317 at 1:30 pm).

Jeff N. Cutler will be giving the seminar, entitled The Canadian Light Source: A Bright Light Shining in a Cold Landscape, which will highlight the remarkable diversity of tools available to biophysicsts at the Canadian Light Source in Saskatchewan. These tools include infrared spectroscopy and spectromicroscopy, soft and hard x-ray imaging, µ-XAFS, single crystal diffraction, and small and wide angle scattering. Biophysics students may find it enlightening (pun intended)!

Powerpoint slides for Drs. Krylov and Constantinou are available [link]

The Class Representatives for BPHS 2090 are Scott McClure [scott14@yorku.ca] and Robert Moscaritolo [robertm1@yorku.ca]. Please feel free to speak with them about any concerns you may have about the course.

Dr. Jerzak's lecture notes are available on Steacie e-reserve [link].

Miscellanea

03 feb 2009: Here is a link to the new Biophysics Club at York University [link]

07 oct 2008: The first term test (with key) is available in the Evaluation section [link].

26 sep 2008: Here are electronic versions of overheads from the NanoMotors lecture [pdf].

Some of these are extracted from the course notes available to you on Steacie Library e-reserve [link].

25 sep 2008: Here is a brief answer key to the first assignment [pdf].

24 sep 2008: Here are handouts of the slides shown for Random Walks [pdf] and the lecture on NanoMotors [pdf].

21 sep 2008: Here is a handout of the slides shown for the lecture on The Height of a Tree [pdf].

19 sep 2008: Here are electronic versions of overheads from the Height of a Tree lecture [pdf].

Some of these are extracted from the course notes available to you on Steacie Library e-reserve [link].

12 sep 2008: Some students asked if I could provide electronic versions of overheads from the lectures, so, here they are for the lectures up to Thursday 11 sep [pdf].

Some of these are extracted from the course notes available to you on Steacie Library e-reserve [link].

11 sep 2008: Here is the highest g-force jumper I could find: Fungal spores accelerating at about 900,000 g, dwarfing the modest flea (about 135 g). Note the height of the jump is much less, due to air resistance decelerating the very small spore. [pdf]

Please note this is only for your enjoyment.

09 sep 2008: Here is a wordle [http://wordle.net/] of the course notes for the Lew lectures [pdf]

Please note this is only for your enjoyment.

04 sep 2008: Here is a handout of the slides shown in lecture today on biological diversity [pdf]

Please note these are not required but may be of interest to you.

03 jul 2008: Course Notes and Readings for the Lew Lectures are mounted on Steacie's e-Reserves [link]

03 jun 2008: Added a Java applet demonstrating Brownian motion (One of Fowler's Physics Applets) to the links page

31 mar 2008: Tentative course information and lecture outlines are in place

18 mar 2008: Construction on the draft website begins