Major Systems biology

Physico-Chemical Methods in Systems biology

Physico-chemical methods play a key role for investigating molecular and cellular processes.
Therefore, these lectures shall provide fundamental knowledge of important physical and chemical phenomenons necessary for understanding of current methods used in systemsbiology. Offered topics range from classical forces, elasticity, cellular mechanics, polymer statistics, thermodynamics and reaction kinetics to geometric optics and interaction of light with matter.

The lecture is complemented by a tutorial giving overview about current methods and their applications ranging from basic spectroscopy, neutron and x-ray scattering to atomic force and optical microscopy as well as high-throughput methods, like RNAi screening and automated microscopy.