Study Programmes 2015-2016
| PHYS0240-2 | ||||||||
| Biophysics | ||||||||
|
Duration :
|
||||||||
| 30h Th, 15h Pr | ||||||||
|
Number of credits :
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
Lecturer :
|
||||||||
| Maryse Hoebeke | ||||||||
|
Language(s) of instruction :
|
||||||||
| French language | ||||||||
|
Organisation and examination :
|
||||||||
| Teaching in the second semester | ||||||||
|
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
|
||||||||
| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
|
Course contents :
|
||||||||
| The connection between the physical and biomedical sciences developed rapidly over the past few decades. New areas of endeavor such as biophysics and biomedical engineering are emerging rapidly and contributing important informations to the understanding of lifeprocesses. | ||||||||
|
Learning outcomes of the course :
|
||||||||
| Membrane biophysics
- Dynamics of biomolecules - Biophysics of the human circulatory system -Respiration biophysics -Vision biophysics -Nerve cells for more details see the reference book in English |
||||||||
|
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
|
||||||||
| nothing | ||||||||
|
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
|
||||||||
| Oral courses taught by the teacher. Exercises done in class. The last two lectures are devoted to the presentation of personal work done by students. | ||||||||
|
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
|
||||||||
| Face to face | ||||||||
|
Recommended or required readings :
|
||||||||
| Introduction to Molecular biophysics
J. Tuszynski and M. Kurzynski
CRC press (2003)
Biophysique François Grémy Flammarion (1982) Slides and articles |
||||||||
|
Assessment methods and criteria :
|
||||||||
| End-of- year exam (75%) and personal work done by student (25%). | ||||||||
|
Work placement(s) :
|
||||||||
|
Organizational remarks :
|
||||||||
|
Contacts :
|
||||||||
| M. Hoebeke 0476/237423 043663651 M.Hoebeke@ulg.ac.be secrétariat sdemarche@ulg.ac.be 043663661 |
||||||||