Biophysics - Département de Physique de l'Ecole Normale supérieure

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Biophysics

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Faculty : Pierre Sens, Sylvie Hénon

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ECTS credits : 6

Language of instruction : English

Examination : Written

Covid-19 alternative examination: Oral exam with questions about an article submitted before the oral presentation.
The oral would last 30 minutes per student.

Description:
Introduction to cell biology
Reaction rate
Filament elasticity: DNA, bending, torsion, twist; actin, microtubules
Statistical mechanics of model and real membranes
Brownian motion, Langevin equation, fluctuation-dissipation theorem, out-of-equilibrium fluctuations
Actin cytoskeleton, microtubules and molecular motors
Rheological properties of solutions and gels of biological filaments
Mechanical properties of living cells: rheology, force generation, mechanotransduction
Rheology of tissues
Low Reynolds number swimmers

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Next student seminar :
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Here you can find information about your internships:
Experimental Internship - Undergraduate program
Master ICFP first year Internship

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November 14 - 18, 2022 :
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Contact us - Student support and Graduate School office :
Tél : 01 44 32 35 60
enseignement@phys.ens.fr