281122 Modelling Complex Biophysical Processes (S) (WiSe 2005/2006)

Audience and requirements:
This seminar course will provide an introduction to the modeling and
analysis of biophysical processes involving considerably many degrees of freedom. Proposed seminar topics are designed to be accessible by higher level undergraduate students and graduate students who are familiar with some basic mathematical concepts of Linear Algebra and Analysis. The seminar is devoted to interested students of biology, computer science, physics and applied mathematics. The students are free to choose the language of their seminar
presentation. They are encouraged to contribute with their own ideas and suggestions for the topic of their seminar.

Content:
Over the past decades the scientific branch of modeling biophysical processes has considerably increased regarding the number of applications, ranging from
enzymatic or genetic regulation to transport processes through biological membranes. Moreover, this scientific field has thus developed into an active,
varied and inherently interdisciplinary field of research. For example, in the case of biological membranes the standard molecular point of view is established by both, computer simulations and experiments. In particular, dynamic processes such as virus dynamics and the dynamics of membranes have recently
raised considerable attention. Topics of the seminar may contain for example modular modeling of cellular processes, simple kinetics in complex membrane transporters, modeling virus dynamics, models of biological signal
transduction pathways, metabolic pathway optimization, modeling based on functional genomic data, modeling based on dynamic or functional magnetic resonance imaging data and modeling Biophysical Neural Networks.

Bibliography

For a comprehensive list of suggested seminar topics and selected literature look at the webpage of the seminar:
www.physik.uni-bielefeld.de/~adegenha/activities.dir/modcomplbiophys.dir/modcomplbiophys.htm