Biophysics and systems biology

Biophysics and systems biology

Biophysics at the systems level, as distinct from molecular biophysics, acquired its most famous paradigm in the work of Hodgkin and Huxley, who integrated their equations for the nerve impulse in 1952. Their approach has since been extended to other organs of the body, notably including the heart. The modern field of computational biology has expanded rapidly during the first decade of the twe...

Computational Biology and Biophysics

With the recent successful completion of the Human Genome Project and related attempts to determine whole genomes it has become obvious that the obtained wealth of data needs to be matched by information on the structure and function of the huge number of proteins encoded in the various genomes (“proteomics”). As proteins are only functional if they assume specific shapes, it is important to ex...

Annual SUMMER SCHOOL IN MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

Expression and purification of photosynthetic protein PsbR for crystallization The PsbR protein is a nuclear-encoded photosystem (PS) II subunit specifically found in higher plants, in particular this 10 kDa protein is a component of oxygen evolving complex (OEC) of PSII. The role of PsbR has not been clarified yet. It is reported that PsbR might have auxiliary role for the PsbP binding to PSII...

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation in Biophysics and Systems Biology

Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology

Progress in Biophysics & Molecular Biology covers the ground between the physical and biological sciences. It indicates to the physicist the great variety of unsolved problems awaiting attention in the biological sciences. The biologist and biochemist will find that this journal presents new and stimulating ideas on structural and functional problems of the living organism. This journal will be...