Instructors
MK: Prof. Mehran Kardar
LM: Prof. Leonid Mirny
MK: Prof. Mehran Kardar
LM: Prof. Leonid Mirny
Lecture by Prof. Mirny on Biological Networks
TOPICS | DESCRIPTION | CATEGORY |
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I. Sequence | nucleic acids in DNA/RNA; amino-acids in proteins | information |
II. Structure | DNA double helix; RNA secondary form; protein folding | interactions |
III. Function | building blocks, force and motion: membranes, tubules, motors… | mechanisms |
IV. Assembly | networks: modules, patterns, collective dynamics… | complexity |
General scheme of motor transport:
Motion in a noisy environment
A Brownian ratchet (Image from Wikimedia Commons)
View a ratchet and pawl animation