FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOPHYSICS
Introduction.
Repetitions in thermodynamics and informatics, statistical and quantum physics.
Fundamentals of conformational equilibrium thermodynamics of biopolymers .
Physics of the enzyme-substratum interaction and kinetics of enzyme reactions: molecular recognition, prospects for quantum informatics. Problem of genetic code and central dogma of molecular biology: molecular organization of the cell. Methods of biopolymer characterization.
Fundamentals of nonequilibrium thermodynamics of biological systems.
Information and entropy. Near-equilibrium conjugated linear processes. Stationary states of conjugated linear systems: stability condition and condition of biological development.
Fundamentals of membrane biophysics .
Water and dilutes, diffusion. Molecular and ionic membrane transports: passive and active. Electrical and electrochemical synapses. Physics of nerve impulse.
Fundamentals of biomechanics and biomaterials .
Biophysics of muscle contractions. Locomotion processes. Cardiovascular processes. Engineering of mechanical and biomedical properties of materials: general and special requests. Applications.
Fundamentals of biological neural networks .
Classical and quantum-holographic hierarchical neural networks. Cognitive and psychosomatic processes. Prospects for quantum informatics.
Fundamentals of interactions of organism and environment .
Sensory specific interactions. Sensory nonspecific non-ionizing (EM/ionic) and ionizing (radiation) interactions.
Fundamentals of biological development .
Prebiological evolution. Cell and biological evolution: philogenesis. Development of organism: embryogenesis and morphogenesis.