Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
FIZ 447E Biologically Motivated Problems in Statistical Physics English Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 4 3 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites FIZ 331 MIN DD
or FIZ 331E MIN DD
or FIZ 310 MIN DD
or FIZ 310E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Probability concepts and stochastic processes; biological networks; equilibrium statistical ensembles, temperature and entropy; modeling the hydrophobic interaction; polymers, proteins and RNA folds; spin glasses and associative memory; neuronal avalanches and self organized criticality (SOC); bit string models of evolution, random Boolean dynamics on gene regulatory networks; non-adaptive and adaptive emergence of complexity.