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Bioen 599F., Autumn 2000
Bioengineering Principles of Physiology
Class Schedule
updated 9/18/00
Date
Day
Lecture #
Lecture
Lecturer
25-Sep-00
Monday
1
Overview and goals
Kushmerick
27-Sep-00
Wednesday
2
Engineering in muscle biology and vice versa
Kushmerick
28-Sep-00
Thursday
3
Rationale for simulation and modeling
Vicini
2-Oct-00
Monday
4
Molecular motors using muscle myosin as an example
Regnier
4-Oct-00
Wednesday
5
Chemomechanical transduction by actomyosin
Regnier
5-Oct-00
Thursday
6
Ca
2+
regulation of actomyosin interactions
Regnier
9-Oct-00
Monday
7
Computational models of acto-myosin motors
Vicini / Regnier
11-Oct-00
Wednesday
8
Processes that use chemical potential energy
Kushmerick
12-Oct-00
Thursday
9
Processes that generate chemical potential energy
Kushmerick
16-Oct-00
Monday
10
Structural and kinetic modeling in metabolic networks
Rohwer
18-Oct-00
Wednesday
11
Analysis of control and regulation in metabolic networks
Hofmeyr
19-Oct-00
Thursday
12
The cell is a computational unit
Hofmeyr/Vicini
23-Oct-00
Monday
13
New methods and insights into molecular motors
Pollack
25-Oct-00
Wednesday
14
Molecular mechanism of muscle contraction
Pollack
26-Oct-00
Thursday
15
Cell water and viscosity
Pollack
30-Oct-00
Monday
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
1-Nov-00
Wednesday
16
Cytoplasmic water as a solvent
Kushmerick
2-Nov-00
Thursday
17
Membranes in biological systems
Regnier
6-Nov-00
Monday
18
Membranes in signal transduction
Regnier
8-Nov-00
Wednesday
19
E-C coupling
Regnier
9-Nov-00
Thursday
20
Synapses
Regnier
13-Nov-00
Monday
21
Simulations of Ca
2+
transport and E-C coupling
Vicini
15-Nov-00
Wednesday
22
Neural circuits are control systems: feedback, feedforward & integration
Vicini
16-Nov-00
Thursday
23
Motor Units
Kushmerick
20-Nov-00
Monday
24
Control by reflexes
Kushmerick
22-Nov-00
Wednesday
25
Biomechanics of locomotion
Kushmerick
23-Nov-00
Thursday
Thanksgiving Holiday
27-Nov-00
Monday
26
Energy balance in locomotion:supply & demands of an open system
Kushmerick
29-Nov-00
Wednesday
27
Models of energy balance
Vicini
30-Nov-00
Thursday
28
Plasticity and adaptation
Regnier
4-Dec-00
Monday
29
Modular design for varied function 1
Kushmerick
6-Dec-00
Wednesday
30
Modular design for varied function 2
Kushmerick
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