Introduction to modern biophysics

• Verfasst von: Ashrafuzzaman, Mohammad [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Introduction to modern biophysics
• Verf.angabe: Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman
• Ausgabe: First edition
• Verlagsort: Boca Raton ; London ; New York
• Verlag: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 419 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-1-003-28778-0
• DOI: doi:10.1201/9781003287780
• Schlagwörter: (s)Biophysik
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Lehrbuch
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Ashrafuzzaman, Mohammad: Introduction to modern biophysics. - First edition. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. - xiii, 419 Seiten
• K10plus-PPN: 1887255389
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Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- 1 Physical Understanding of Biological Systems: Past, Present, and the Future -- 1.1 Early Breakthroughs in Physical Understanding of Biological Systems -- 1.1.1 Micrometer to Nanometer Resolution Observations of the Cell -- 1.1.2 Microscopic Discovery of Bacteria and Its Modern Biophysical Understanding -- 1.1.3 Physics Revolutionized the Understanding of Viruses -- 1.1.4 Early Biophysical Understanding of Photosynthesis -- 1.2 Early Establishments of Biophysics and Emergence of New Biophysics Disciplines -- 1.3 Latest Biophysics Fields With Futuristic Goals -- 1.3.1 Biophysics of Drug Discovery -- 1.3.2 Quantum Biophysical Microscopy -- 1.3.3 Biophysical Proteomics -- 1.3.4 Biophysical Genomics and Understanding Evolution -- 1.3.5 AI and ML in Biophysics -- 1.3.6 Computational Biophysics -- 1.3.7 Clinical Biophysics -- 1.3.8 Exoplanetary Biophysics -- 1.4 Accomplishments in Modern-Era Biophysics Research -- 1.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 Biophysics of Life -- 2.1 Biological Perspectives Associated With Life -- 2.1.1 The Cell Hosts Life's Processes -- 2.1.1.1 Autophagy Is Essential for Maintaining Correct Cell Health -- 2.1.1.2 Mitochondrial Function Is Associated With Aging -- 2.1.1.3 Aging-Induced Telomere Length Shortening Leads to Decreased Life Span -- 2.1.1.4 An Animal's Lifespan Is Written in DNAs -- 2.1.2 The Non-Cellular Processes of Life -- 2.2 States of Physical Structures of Cellular Systems Are Associated With Life -- 2.3 Energetic and Entropic Fluctuations of Cellular Systems Linked to the Milieu of Life -- 2.4 Quantum Mechanics of Life -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 Stochasticity in Biological Systems -- 3.1 Biological Stochasticity and Associated Features.

Abstract

"This textbook will provide an introduction to the fundamental and applied aspects of biophysics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of physics, chemistry, and biology. The application of physics principles and techniques in exploring biological systems has long been a tradition in scientific research. Biological systems hold naturally inbuilt physical principles and processes which are popularly explored. Systematic discoveries have been made helping to understand the structures and functions of individual biomolecules, biomolecular systems, cells, organelles, tissues, and even the whole physiological systems of the animal and plant kingdoms. The trend in utilizing the physics-based scientific understanding of biological systems in exploring disease states and finding relevant cures through discovering drugs is considered to be at the forefront of applied scientific and socioeconomic interests. This book will cover most of the relevant breakthroughs biophysics has been making since its inception. A futuristic guideline will be provided. A lot of models based on both classical and quantum mechanical treatments of biological systems and future scientific research outlooks will be presented. Diseases related to physical alterations in biomolecular structures and organizations and concerned drug discovery strategies will be scrutinized. Nanotechnology application in manipulating nanoprocesses in biological systems will be addressed"--