NPTEL : NOC:Cellular Biophysics: A Framework for Quantitative Biology (Biotechnology)

Co-ordinators : Prof. R. Chaitanya A. Athale


Lecture 1 - Introduction - Part 1

Lecture 2 - Introduction - Part 2

Lecture 3 - Introduction - Part 3

Lecture 4 - Solids vs Fluids

Lecture 5 - Viscosity

Lecture 6 - Measuring Viscosity

Lecture 7 - Tutorial - Part 1

Lecture 8 - Tutorial - Part 2

Lecture 9 - Tutorial - Part 3

Lecture 10 - Macromolecular Nature and Hydrophobicity, Structure of Ice, Pauling-Bernal-Fowler Model of Water

Lecture 11 - Entropy and Probability of Water Conformations,Boltzmann Law of Entropy

Lecture 12 - Reynolds Number

Lecture 13 - Tutorial - Part 1

Lecture 14 - Tutorial - Part 2

Lecture 15 - Tutorial - Part 3

Lecture 16 - Hagen-Poisuielle Equation

Lecture 17 - Tutorial - Part 4

Lecture 18 - Sedimentation and Centrifugation - Part 1

Lecture 19 - Sedimentation and Centrifugation - Part 2

Lecture 20 - Blood Centrifugation

Lecture 21 - Review: Paperfuge for Hematology

Lecture 22 - Biology by Numbers

Lecture 23 - Biology by Numbers: Bomb Yield Solved

Lecture 24 - Order of Magnitude Estimates and Approximations

Lecture 25 - Physical Basis of Life

Lecture 26 - Approximating Cellular and Molecular Size Scales

Lecture 27 - Quantifying DNA and Chromatin

Lecture 28 - Protein Abundance and Spacing

Lecture 29 - Model Gene

Lecture 30 - Cell-Biology by Numbers

Lecture 31 - Experimental Techniques to Quantify Cells

Lecture 32 - Time-Scales in Cells

Lecture 33 - Energy Scale

Lecture 34 - Energy and Thermodynamics of Life - Part 1

Lecture 35 - Energy and Thermodynamics of Life - Part 2

Lecture 36 - Energy and Life- Osmotic Engine

Lecture 37 - Energy and Life- Interconversion of Energy

Lecture 38 - Random Walk Statistics, Stoke-Einstein - Part 1

Lecture 39 - Random Walk Statistics, Stoke-Einstein - Part 2

Lecture 40 - Demonstration of Diffusion of Micron Sized Particles

Lecture 41 - Macromolecular Crowding - Part 1

Lecture 42 - Macromolecular Crowding - Part 2

Lecture 43 - Cytoskeleton

Lecture 44 - Beam Theory Applied to Biopolymer

Lecture 45 - Understanding Chromosomes as Statistical Polymers - Part 1

Lecture 46 - Understanding Chromosomes as Statistical Polymers - Part 2

Lecture 47 - Brownian Ratchets and Molecular Motors

Lecture 48 - Polymerization Dynamics - Part 1

Lecture 49 - Polymerization Dynamics - Part 2

Lecture 50 - Polymerization Dynamics - Part 3

Lecture 51 - Python Programming - Part 1

Lecture 52 - Python Programming - Part 2

Lecture 53 - Python Programming - Part 3

Lecture 54 - Introduction to Membrane Mechanics

Lecture 55 - Membrane Deformation

Lecture 56 - Developmental Pattern Formation

Lecture 57 - Turing Model

Lecture 58 - Phyllotaxis - Part 1

Lecture 59 - Phyllotaxis - Part 2

Lecture 60 - Phyllotaxis - Part 3