Undergraduate Degree & Course Catalog
2019-20
This course is concerned with the fundamental physical and physicochemical treatment of various kinetic processes underlying the normal function of biological systems. Topics include: non-equilibrium processes, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, osmotic and hydrostatic forces, membrane permeation and potentials, the mechanisms of excitability, and particular on the topics of membrane transport pertaining to various membrane proteins, including ion channel proteins.