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Intro |
2 |
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Introduction to Biophysics Week: What is Biophysics? |
2 |
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References |
4 |
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01 |
5 |
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Cellular Biophysics |
5 |
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Microscopy: a major theme in cellular biophysics |
5 |
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Looking ahead |
6 |
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Acknowledgments |
7 |
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References |
8 |
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02 |
9 |
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Optogenetics: Turning the Microscope on Its Head |
9 |
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The fluorescent protein palette |
16 |
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Blinking, highlighting, and binding |
9 |
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Blinking |
9 |
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Highlighting |
10 |
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Binding |
10 |
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Microbial rhodopsins bring light to the membrane |
11 |
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Converting microbial rhodopsins into reporters |
12 |
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Optogenetic control inside the cell |
13 |
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The microscope as a two-way tool |
13 |
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Future opportunities |
14 |
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Conclusions |
14 |
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References |
14 |
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03 |
16 |
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Probing Nature’s Nanomachines One Molecule at a Time |
16 |
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Proteins as nanomachines |
16 |
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Single-molecule measurement technologies |
16 |
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Single-molecule localization and tracking stoichiometry |
17 |
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Single-molecule FRET: conformational changes and molecular interactions |
17 |
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Marriage of single-molecule FRET and optical tweezers |
18 |
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Future outlook |
18 |
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References |
19 |
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04 |
20 |
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The Current Revolution in Cryo-EM |
35 |
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The “hardware” |
20 |
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The “software” |
29 |
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Conclusions |
23 |
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References |
23 |
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05 |
25 |
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Making Sense of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins |
16 |
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Acknowledgments |
28 |
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References |
28 |
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06 |
29 |
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Inherited Arrhythmias: Of Channels, Currents, and Swimming |
29 |
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Clinical case: the unexpected end of a swimming trip |
29 |
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Inherited arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death |
29 |
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Ion channels and cellular electrical activity |
29 |
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Electricity and cellular orchestration |
30 |
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LQTS: how delay causes acceleration |
31 |
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Stress as trigger for TdP tachycardia |
32 |
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The role of biophysical evidence in drug herapy development for inherited arrhythmias |
33 |
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The role of biophysics in other channelopathies |
33 |
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Advice for the young swimmer: staying on the safe side (of the pool) |
34 |
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References |
34 |
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07 |
35 |
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Systems Biophysics: Multiscale Biophysical Modeling of Organ Systems |
35 |
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The cardiac electrical system |
36 |
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The cardiac mechanical system |
37 |
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Hemodynamics, oxygen delivery, and metabolism |
38 |
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Future prospects |
38 |
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Acknowledgments |
39 |
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08 |
40 |
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How Viruses Invade Cells |
40 |
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Acknowledgments |
44 |
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References |
14 |


