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