Description

The nanoBIO Node at Illinois is a resource for understanding and designing nanoBIO devices and systems. This NSF funded activity is a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of California at Merced. The node provides simulation building blocks and educational resources for use in nanoBIO device engineering.

Courses (1-13 of 13)

1. [Illinois] Physics 598BP: Experimental Biophysics

   Courses | 11 Apr 2016 | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin

   This course provides training in advanced biophysical techniques through hands-on laboratory exercises and weekly lectures as background.  Topics will cover general optical and fluorescence spectroscopy, introduction to various microscope techniques - wide field, bright field, DIC,...

2. [Illinois] ECE 564: Modern Light Microscopy

   Courses | 11 Apr 2016 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu

   Current research topics in modern light microscopy: optics principles (statistical optics, Gaussian optics, elastic light scattering, dynamic light scattering); traditional microscopy (bright field, dark field, DIC, phase contract, confocal, epi-fluorescence, confocal fluorescence); current...

3. [Illinois] Biophysics 401: Introduction to Biophysics

   Courses | 17 Sep 2015 | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin

   Major concepts of physics inherent to biological systems. Basics of biology, including protein and DNA structure and their organization into cells with a focus on single molecule biophysics. Major experimental techniques including x-ray diffraction, optical and magnetic traps, and fluorescence...

4. MSE 498: Computational Materials Science and Engineering

   Courses | 30 Mar 2015 | Contributor(s):: Andrew Ferguson

         This new course will give students hands-on experience with popular computational materials science and engineering software through a series of projects in: electronic structure calculation (e.g., VASP), molecular simulation (e.g., GROMACS), phase diagram modeling (e.g.,...

5. [Illinois] MCB 529 BRH Biological Rhythms in Health and Disease

   Courses | 30 Dec 2013 | Contributor(s):: Martha U. Gillette

   Our major research thrusts are to understand: 1) signals that engage the circadian clockwork in the brain, 2) sub-cellular micro-environments that shape neuronal dendrites in development and repair, and 3) emergent behaviors of integrated neuronal systems.

6. [Illinois] MCB 493 Neural Systems Modeling

   Courses | 29 Oct 2013 | Contributor(s):: Thomas J. Anastasio

   The purpose of this independent study is to give students hands-on experience in using computers to model neural systems. A neural system is a system of interconnected neural elements, or units. Students will use existing computer programs which will simulate real neural systems. They will...

7. [Illinois] Physics 550 Biomolecular Physics

   Courses | 05 Sep 2013 | Contributor(s):: Klaus Schulten, Taekjip Ha

     Physical concepts governing the structure and function of biological macromolecules; general properties, spatial structure, energy levels, dynamics and functions, and relation to other complex physical systems such as glasses; recent research in biomolecular physics;...

8. [Illinois] ECE 416: Biosensors

   Courses | 07 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: Brian Cunningham

     Learn the underlying engineering principles used to detect small molecules, DNA, proteins, and cells in the context of applications in diagnostic testing, pharmaceutical research, and environmental monitoring. Biosensor approaches including electrochemistry, fluorescence,...

9. [Illinois] PHYS466 2013: Atomic Scale Simulations

   Courses | 06 Feb 2013 | Contributor(s):: David M. Ceperley

   Application of Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics techniques in primarily classical simulations to understand and predict properties of microscopic systems in materials science, physics, biology, and chemistry. Numerical algorithms, connections between simulation results and real properties of...

10. [Illinois] ECE 564 Modern Light Microscopy

    Courses | 25 Apr 2012 | Contributor(s):: Gabriel Popescu

11. [Illinois] Introduction to Bioinformatics

    Courses | 24 Jan 2012 | Contributor(s):: Saurabh Sinha

12. [Illinois] ECE 398: Electronic and Photonic Devices

    Courses | 07 Feb 2011 | Contributor(s):: Kent D Choquette

    Fall Semester, 2010 A first course on active and passive photonic devices and applications. Optical processes in dielectric and semiconductor materials discussed including waveguide propagation, confinement, electrical junctions, and emission/absorption. Active and passive photonic components...

13. Illinois Physics 498: Introduction to Biological Physics

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    Courses | 07 Apr 2008 | Contributor(s):: Paul R Selvin

    We will apply simple yet powerful ideas of physics to gain some understanding of biology. (What is the inertia of a bacteria and how does this affect its behavior?) We will begin with atoms, move to molecules, then macromolecules, then cells, and finally whole systems. For example, how do we...