Biological physics

The course aims to provide a general introduction to cellular and molecular biology and to contextualize the use of modern physics, through its quantitative methods and approaches, to describe biological systems and their complexity from the molecular to the cellular and tissue levels.

Another fundamental topic covered is the quantification of phenomena, their physical interpretation, and their physical-mathematical modeling. The course introduces students to philosophy and the range of topics covered in this master's program, which focuses on the study of the physical principles of the organization and dynamics of living and complex matter.

• Understand the biological cell, its molecular components, and its main functions.
• Understanding how physical and chemical interactions influence the properties of biomolecules (diffusion, self-assembly, conformational changes, etc.), related assemblies (cytoskeleton, cytoplasm, nucleus and nucleoplasm, membranes, macromolecular droplets, , etc.) and other phenomena (intracellular transport, cytoskeletal dynamics, nuclear organization, cell mitosis, cell motility, etc.), in vitro (biomimetic approach), within cells and between cells.
• Detect and control the relevant parameters and orders of magnitude characteristic of these properties, assemblies, and phenomena.
• Understand the principles of the experimental methods used to measure these parameters.
• Linking physicochemical phenomena to biological observations in vitro and in vivo (in bacteria, viruses, circulating or adherent cells, etc.)
• Extract information, analyze data, and acquire methodological concepts from scientific articles to quantify biological processes, working in small teams of students in class or at home.
• Learning the interdisciplinary language of biology at the new frontiers of physics and materials science.

Bachelor's degree in Physics, Physics-Chemistry, or equivalent