General Concepts and Biophysical Principles

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a branch of science that is concerned with the application of physical principles and methods to biological problems

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Biophysics

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the science dealing with how physics applies to the process of biology

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Biophysics

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seeks to explain biological function in terms of the physical properties of specific molecules

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Biophysics

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study of physical phenomena and physical processes in living things on scales spanning molecules, cells, tissues, and organisms

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Biophysics

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the study of life and organisms

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biology

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the study of cells as basic structural units of life, genetics and heredity, and transformation of energy by organisms while growing, developing and adapting to their environment

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basic biological concept

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the study of energy and matter and how the two interact through time and space

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physics

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it explains that, when scientist combine physics and biology, they learn more about biological systems on a molecular or anatomic level

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biophysical society

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who said that everything on earth is made of atoms, basic units of matter, that constantly move

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Richard Feynman

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define as the change in position with respect to time

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motion

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motion can either be described as:

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1. change in speed
2. change in direction

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occurs when a chemical or chemicals convert into another substance

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chemical reaction

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means that two elements combined to make something new

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synthesis

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two chemicals make a new substance

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direct combination reaction

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occurs when a chemical combines with oxygen

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combustion

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when one chemical reacts to a stimulus by breaking into two simpler elements

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decomposition reaction

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uses electricity to break bonds

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electrolytic decomposition

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breakdown chemicals with heat

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thermal decomposition

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when a complex chemical is exposed to photons from light

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photo decomposition

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the chemical reaction that takes an element away from a compound and adds it to another substance

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single replacement chemical reaction

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when you have two complex reactants that’s what chemicals during a reaction, you get two new products

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double replacement or metathesis reaction

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reactions that use an acid and a base as reactants

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neutralization

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considered among the most ancient objects of biophysical exploration

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bioluminescence

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the first scientific investigation of animal luminescence was that of, who devoted two chapters of his book Ars Magna Lucis et Umbrae to bioluminescence

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Athanasius Kircher, a 17th century german jesuit priest

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wrote of “a certain most subtle spirit which pervades and lies heat in all gross bodies”

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Isaac Newton in the Principia (1687)

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wrote the details of his discovery of the electrical nature of the discharge from the torpedo or electric ray

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John Walsh in 1773

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“gang of four” got together to develop a research program based on the rejection of the, at the time, prevailing notion that living animals depend on special biological laws and vital forces would differ from those that offered in the domain of inorganic nature

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• Emil de Bois-Reymond
• Ernst von Brucke
• Hermann von Helmholtz
• Carl Ludwig

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introduce the term “Bio-Physics” in The Grammar of Science to describe the science that links the physical and biological sciences

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Karl Pearson

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how old is biophysics

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only about 60 to 100 years old

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when Francis Crick found out about double helix DNA

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1953

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the year the biophysical society was founded

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1957

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the study of structure and function of cell membranes, including the ion channels, protein, and receptors embedded in them

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membrane biophysics

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using mathematical modeling to study biological systems

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computational or theoretical biophysics

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creating and modifying proteins to advancing synthetic biology. often used to advance human health in the form of new disease treatments.

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protein engineering

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biophysics studies of biological molecules including proteins, nucleic acid, and lipids

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molecular structure

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using physical mechanism to explain the occurrence of biological processes

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mechanism