Module BP4110-KP08

Duration

2 Semester

Turnus of offer

starts every winter semester

Credit points

8

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Biophysics 2019, compulsory, biophysics
• Master Biophysics 2023, compulsory, biophysics

Classes and lectures:

• molecular dynamics (exercise, 1 SWS)
• molecular dynamics (lecture, 2 SWS)
• theoretical biophysics (lecture, 2 SWS)
• theoretical biophysics (exercise, 1 SWS)

Workload:

• 150 hours private studies
• 90 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Basic concepts of quantum mechanics
• Intra- and intermolecular interactions
• Description of molecules by classical models
• Simulation of the dynamics of molecules by means of Newtonian mechanics
• Description of molecular dynamics with the help of thermodynamics

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students can explain how the existence of atoms and molecules can be explained from the fundamental assumptions of quantum mechanics.
• They can explain, within what limits can be described by classical models the interactions between atoms.
• They can sketch an algorithm with which the dynamics of molecules can be simulated.
• They can list, which thermodynamic concepts are to describe the molecular dynamics.
• They can classify common simulation programs for large biomolecules according to categories and recognize their basics.

Grading through:

• Oral examination

Requires:

• Module part: Biophysik 1 (ME4600 C)

Responsible for this module:

• PD Dr. rer. nat. Hauke Paulsen

Teacher:

• Institute of Physics
• PD Dr. rer. nat. Hauke Paulsen
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Hübner

Literature:

• V. Schünemann : Biophysik Berlin: Springer 2004
• M. Daune : Molekulare Biophysik Braunschweig: Vieweg 1997
• Andrew R Leach : Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications Prentice Hall, 2nd edition 2001 /li>

Language:

• German and English skills required

Last Updated:

02.11.2020