1. Filaments in the cycloskeleton:
- Actin, threadmilling
- Microtubules, dynamic instability
- Molecular motors, ratchet models, asymmetric hopping models
2. Protein-Nucleic acid composites:
- Electrostatic interactions
- Specific and non-specific binding of factors to DNA regulatory elements
- Berg-von Hippel, wight matrices (profiles), information content
Thursday October 22
L12: (HP) Rouse model
Tuesday October 27
L13: (MK) Microtubules
Thursday October 29
L14: (MK) Molecular motors
Tuesday November 3
L15: (LM) Protein/DNA energetics
Thursday November 5
L16: (LM) Protein/DNA search
Thursday November 19
L20: (HP) Molecular search: compact exploration
Tuesday November 24
L21: (HP) Inference : how cells sense the environment, Berg-Purcell