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Summer School on Theoretical
and Computational Biophysics
The summer school will explore a wide range of physical models and
computational approaches used for the simulation of biological systems and
the investigation of their function at an atomic level. The course will
be based on case studies including the properties of membranes, mechanisms
of molecular motors, trafficking in the living cell through water and ion
channels, signaling pathways, visual receptors, and photosynthesis.
Relevant physical concepts, mathematical techniques, and computational
methods will be introduced, including force fields and algorithms used in
molecular modeling, molecular dynamics simulations on parallel computers,
steered molecular dynamics simulations, and combined quantum mechanical -
molecular mechanical calculations.
The workshop is designed for graduate students and postdoctoral
researchers in computational and/or biophysical fields who seek to extend
their research skills to include computational and theoretical expertise,
as well as other researchers interested in theoretical and computational
biophysics. Theory sessions will be followed by hands-on computer labs in
which students will be able to set up and run simulations.
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Computational Approaches for Simulation of Biological Systems
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