| Week of | Topics |
|---|---|
| 8 Jan. | Introduction to class; The scale of things - units and dimensions |
| 15 Jan. | Introduction to probability |
| 22 Jan. | More on probability; Plinkos and the binomial distribution |
| 29 Jan. | Random walks in one, two and three dimensions |
| 5 Feb. | Random walks continued; Distribution of end-to-end distances; The Gaussian distribution |
| 12 Feb. | Diffusion; Fick's laws |
| 19 Feb. | More on diffusion: Molecular motions in gasses and liquids |
| 26 Feb. | Biological implications of diffusion: Water loss from plants and bacterial chemotaxis |
| 4 March | Spring Break! |
| 11 March | Thermodynamics: Energy, heat, work and entropy |
| 18 March | Thermodynamics continued: Free energy and chemical thermodynamics |
| 25 March | Water and hydrophobicity |
| 1 April | Lipids and biological membranes |
| 8 April | Protein folding: Energetics, mechanisms and when things go wrong |
| 15 April | Molecular motors |
| 22 April | Molecular motors continued |
| Final Exam: Thursday, 25 April 8:00 to 10:00 AM |