Michael Woodside, PhD
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
- michael.woodside@ualberta.ca
- Address
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3-205 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
About
BSc (1995) University of Toronto
PhD (2001) University of California, Berkeley
Research
Protein folding, misfolding and aggregation; RNA folding and function; misfolding diseases; single-molecule approaches to biology
Courses
BIOPH 401 - Advanced Biophysics
Physical properties of biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies; biopolymer folding; ligand binding and allostery; lipid membranes; cellular electricity and nerve conduction; models of molecular motors; stochasticity in biology; numerical and experimental techniques in biophysics; synthetic biology. Prerequisites: MATH 209/215/317, MATH 201/334/336, BIOPH 201, PHYS 234, PHYS 230/281, PHYS 310.
BIOPH 501 - Advanced Biophysics
Physical properties of biological macromolecules and macromolecular assemblies; biopolymer folding; ligand binding and allostery; lipid membranes; cellular electricity and nerve conduction; models of molecular motors; stochasticity in biology; numerical and experimental techniques in biophysics; synthetic biology. Prerequisites: MATH 209/215/317, MATH 201/334/336, BIOPH 201, PHYS 234, PHYS 230/281, PHYS 310.
PHYS 574 - Experimental Methods in Physics
Statistics and data analysis: S/N considerations; interactions of photons, neutrons, and charged particles with matter; detectors; vacuum technology. Other topics to be selected according to students' needs and instructor's preference.