Biomembrane Frontiers: Nanostructures, Models, and the Design of Life [Paperback]

Molecular Theory Applied to Lipid Bilayers and LipidProtein Interactions.- Membrane Elasticity and Mediated Interactions in Continuum Theory: A Differential Geometric Approach.- Structure and Dynamics of Lipid Monolayers: Theory and Applications.- Multiscale Modeling of Supported Lipid Bilayers.- Collective Dynamics in Lipid Membranes: From Pore Formation to Flip-Flops.- Spatiotemporal Organization of Spin-Coated Supported Model Membranes.- Nanopore Analysis of Nucleic Acids: Single-Molecule Studies of Molecular Dynamics, Structure, and Base Sequence.- Complex Applications of Simple FRAP on Membranes.- Punching Holes in Membranes: How Oligomeric Pore-Forming Proteins and Lipids Cooperate to Form Aqueous Channels in Membranes.- Morphogens, Membranes and Mechanotransduction in Articular Cartilage.- Lifecycle of a Lipoprotein from a Biophysical Perspective.- Targeting Apolipoproteins in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.From the reviews:There are two broad approaches to the study of biological membranes. & As suggested by the title, this volume takes the biophysical approach. Necessarily, the approach adopted in many chapters is very mathematical, but most chapters include enough background discussion for the more non-mathematical to understand & . It is based on a workshop held in early 2008, and would be of most interest to postdoctoral fellows and above working in a Physics environment. (Anthony G. Lee, Molecular Membrane Biology, February, 2010)

HANDBOOK OF MODERN BIOPHYSICS

Series Editor Thomas Jue, PhD

 

Handbook of Modern Biophysics brings current biophysics topics into focus, so that biology, medical, engineering, mathematics, and physical-science students or researchers can learn fundamental concepts and the application of new techniques in addressing biomedical challenges. Chapters explicate the conceptual framework of the physics formalism andlÃ9