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Necessary knowledge for doing Biophysics?
Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:08 am
by phyalan
Dear all, my major is physics and mathematics in UG and I am planning to do biophysics for my PhD but I am not sure what sorts of physics or mathematics theory/knowledge will be essential/helpful to start my path. Is there anyone who are already in this field and can provide me with some advice? Thank you very much!
Re: Necessary knowledge for doing Biophysics?
Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 6:47 pm
by CarlBrannen
The biophys class I took was mostly thermodynamics, particularly the Gibbs potential.
As far as going from physics / math to biophys, the big thing is learning the chemistry.
Re: Necessary knowledge for doing Biophysics?
Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:54 pm
by phyalan
Thank you for your advice CarlBrannen. I am currently reviewing my chemistry, however, at first year level only. I would also like to if it would be beneficial if I know something about dynamical system, such as bifurcation theory or something like that?