Georg August University Göttingen The Göttingen Graduate School for Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB) Current Topics in Biophysics Lecture Series offered by the GGNB doctoral program “Physics of Biological and Complex Systems” WS 09/10, Friday 9.15 – 10.45 a.m. Seminar room - Department of Prof. Christoph Schmidt [Section F, 2nd Floor, Room F02.125] Neues Physik-Gebäude, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen 23.10.2009 Dr. Marc Timme, MPI Dynamics and Self-Organization Modeling spike patterns in neural circuits 06.11.2009 Prof. Dr. Stefan Hell, MPI Biophysical Chemistry Far-field optical nanoscopy 13.11.2009 Dr. Iwan Schaap, III. Physical Institute Atomic force microscopy to measure the mechanical properties of proteins and viruses 20.11.2009 Prof. Dr. Detlev Schild, Neurophysiology and Cellular Biophysics Imaging neuronal networks 27.11.2009 Prof. Dr. Marcus Müller, Institute for Theoretical Physics Coarse-grained models for the simulation of lipid membranes 04.12.2009 Prof. Dr. Holger Stark, MPI Biophysical Chemistry Three-dimensional structure determination of macromolecular complexes by electron cryomicroscopy 11.12.2009 PD Dr. Marina Bennati, MPI Biophysical Chemistry Electron spins as probes to study local and global protein interactions 18.12.2009 Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt, III. Physical Institute – Oscillation Physics The mechanics of cells 15.01.2010 Prof. Dr. Florentin Wörgötter, Institute for Informatics Robots under Neural Control and Learning 22.01.2010 Dr. Thomas Burg, MPI Biophysical Chemistry Micro- and Nanomechanics for Biophysical Measurements 29.01.2010 Prof. Dr. Tim Salditt, Institute for X-Ray Physics “Structure and dynamics of membranes: from model systems to organelles” 05.02.2010 Prof. Dr. Jomo Walla, MPI Biophysical Chemistry Confocal fluorescence methods