Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic Biophysics I
Course Code: BYF501
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of the course is to be able to tell about body fluids, biophysical properties of living systems, biomolecules and their properties, intermolecular interactions in living systems, molecular structure of living systems, biological membranes, ion channels, transport systems, biopotentials, membrane and action potential.

Course Content

Body fluids, biophysical properties of living systems, biomolecules and their properties, intermolecular interactions in living systems, molecular structure of living systems, biological membranes, ion channels, transport systems, biopotentials, membrane and action potential.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Mehmet Dinçer BİLGİN
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to tell about the body fluids and biophysical properties of living systems
2.To be able to explain interactions between biomolecules and molecules
3.To be able to recognize structure and function of biological membranes
4.To be able to tell about biopotentials
5.To be able to explain membranes and action potential
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Gürbüz Çelebi, Medical Physics, Barış yayınları fakülte kitapevi, İzmir 2010.
2.Ferit Pehlivan, Biophysics, Hacettepe-Taş yayınevi, Ankara, 2011.
3.Guyton ve Hall, Medical Physiology, 2010
4.Şefik Dursun (ed.) Biophysics Lecture Notes, CTF Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010.
5.E.R.Kandel et al (eds), Principles of Neural Sciences, 2000.
6..Lodish&Baltimore et al (eds.), Moleculer Cell Biology, 2004.
7.GG Matthews (ed.), Neurobiology 2000
8.J.E. Blankenship (ed.), Neurophysiology, 2003.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Distribution of body fluids and their properties, determination of body fluids
Week 2 - Theoretical
Biophysical properties of living systems
Week 3 - Theoretical
Structure and properties of biomolecules, molecular bonds and water
Week 4 - Theoretical
Biological membranes and their structure
Week 5 - Theoretical
Structure and properties of ion channels
Week 6 - Theoretical
Sodium and potassium ion channels
Week 7 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm exam
Week 8 - Theoretical
Nerst and Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz equations
Week 9 - Theoretical
Membrane potential
Week 10 - Theoretical
Graded potentials and action potential
Week 11 - Theoretical
Action potential (in nerve)
Week 12 - Theoretical
Action potential (in nerve)
Week 13 - Theoretical
Action potential (in different cells of the heart)
Week 14 - Theoretical
Discussion
Week 15 - Final Exam
Final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Quiz2%10
Assignment2%10
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory130226
Assignment210122
Reading133152
Individual Work44016
Quiz2114
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)146
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026