Course Identification

Title:

Motor Proteins and Molecular Motors

Code:

20252142

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Anatoly B Kolomeisky

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

11:00 - 12:00, Kimmelman, Dov Elad Rm

First Lecture:

06/05/2025

End date:

22/05/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Chemical Sciences: Mini course; Elective; Enrichment; 1.00 points
Physical Sciences: Mini course; Elective; Enrichment; 1.00 points
Life Sciences: Mini course; Elective; Enrichment; 1.00 points

Comments

Will be held in-person only on the following dates at Dov Elad in Kimmelman:

Tuesday, 13/5/25 between 11-13
Wednesday, 14/5/25 between 11-12
Tuesday, 20/5/25 between 11-12
Wednesday, 21/5/25 between 11-12
Thursday, 22/5/25 between 11-12

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

No

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

25%

Final:

75%

Evaluation Type

Take-home exam

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

N/A

Syllabus

Office Hours:

By appointment or to be decided

Class Description:

It is a multi-disciplinary mini-class (6 lectures) intended to introduce students and any other people interested in understanding the fundamental aspects of biological motion. It will cover a broad spectrum of topics related to motor proteins and molecular motors. The idea is to present the main ideas and concepts with minimal mathematics appealing to a general range of students and researchers with multi-disciplinary background.

Course Outline:

• Introduction to Motor Proteins in Biological Systems

• Experimental Methods to Investigate Motor Proteins

• Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics in Application to Motor Proteins

• Theoretical Modeling of Biological Molecular Motors

• Collective Behavior of Motor Proteins

• Artificial Molecular Motors and Rotors

Grading:

Grades will be based on the student’s participation (asking questions) in the class (25%) and one final take-home exam (75%)

Exams:

There will be one take-home open-book exam.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Reading List

Textbook:

I recommend the following book that might help you to understand the presented material (but it is not required):

A.B. Kolomeisky “Motor Proteins and Molecular Motors,” (CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, 2015).

Website

N/A