Posted
11.13.2009
Professor Thomas J. Anastasio,has written a new book
on computational neuroscience entitled Tutorial on Neural Systems Modeling. The
book shows readers how to create computer models of systems of interacting neuron-like
elements (or units). The theme that unifies all of the models is that the response
properties of the units, which are compared with those of real neurons, emerge
as a consequence of the computation being performed. The link between observable
properties and useful computations provides insight into the ways in which real
neural systems may actually work. More information on the book is available at:
http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=3396
All
of the computer programs listed in the book are available for free download at:
http://www.sinauer.com/anastasio/
Posted
10.02.2009
Professors Steve Granick and Charles Schroeder
have joined the Biophysics faculty.
Posted 9.03.2009
Professor
Maria Spies has been awarded the 2010 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from
the Biophysical
Society for her outstanding research achievements.
Posted
6.29.2009
Professor Satish Nair has published a paper in Nature
this month entitled "An unusual carbon–carbon bond cleavage reaction
during phosphinothricin biosynthesis"
Posted
6.29.2009
Professor Aleksei Aksimentiev has joined the Biophysics
faculty.
Posted 6.29.2009
Check out the exciting
new Biophysics
K-12 Outreach program organized by Biophysics students!
Posted
11.13.2008
Professor Martin Gruebele has been awarded the Raymond
and Beverly Sackler
International Prize in Biophysics for 2008.
Posted
10.27.2008
Emeritus Professor Govindjee, one of the first graduates
of the Biophysics Program back in 1960 (thesis advisor: Eugene I. Rabinowitch),
was awarded the University of Illinois LAS Achievement Award on October 10th.
Posted Previously
Nobel Laureate (in
Medicine 2003) and Biophysics Professor Paul
Lauterbur passed away at his home on March 27, 2007. He shared his Nobel
Prize for the discovery of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
