Stochastic Thermodynamics in Biology: a historical (but rather personal) overview

by Prof. Alberto Imparato (Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Aarhus)

Tuesday 22 Sept 2015, 15:30 → 16:30 Europe/Stockholm

NORDITA East Seminar Room

I will first review some of the fluctuation relations involving the work done on a microscopic system by an external force, and show how they have been used to evaluate the free energy of bio-polymers such as proteins and nucleic acids. I will then discuss some more recent results concerning the thermodynamic properties of molecular motors.