Biophysics of computation

We believe that a biophysics of computation is now needed for understanding the role of neurons, synapses and membranes in information processing in biological systems. and membranes, that may have a role in information processing.

Do biophysical processes consume more power than computation?

Employing this perspective, the authors conclude that the biophysical processes supporting communication consume a startling 35 times more power (ATP molecules per second in biologically relevant units, or joules per second in physical units) than the processes supporting computation ( 19 ).

How can I do research in computational biology?

However, it is also possible to do research in computational biology from graduate fields such as:

Genetics and Development

Statistics

Applied Mathematics

and Computer Science.
Many CB faculty members belong to these graduate fields as well as to Computational Biology.

What is biophysics of computation?

Biophysics of Computation:

Information Processing in Single Neurons serves as an ideal text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in cellular biophysics

computational neuroscience

and neural networks

and will appeal to students and professionals in neuroscience

electrical and computer engineering

and physics.

What is computational physics?

Computational physics—the use of numerical methods to solve problems that are too complex or too large for an analytical solution—has grown tremendously since its beginnings in the 1950s.

Division of the University of Basel

The Biozentrum of the University of Basel specializes in basic molecular and biomedical research and teaching.
Research includes the areas of cell growth and development, infection biology, neurobiology, structural biology and biophysics, and computational and systems biology.
With 550 employees, the Biozentrum is the largest department at the University of Basel's Faculty of Science.
It is home to 32 research groups with scientists from more than 40 nations.