Workshop on Random Walks in Biological Physics with Focus on DNA and chromosome structure

Session

Lecture 1

16 Apr 2026, 10:30

1F Auditorium (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica)

Conveners

Lecture 1: DNA (Prof. John F. Marko)

• Keng-Hui Lin (Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica)

Description

DNA structure and biological role; DNA elastic deformation; worm-like-chain stat mech; unzipping of DNA by force protein-DNA interactions (focus on structural chromosome-organizing proteins HU, Fis, IHF, H-NS, HMG-box proteins; histones and nucleosome).

3. Lecture 1: DNA (John F. Marko)

Prof. John F. Marko (Northwestern University)

DNA structure and biological role; DNA elastic deformation; worm-like-chain stat mech; unzipping of DNA by force; protein-DNA interactions (focus on structural chromosome-organizing proteins HU, Fis, IHF, H-NS, HMG-box proteins; histones and nucleosome).