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Soft Matter, Volume 4: Lipid Bilayers and Red Blood Cells
Author(s): Gerhard Gompper (Editor), Michael Schick
- Publisher: Wiley-VCH
- Publication Date: 23 July 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 265 pages
- ISBN-10: 9783527315024
- ISBN-13: 3527315020
Book Description
The result is a highly relevant monograph for both an understanding of the biophysical concepts as well as of novel applications.
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From the Inside Flap
This fourth volume in the series focuses on biological membrane science, in particular its biophysics. Clearly divided into two parts, the first covers red blood cell shapes, while the second part on molecular simulation provides in-depth information on how to make significant progress with membrane characterization by means of models, and how to refine them by comparing them to experiments.
The result is a highly relevant monograph for both an understanding of the biophysical concepts as well as of novel applications.
Gerhard Gompper studied physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, where he received his PhD under Herbert Wagner. After a postdoctoral stay with Michael Schick at the University of Washington in Seattle, he returned to Munich to gain his lecturing qualification. An assignment as a staff scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Colloid- and Interface Science in Berlin-Teltow from 1994 to 1999 preceded his joint appointment as a director at the Institute for Solid-State Physics at the Research Center Juelich and as a full professor at the University of Cologne. He was recently honored with the Erwin-Schroedinger Award for interdisciplinary research on the efficiency-boosting effect of amphiphilic polymers in microemulsions.
Michael Schick obtained his PhD in physics at Stanford University under Felix Bloch. After a post-doctoral position with Paul Zilsel at Case Western Reserve University, he joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1969. His interests have included phase transitions in lower dimensional systems, wetting phenomena, microemulsions, the phase behavior of block copolymers and of lipids, and the fusion of biological membranes. He has been honored with a fellowship from the American Physical Society, and a Humboldt Foundation Research Award spent at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, where he worked with Gerhard Gompper.
From the Back Cover
This fourth volume in the series focuses on biological membrane science, in particular its biophysics. Clearly divided into two parts, the first covers red blood cell shapes, while the second part on molecular simulation provides in-depth information on how to make significant progress with membrane characterization by means of models, and how to refine them by comparing them to experiments.
The result is a highly relevant monograph for both an understanding of the biophysical concepts as well as of novel applications.
Gerhard Gompper studied physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, where he received his PhD under Herbert Wagner. After a postdoctoral stay with Michael Schick at the University of Washington in Seattle, he returned to Munich to gain his lecturing qualification. An assignment as a staff scientist at the Max-Planck-Institute for Colloid- and Interface Science in Berlin-Teltow from 1994 to 1999 preceded his joint appointment as a director at the Institute for Solid-State Physics at the Research Center Juelich and as a full professor at the University of Cologne. He was recently honored with the Erwin-Schroedinger Award for interdisciplinary research on the efficiency-boosting effect of amphiphilic polymers in microemulsions.
Michael Schick obtained his PhD in physics at Stanford University under Felix Bloch. After a post-doctoral position with Paul Zilsel at Case Western Reserve University, he joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1969. His interests have included phase transitions in lower dimensional systems, wetting phenomena, microemulsions, the phase behavior of block copolymers and of lipids, and the fusion of biological membranes. He has been honored with a fellowship from the American Physical Society, and a Humboldt Foundation Research Award spent at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, where he worked with Gerhard Gompper.
About the Author
Michael Schick obtained his Ph.D. in Physics at Stanford University. After a post-doctoral position at Case Western Reserve University, he joined the faculty of the University of Washington in 1969. He has been honored with a Fellowship in the American Physical Society and a Humboldt Foundation Research Award, which he spent at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich.
