What's Next?

What's Next

You have implemented the foundational equations of biophysics. Here are natural next steps:

• Biochemistry — The chemical reactions of life: metabolic pathways, enzyme mechanisms, and signal transduction cascades.
• Genomics — DNA sequencing, sequence alignment, and statistical models of mutation and evolution.
• Condensed Matter Physics — The physics of lipid bilayers, polymer physics of DNA, and glass transitions in cells borrow heavily from soft condensed matter.
• Neuroscience — The Hodgkin-Huxley model, synaptic integration, and neural coding extend the cable equation into full action potential dynamics.

Resources

• Biological Physics by Nelson — The best undergraduate biophysics text. Covers every topic in this course with beautiful physical intuition.
• Physical Biology of the Cell by Phillips, Kondev & Theriot — Comprehensive, quantitative, and modern. The standard graduate reference.
• Mechanics of Motor Proteins and the Cytoskeleton by Howard — Essential for molecular motors and cytoskeletal mechanics.
• Ion Channels of Excitable Membranes by Hille — The definitive reference for membrane biophysics and electrophysiology.