Welcome to my simple website!  Most of the links concern background material for the Saturday Morning Physics lectures I gave.  You can view the lectures here.  There are some ‘personal’ links at the bottom of the page.  Hopefully I’ll find the time one day to make this page a little nicer.

 

Single Molecule Biophysics

Microscopy Primer

Diffraction Primer

Chris Meiners Lab - Unviersity of Michigan

Carlos Bustamante Lab (Check out the links tab for other single molecule research laboratories)

 

DNA

Human Genome Project

History of DNA

 

Heart

The Physics of the Heart

 

Medical Imaging Links:

How Ultrasound Works (Wave Reflections, Doppler Effect)

How x-rays work

How CAT scans work

How MRI works

Introduction to MRI physics

 

Cancer Links:

American Cancer Society

University of Michigan Cancer Center

 

General Education:

How Stuff Works – Intuitive explanations

 

University of Michigan Links

Saturday Morning Physics

Physics Department

Biophysics Department

Biomedical Engineering Department

Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PhD)

 

Journals & Professional Societies

Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research

APS Division of Biological Physics

Biophysics Society

American College of Medical Physics – A professional Society

 

References:

Biological Physics: Energy, Information, Life Philip Nelson

Biology in Physics Is Life Matter? Konstantin Bogdanov

Biomedical Applicationsof Introductory Physics J.A. Tuszynski & J.M. Dixon

Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology Russell K. Hobbie

Motion in Biological Systems Max A. Lauffer

Physics in Biology and Medicine Paul Davidovits

 

Personal:

Ann Arbor News Article - About my Saturday Morning Physics Lectures

Tour of Hope – I was invited to participate in the first leg of this cross country bike ride.  The ride raised awareness about cancer research

The International Health & Hunger Project – One of the medical school organizations I am involved with

 

E-mail Seth Blumberg (sblumber@umich.edu)