Tareq Youssef, Prof. of Biophysics

Goals and Objectives:

The aim of this course is to provide students with a broad inter-disciplinary approach to the effects of light on living organisms and biological processes. By the end of this course, the students will be able to identify and analyze the photobiological responses resulting from photoinduced chemical and/or physical changes in some biological systems.

Course Contents:

Action spectroscopy, photophysics and photochemistry of biological molecules, photosensitization processes, photodynamic therapy, photomovement & photo-transduction mechanisms in light-sensitive microorganisms, photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis, photostability & photodegradation, bio-luminescence, photobiology of the eye, photobiology of the skin, photobiosensors, instrumentations applied in photobiology in photomedicine.

Recommended Books:

• CRC Handbook Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology. By William M. Horspool and Francesco Lenci (Editors), CRC Press, New York, 2^nd Edition 2003.

Academic Years:

1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009.