r/Physics • u/Striking-Piccolo8147 • 10h ago

Question Any information theory related topics in biophysics?

I’m currently taking an quantum information theory class and was wondering if information theory in general could/is used in theoretical biophysics. Any ideas?

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u/hydraulix989 9h ago

Maybe if you are talking about excitonic transport in photosynthesis, avian magnetoreception, some quantum tunneling in enzymes/ion channels?

There is quantum mind theory, but biologically-inspired modeling is slowly but surely exposing it as the bogus notion that it is.

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u/Striking-Piccolo8147 9h ago

Well even classical information theory is good enough.

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u/hydraulix989 9h ago

Then you can go HAM just with gene regulation alone

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u/Striking-Piccolo8147 8h ago

Would that be considered physics?

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u/hydraulix989 8h ago

It would be considered "theoretical biophysics" (not the one splitting hairs here though, and I don't like that term either)...

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u/Striking-Piccolo8147 8h ago

Any good papers or resources for it?

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u/hydraulix989 8h ago

Ask Dr. Google?

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u/JGPTech 7h ago

Check out the horny universe series. Day three is what you are looking for. There are a few other bits scattered here and there. Its a new field you will have to do some digging but there are a few names working on it currently. The one you are probably looking for is Pankaj Mehta. He's the only other person i know of doing actual work in the field, the rest mostly ask questions.

https://github.com/JGPTech/The_Horny_Universe_Series

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u/Striking-Piccolo8147 7h ago

Ngl that name makes it sound like something else lmao.

Thanks I’ll check it out

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u/JGPTech 6h ago

I like to have fun and be unconstrained. Try some of Pankaj Mehta's work. It's serious business. My shits on a different level, but you have to get it to get it. If you don't you're just not going to get it.