chapter 1 Introduction: Coarse graining in biological soft matter -- part I Soft Matter Background -- chapter 2 Introduction to colloidal systems -- chapter 3 The physics of floppy polymers -- chapter 4 Self-assembly and properties of lipid membranes -- chapter 5 Some aspects of membrane elasticity -- chapter 6 Introduction to electrostatics in soft and biological matter -- chapter 7 Thermal Barrier Hopping in Biological Physics -- part II Biological Applications -- chapter 8 Elasticity and dynamics of cytoskeletal filaments and their networks -- chapter 9 Twisting and stretching DNA: Single-molecule studies -- chapter 10 Interactions and conformational fluctuations in DNA arrays -- chapter 11 Sequence-structure relationships in proteins -- chapter 12 Physical and functional aspects of protein dynamics -- chapter 13 Models of cell motility -- part III Experimental Techniques -- chapter 14 Single-molecule force spectroscopy of proteins -- chapter 15 A practical guide to optical tweezers -- chapter 16 Solution Scattering -- chapter Participants’ addresses.