Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-395) and index.

Quantum biology: introduction / Graham R. Fleming and Gregory D. Scholes -- Open quantum system approaches to biological systems / Alireza Shabani, Masoud Mohseni, Seogjoo Jang, Akihito Ishizaki, Martin Plenio, Patrick Rebentrost, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Jianshu Cao, Seth Lloyd and Robert Silbey -- Generalized Förster resonance energy transfer / Seogjoo Jang, Hoda Hossein-Nejad and Gregory D. Scholes -- Multidimensional electronic spectroscopy / Tomáš Mančal -- Structure, function, and quantum dynamics of pigment protein complexes / Ioan Kosztin and Klaus Schulten -- Direct observation of quantum coherence / Gregory S. Engel -- Environment-assisted quantum transport / Masoud Mohseni, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Patrick Rebentrost, Alireza Shabani, Seth Lloyd, Susana F. Huelga and Martin B. Plenio -- Excitation energy transfer in higher plants / Elisabet Romero, Vladimir I. Novoderezhkin and Rienk van Grondelle -- Electron transfer in proteins / Spiros S. Skourtis -- A chemical compass for bird navigation / Ilia A.Solov'yov, Thorsten Ritz, Klaus Schulten and Peter J. Hore -- Quantum biology of retinal / Klaus Schulten and Shigehiko Hayashi -- Quantum vibrational effects on sense of smell / A.M. Stoneham, L. Turin, J.C. Brookes and A.P. Horsfield -- A perspective on possible manifestations of entanglement in biological systems / Hans J. Briegel and Sandu Popescu -- Design and applications of bio-inspired quantum materials / Mohan Sarovar, Dörthe M. Eisele and K. Birgitta Whaley -- Coherent excitons in carbon nanotubes / Leonas Valkunas and Darius Abramavicius.