7.81/8.591/9.531
Systems Biology

'modeling biological networks'
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Fall 2007

Lectures
(Alexander van Oudenaarden)

TR 1 - 2:30 PM
Rm 2-105

 

Recitations
(Rui Zhen Tan & Shankar Mukherji)

W 4 - 5 PM
Rm 26-204

Office Hours: M 4 - 6 PM
Rm 68-377

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The final PS is due T 12/11/07
(before 3PM in class or Rm. 68-371)

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Course material:

Part I: Systems Microbiology
'The cell as a well-stirred bioreactor'

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  • L6 - T 09/25/07 Bistability in the lac operon
    same material as L5

  • R3 - W 09/26/07 Problem Set #1 support

  • R4 - W 10/03/07 Stability analysis and eigenvalues

  • L9 - R 10/04/07 no lecture

  • T 10/09/07 - Columbus day vacation

  • R5 - W 10/10/07 no recitation

  • L10 - R 10/11/07 Modeling E. coli chemotaxis cont.
    same notes/handout as L8

  • L13 - T 10/23/07 Stochastic chemical kinetics
    L13_slides.pdf - L13_handout.pdf

  • R7 - W 10/24/07 Stochastic chemical kinetics

  • L14 - R 10/25/07 Stochastic chemical kinetics cont.
    same notes/handout as L13

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Part II: Cell Systems Biology
'The importance of diffusion and gradients for cellular regulation'

  • L15 - T 10/30/07 Introduction Cell Systems Biology, Diffusion, Fick's Laws
    L15_slides.pdf - L15_handout.pdf

  • R8 - W 10/31/07 Problem Set #3 support

  • L16 - R 11/01/07 Local excitation, global inhibition theory
    L16_handout.pdf

  • Problem Set #4 (due 11/13/07)
    ps4.pdf

  • L17 - T 11/06/07 Local excitation, global inhibition theory cont.
    L17_slides.pdf - turing.m

  • R9 - W 11/07/07 Reaction-diffusion equations

  • R10 - W 11/14/07 Numerical simulations

  • L21 - T 11/20/07 Models for eukaryotic gradient sensing cont.
    L21_slides.pdf

  • R11 - W 11/21/07 Problem Set #5 support

  • R12 - W 11/28/07 Modeling microtubule dynamics

  • L23 - R 11/29/07 Modeling cytoskeleton dynamics cont.
    same notes as L22

  • L24 - T 12/04/07 Modeling cytoskeleton dynamics cont.
    L24_slides.pdf

  • R13 - W 12/06/07 Final problem set support

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Part III:
Developmental Systems Biology
'Building an organism starting from a single cell'

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