Organismal Systems Biology
Location
The course takes place on Tuesdays, 15:15-17:00, lecture hall: tba
Reading material
The course builds on the Systems Biology book by Uri Alon, which is highly recommended.
Recommended further study material:
online courses covering related topics:
Jeff Gore: MIT open courseware
For more advanced studies of dynamical systems read Steven Strogatz' s book and lecture.
The booklet "Optima for animals" by R. McNeill Alexander provides a beautiful introduction to optimality principles in animal development and behaviour.er
20.9. Introduction
27.9. Negative and positive feedback
4.10. feed forward loops
11.10. no lecture
18. 10. design principles in cellular signalling
25. 10. Toggle Switch and bi-stability
1.11. Oscillations and body size control
8.11. multi cellular dynamics
15.11. cell size and transcription
22.11. trade-offs and optimality
29.11. fitness landscapes
6.12. theory of aging
13.12. synthetic biology
20.12. Q&A, recap
Schedule
Evaluation/Exam
- There will be a written exam at the end of the semester.
- 5 out of 6 home work assignments must be completed and handed-in on time
Assignments
Assignments are due on Tueday, 15.00, two weeks after the respective lecture.
Submit them by email to: systemsbiology2021[at]gmail.com or drop them in my post box in Baltzerstrasse 4.
Proven effort to solve 5 out of 6 assignments correctly is required to pass the course.
There will be a Q&A session with our TA Aaditya Saxena via google meet in the weeks before assignment deadlines.