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LEC #TOPICS
1Introduction and Overview. The Problem of Understanding Nonlinearity and Feedback in Biological Networks. 
2DNA Computing and Self-Assembly.
3Enzyme Kinetics. Michaelis-Menten Theory. Cooperative Behavior.
4Metabolic Control Analysis. 
5General Formalism for Chemical Reaction Networks. Metabolic Flux Analysis.
6Student Presentations. Theory of Chemical Computation.
7Overview of Transcriptional Regulation. Lambda Phage.
8Models of Bistability in Chemical Reaction Networks.
9Demo of Bard Ermentrout's XPP. Chemical Reaction Networks Versus Neural Networks. Global Stability of Symmetric Networks.
10Student Presentations. Synthetic Genetic Networks.
11Oscillations in an Activator-Inhibitor System. Phase Plane Analysis.
12Hodgkin-Huxley Model of the Action Potential.
13Spike Frequency Adaptation and Negative Feedback Linearization.
14Phototransduction.
15Chemotaxis.
16Long-Term Potentiation.
17Circadian Rhythms.
18Stochastic Models of Lambda Phage.
19Molecular Motors.
20Development.
21Cell Cycle.
22Pattern Formation and Slime Molds.
23Cell Sorting.
24Immunity.
25Final Project Presentations.
 


 



 








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