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General Information


Textbooks

Physical Biology of the Cell

Physical Biology of the Cell
by Phillips, Kondev and Theriot

ISBN: 0815341636

A Feeling for the Numbers in Biology
by Ron Milo and Rob Phillips

This book is in the early stages of being written and is meant to complement the recently developed BioNumbers website.  We will be periodically posting pdfs from this book for you to read.



 

Syllabus


DATE TOPIC
1/4 Biology by the Numbers 1 READING: PBoC Ch.2; HW1 posted
1/6 Biology by the Numbers 2
1/11 Signaling and Regulation 1
1/13 Signaling and Regulation 2
1/18 Signaling and Regulation 3
1/20 Signaling and Regulation 4
1/25 Signaling and Regulation 5
1/27 Signaling and Regulation 6
2/1 Patterns 1
2/3 Patterns 2
2/8 Membranes by the Numbers 1
2/10 Membranes by the Numbers 2
2/15 Membranes by the Numbers 3
2/17 Membranes by the Numbers 4
2/22 Photosynthesis 1
2/24 Photosynthesis 2
3/1 Photosynthesis 3
3/3 Photosynthesis 4
3/8 No class

 

Readings

  1. A Feeling for the Numbers in Biology

  2. Signaling

  3. Genes: Expression, Regulation and Management


  4. Patterning in Biology


  5. Membranes by the Numbers


  6. Photosynthesis