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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.



 

Tentative Syllabus


DATE TOPIC
1/4 course intro and biology by the numbers 1 READING: PBoC Ch.2; HW1 posted
1/6 Biology by the Numbers 2
1/9 photosynthesis 1
1/11 photosynthesis 2 HW2 posted
1/13 Light and Life 1
1/16 Rob out of Town
1/18 Rob out of Town
1/20 Rob out of Town
1/23 Light and Life 2
1/25 Light and Life 3
1/27 Vision 1
1/30 Vision 2
2/1 class cancelled
2/3 vision and action potential
2/6 vision and action potential
2/8 cells and decision making - transcription
2/10 cells and decision making - transcription
2/13 Rob out of Town
2/15 Rob out of Town
2/17 gebe expression
2/20 class cancelled
2/22 gebe expression
2/24 membranes 1
2/27 membranes 2
2/29 classs cancelled
3/2 class cancelled
3/9

 

Readings

  1. A Feeling for the Numbers in Biology

  2. Photosynthesis

  3. Gene Expression and Regulation