Course Identification

From biomolecules to biosystems
20181142

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Prof. Joel Stavans
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Course Schedule and Location

2018
Second Semester
Sunday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B
Wednesday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B
18/03/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; 4.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Elective; 4.00 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Elective; 4.00 points

Comments

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Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

50

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Required in at least 80% of the lectures

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

20%
70%
10%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

3

Syllabus

1. Physics of polymers, macromolecular crowding, depletion interactions
2. Physics of membranes
3. DNA and RNA
- Accuracy of biological information processing: proofreading schemes
4. Proteins as molecular machines
- Enzymes
- Cooperative interactions
- Molecular motors
5. Stochastic phenomena in cells
- How do transcription factors find their targets
6. Genetic networks
- Basics of control theory (feedback and feed-forward motifs)
- Noise in genetic networks
8. Elements of ecology in few-species systems
9. Elements of development

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to:

[1] Get a bird's eye view of a wide variety of topics in Biology from a quantitative viewpoint, ranging from Molecular to Systems Biology scales.

[2] Explore further the literature on the various topics to be covered.

Reading List

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Website

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