Mathematical Biology - Math 4780/6780, Engg 8110

Instructor: Caner Kazancı
Offices: Driftmier Engineering Center, Room 410, and Boyd Graduate Studies, Room 525.
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays between 12:15pm-1:00pm, or anytime by appointment.
Course Information: You can download the syllabus here.
Topics: Population dynamics, sensitivity analysis, phase-plane analysis, biochemical kinetics, metabolic pathways, approximate kinetics, bifurcation analysis, stochastic simulation methods, Langevin equation, chemical master equation, biochemical networks, Neuroscience, Gene Regulation, Genetic Networks and Systems Biology.
Text Book: A course in Mathematical Biology, Vries, Muller, Hillen, Schonfisch, Lewis. Other books of interest:
  • Essential Mathematical Biology, Nicholas F. Britton.
  • Handbook of Stochastic Methods, C. W. Gardner
  • Computational Cell Biology, C. Fall, E Marland, J. Wagner, J. Tyson
  • Systems Biology in Practice, E. Klipp, R. Herwig, A. Kowald, C. Wierling
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Steven. H. Strogatz
  • Mathematical Biology I, J. D. Murray
Objective: The course will provide students with the mathematical and computational tools necessary to understand, model, analyse and modify a variety of biological and ecological systems and their dynamics.

This course is being taught again in Spring 2011. Please refer to the website of the new course for further information, announcements, lectures, handouts and homework assignments.


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