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20.415 Physical Biology
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(Subject meets with 8.241, 20.315)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: MW11-12.30 (4-257) Recitation: T4 (66-160) +final
Focuses on current major research topics in quantitative, physical biology. Topics include synthetic structural biology, synthetic cell biology, microbial systems biology and evolution, cellular decision making, neuronal circuits, and development and morphogenesis. Emphasizes current motivation and historical background, state-of-the-art measurement methodologies and techniques, and quantitative physical modeling frameworks. Experimental techniques include structural biology, next-generation sequencing, fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy, and quantitative biochemistry. Modeling approaches include stochastic rate equations, statistical thermodynamics, and statistical inference. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
I. Cisse
Textbooks (Spring 2019)
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