Image of protein Zif28-GCN4, adapted from Wolfe, et al., Crystal Structure of a Zif23-GCN4 Chimera Bound to DNA, in the RCSB Protein Databank. (Figure by Prof. Andrew Endy.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Eric Alm
Prof. Andrew Endy
MIT Course Number
20.181
As Taught In
Fall 2006
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers the analytical, graphical, and numerical methods supporting the analysis and design of integrated biological systems. Topics include modularity and abstraction in biological systems, mathematical encoding of detailed physical problems, numerical methods for solving the dynamics of continuous and discrete chemical systems, statistics and probability in dynamic systems, applied local and global optimization, simple feedback and control analysis, statistics and probability in pattern recognition.
An official course Web site and Wiki is maintained on OpenWetWare: 20.181 Computation for Biological Engineers.