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BIOEN 503, Spring 2012
Systems Bioengineering

 

Class Schedule

  • New material will be added each week, particularly as lecture notes, assignments, and solutions are added to the web site.
week Wednesday Lecture Friday Lecture
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March 28 lecture 1: Introduction to class and systems bioengineering

  • introduction to class
  • types of models with examples
  • importance of verification and validation
  • compartmental models and biochemical reactions
  • small group excercise: build models
  • final project posted here

March 30 lecture 2: ODE model building

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April 4, lecture 3: ODE solutions and verification

  • discussion of hw1 part 1 due
  • steady state analysis
  • nondimensionalization
  • analytic solution techniques
  • for numerical intro, see MATLAB notes on next lecture.

April 6, lecture 4: computational tools for ODE solving

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April 11 , lecture 5: Linear Stability Analysis

 

April 13 , lecture 6: Nonlinear Stability.
(Supplemental - WC)

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April 18 , lecture 7: PDE model building

  • gradient, divergence laplacian
  • flux
  • diffusion equation
  • nondimensionalization
  • convection and reaction terms
  • converting between dimensions and coordinates
  • For discussion (choose one paper): what does model add in the paper: Wajima ODEs Physiology , Hasty Oscillating Gene Network

 

April 20, lecture 8 PDE solutions (Revised to address prescribed flux boundaries)

 

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April 25, lecture 9: PDE model solutions

April 27, lecture 10: PDE examples

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May 2, lecture 11: Stochastic Models I and slides

  • Brownian motion
  • Langevan Equation
  • stochastic paper biotech. Questions to discuss:
    • how did they determine parameters?
    • what were the advantages of using stochastic simulations?

May 4, lecture 12: Stochastic Models II and slides

 

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May 9, lecture 13: System Identification

 

May 11, lecture 14: Project Discussions

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May 16, lecture 15: Proposal Overview and Background

May 18, lecture 16:

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May 23, lecture 17: Approach

May 25, lecture 18: Scientific Writing

  • Proposals due Tuesday May 29 5:00 pm; upload to collect it and email to your peer reviewers.
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May 30, lecture 19: Peer review instructions

June 1 , lecture 20: Peer Review Excercise

  • Wendy will bring treats if someone reminds her this week.
  • peer review discussions
  • course evaluations
  • peer review worksheets due 1:00 electronically AND in class on paper.
finals week

June 4, CIDR review for dept, 2:30 - 4:20

Wednesday, June 6, final proposal due 5 pm

 

 

 

 

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May 30, 2012