MCB111: Mathematics in Biology (Fall 2024)


__week 00: 04/06 Sep
Sampling from a probability distribution
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__week 01: 09/11/13 Sep
Information Theory
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__week 02: 16/18/20 Sep
Probability and Inference
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__week 03: 23/25/27 Sep
Model comparison - Hypothesis testing
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__week 04: 30/02/04 Sept-Oct
Significance: The Student’s t-test and p-values
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[Homework]

__week 05: 07/09/11 Oct
Maximum likelihood and least-squares
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__week 06: 16/18 Oct
Probabilistic models and Inference
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__week 07: 21/23/25 Oct
Probabilistic Models and Expectation Maximization
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__week 08: 28/30/01 Oct-Nov
Neural Networks - Learning as inference
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__week 09: 04/06/08 Nov
Random Walks in Biology
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[Homework]

__week 10: 11/13/15 Nov
Molecular Dynamics as a Markov Process
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[Homework]

__week 11: 18/20/22 Nov
Feedback Control in Biological Interactions
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__week 12: 25/02 Nov-Dec
Genetic switches
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__week 13: 04 Dec
Pattern formation and Turing Instability
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__ 06 Dec__ Final out at 09:00
__ 20 Dec__ Final due at 09:00