Elective course on "Computational Cell Biology"
The course on "Computational Cell Biology" is an elective part of the module “Computational Life Science Advanced”, primarily intended for 3rdsemester students of the Computational Life Science track. It is also available for students of the Master program "Physic of Life" as part of the modules POL10 "Advanced Biophysics" und POL12 "Advanced Theoretical Biophysics".
It is the primary aim of the course to introduce students to modeling techniques relevant to study different phenomena in cell biology and demonstrate their applications. The course is designed as an instrument that requires active participation of the students. This encompasses three parts, which is reading, practicing and presenting. For this reason, the weekly meetings are structured such that first the results from the previous assignments are presented and discussed by the students, before proceeding with new concepts and methods.
Contents:
- nonlinear dynamics and bifurcations
- biochemical reactions
- biology and mathematics of gene regulation
- molecular switches
- stochastic formalism
- biological oscillators
- research topics
The course is structured as lecture part (2 SWS) and a corresponding seminar part (2 SWS). Both parts are scheduled on Friday mornings throughout the winter term.
Whether the course can be offered to students of the CMS program in the winter semester 2025/26 still needs to be clarified on the administrative side.
The first meeting is scheduled for Oct. 24th, 2025, 9:20am at B-CUBE, Tatzberg 41, room E75. For participating in the course, please enroll officially via SELMA. We organize and communicate all necessary details via the OPAL platform. We will provide the respective link here and in SELMA in due course. You can register here: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/51167920132
The examination will be an oral presentation ("Referat") of 30 minutes (20 mins talk + 10 mins Q+A) at the end of the semester.
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ingmar Glauche