Van Oudenaarden Lab:JT:06S Courses
Biology Related
- 7.82 Topics of Mammalian Development and Genetics
Lecture: T1-4 (Whitehead-7TH) Seminar covering embryologic, molecular, and genetic approaches to development in mice and humans. Topics include preimplantation development; gastrulation; embryonic stem cells, gene targeting and nuclear cloning; genomic imprinting; X-inactivation; sex determination; germ cells; association and linkage analysis. R. Jaenisch, D. Page
Lecture: R4-6 (Whitehead-7TH) Intensive analysis of historical and current developments in cancer biology. Topics include principles of transformation, viral and cellular oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, tumor-cell growth, apoptosis, principles of cancer biology, and cancer genetics. R. Weinberg, J. Lees
- 7.05 General Biochemistry
URL: http://mit.edu/7.05 MWF9.30-11 (10-250) Contributions of biochemistry toward an understanding of the structure and functioning of organisms, tissues, and cells. Chemistry and functions of constituents of cells and tissues and the chemical and physical-chemical basis for the structures of nucleic acids, proteins, and carbohydrates. General metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and nitrogen-containing materials such as amino acids, proteins, and related compounds. M. Yaffe, D. Bartel, G. M. Brown
Math
- 18.175 Theory of Probability
course web Lecture: MWF10 (2-255) Laws of large numbers and central limit theorems for sums of independent random variables, conditioning and martingales, Brownian motion and elements of diffusion theory.
- 18.366 Random Walks and Diffusion
course web Mathematical modeling of diffusion phenomena: Central limit theorems, the continuum limit, Fokker-Planck equation, first passage, persistence and self avoidance, continuous-time random walks, Levy flights, random environments, advection-diffusion, nonlinear diffusion, conformal mapping. Applications include polymers, turbulence, fractal growth, granular flow, and financial derivatives.
