Physical biology (T/A) - PhysBio
| Course | Physical biology (T/A) |
|---|---|
| Course No. | PhysBio |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 4+2 | 8 | ST |
Preparation: Advanced statistical mechanics
Form of Testing and Examination: Oral examination
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: Acquaintance with basic concepts of molecular and evolutionary biology; understanding of statistical issues arising in the analysis of sequence data and the application of methods from statistical physics addressing them.
Contents of the Course:
Statistics of the genome
Sequence analysis and sequence alignement
Evolutionary theory and population genetics
Theory of bio-molecular networks
Recommended Literature:
J.H. Gillespie, Population Genetics: A concise guide (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004)
R. Durbin, S.R. Eddy, A. Krogh, G. Mitchison, Biological Sequence Analysis: Probabilistic Models of Proteins and Nucleic Acids (Cambridge University Press, 1998)
F. Kepes, Biological Networks (World Scientific, Singapore 2007)
D.J. Wilkinson, Stochastic Modelling for Systems Biology (Chapman&Hall, 2006)