Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN PRINCIPLE OF BIOCHEMICAL NETWORKS

Department: Bioengineering

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: The course summarizes techniques for analysis and simulations of basic circuits in genetic regulation, signal transduction and metabolism and aims to formulate evolutionary design principles explaining organization of networks in terms of their physiological demands. Topics include end-product inhibition in biosynthesis, robustness of the signaling networks and kinetic proofreading.