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Course: Mathematical Biology, Spring 2013
Professor: D. M. Bortz
Office: ECOT 234
Phone: 492-7569
Email: dmbortz at colorado dot edu
Class website: APPM 4390/5390
Office Hours: MWF 11-12, OR BY APPOINTMENT
Books:

Essential Mathematical Biology

Corrections to early printing

By: Nicholas F. Britton

ISBN 1-85233-536-X

Dynamic Models in Biology

By: Ellner & Guckenheimer

ISBN 0-69112-589-9

Lectures: MWF 1P-1:50P, KOBL 308

Contents 1 Course 2 Lecture Notes 3 Homework 4 Projects 5 Schedule

Course

The goal for this class is for students to develop a fundamental understanding of how mathematics is applied as a tool to aid in studying complex systems in the biological sciences. We will thoroughly investigate case studies in several fields including: Molecular Systems Biology, Sea Turtle Ecology, Glucose Metabolism, HIV Pathogenesis, and Microbial Community Dynamics. Graded work will include a mix of theoretical and computational homeworks and short research projects, culminating in a final group project.

• Syllabus

Lecture Notes

• 01-Introduction
• 02-Macroscale-PopulationModels-DifferenceEquations
• 03-Macroscale-PopulationModels-DelayDifferentialEquations
• 04-Macroscale-PopulationModels-SizeStructuredPopulations
• Mathematical epidemiology
• Stochastic simulation of epidemics

Homework

• Homework #1 pdf (cobweb.m) DUE 2/1/2013 Solutions
• Homework #2 pdf DUE 2/13/2013 Solutions
• Homework #3 pdf DUE 3/1/2013 Solutions
• Homework #4 pdf DUE 3/22/2013 Solutions
• Homework #5 pdf DUE 4/15/2013 Solutions
• Homework #6 pdf (Snoise.txt, Sclean.txt, Pclean.txt, Pnoise.txt, T.txt) DUE 4/29/2013 Solutions

Projects

All projects are to be contributed to the Mathematical Biology Wiki.

• Project #1 pdf DUE 3/1/13

• Project #2 pdf DUE 4/3/13

• Project #3 pdf DUE 5/3/13

Schedule