| Course Name | Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems |
| Course Code | BIF 518 |
| Program | M. Sc. in Bioinformatics |
| Semester | Three |
| Credits | Two |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Mathematical models in biology – Introduction, types of models, levels of modeling, specificity of modeling in biology, Some standard models – unlimited growth, limited growth, constraints with respects to a substrate, competition selection, Lotka-Volterra models. Oscillations and rhythms in biological systems-glycolysis, intracellular calcium, cellular cycles, Modeling Neuronal behavior.
1.Calculus: for the social, managerial and life sciences – Laurence D. Hoffmann, McGraw Hill, 1980
2.Methods in Neuronal Modeling: From Ions to Networks,ed. Christof Koch and IdanSegev, 2nd edition. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998.
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