Boulder School 2007: Lecture Notes

All files are in PDF format.

Monday, July 2

Bialek & GregorPhysics Problems in Early Embryonic Development
Lectures I-II [Link]
KondevLectures I-III [PDF] (for all lectures)
Construction Plans for Cells and Organisms
Lecture Notes 1 [PDF]

Tuesday, July 3

NelsonBiopolymers
Lecture I [Graphics] [Text]
KondevLecture II (see link on day 1)
Life's Processes: Stopwatches at Many Scales
Lecture Notes 2 [PDF]
BettertonMolecular Motors - Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
     Lecture Notes 1 [PDF]

Thursday, July 5

NelsonMaximum Likelihood Methods
Lecture II [PDF]
KondevLecture III (see link on day 1)
Rods, Ropes and Chromosomes
Lecture Notes 3 [1] and [2]
BettertonMolecular Motors - Lecture II
     Lecture Notes 2 [PDF]

Friday, July 6

GregorPhysics Problems in Early Embryonic Development
Lecture III (see link on day 1)
NelsonMaximum Likelihood Methods
Lecture III [PDF]
WigginsBayesian Statistics
Tutorial

Monday, July 9

BialekNoise and Fluctuations
Tutorial
SetayeshgarBiological Applications of the Physics of Diffusion
Lecture I [PDF]
     Lecture 1 references [PDF]
WingreenLife at Low Reynolds Number and Bacterial Chemotaxis
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]

Tuesday, July 10

WingreenBacterial Chemotaxis Signaling Network as a Model System
Lecture II [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
SenguptaNonlinear Dynamics
Tutorial [PDF]
BialekIon Channels and Neural Dynamics
Tutorial

Wednesday, July 11

WingreenBiophysical Aspects of Bacterial Geometry
Lecture III [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
SwainModeling Stochastic Gene Expression
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF] (for all lectures)
GoldmanLinear Networks and How Neurons Do Integrals
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
     Handwritten Notes [PDF]

Thursday, July 12

TysonNetwork Dynamics and Cell Physiology
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
SwainMeasuring Stochastic Gene Expression
Lecture II (see links on Wednesday, July 11)
ShraimanModeling Signal Transduction Networks, Part I
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]

Friday, July 13

TysonLessons from Modeling the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
Lecture II (see links on Thursday, July 12)
GoldmanRobustness in Neural Networks
Lecture II [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
ShraimanModeling Signal Transduction Networks, Part II
Lecture II [Powerpoint] or [PDF]

Monday, July 16

WigginsGene Expression Data
Lecture I [PDF]
ChklovskiiReconstruction of Brain Circuits Using Electron Microscopy
Lecture I [PDF]
SeungAlgorithms for Neural Circuit Reconstruction
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]

Tuesday, July 17

WigginsHow to Combine Motif-Related Information to Explain Gene Expression
Lecture II (see link on Monday, July 16)
SeungNeuroeconomics
Lecture II Isee link on Monday, July 16)
ChklovskiiAnatomy and Principles of Brain Design
Lecture II [PDF]

Wednesday, July 18

SeungSynaptic Basis of Reinforcement Learning
Lecture III [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
ChklovskiiLecture III (see link on Tuesday, July 17)
BialekMore perfect than we imagined: A physicist's view of life
Public Lecture

Thursday, July 19

CallanWhat Physics-Inspired Bioinformatics Can Teach Us About Transcription Factor Binding and Evolution, Part I
Lecture I [PDF]
DesaiStochastic Dynamics in Simple Models of Evolution, Part I
Lecture I [Link]

Friday, July 20

CallanWhat Physics-Inspired Bioinformatics Can Teach Us About Transcription Factor Binding and Evolution, Part II
Lecture II [PDF]
DesaiStochastic Dynamics in Simple Models of Evolution, Part II
Lecture II (see link on Thursday, July 19)
FairhallNeural Adaptation to the Statistical Structure of the Environment
Lecture [Powerpoint] or [PDF]

Monday, July 23

KruglyakGenetic Basis of Phenotypic Variation, Part I
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
CollerCoordinating Cell Division with Growth
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
ShaevitzDirect Observation of Dynamics in Transcription at the Single Molecule Level
Lecture I [PDF]

Tuesday, July 24

KruglyakGenetric Basis of Phenotypic Variation, Part II
Lecture II [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
CollerA Brief History of the Cell Cycle
Lecture II [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
ShaevitzExperimental Techniques in Small Scale Manipulation of Biological Systems
Lecture II [PDF]

Wednesday, July 25

SharpeeInformation theory and adaptive neural filtering
SamadaniCellular Individuality in the Chemotactic Response of Dictyostelium
Lecture I [Powerpoint] or [PDF]
Tanase-NicolaGenetic Switching

Thursday, July 26

Linden & ChenMolecular Motors
SamadaniCellular Individuality in the DNA Repair Mechanism
Lecture II [Powerpoint] or [PDF]