Spring 2007 MAT 503
Mathematical Cell Physiology
Tuesday and Thursday 9:15-10:30 ECA 221


Instructor: Dr. Sharon Crook
Office: Goldwater Building, Room 648
email: sharon.crook@asu.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 11:00-12:30
Website: http://math.la.asu.edu/~crook

If you wish to request an accommodation for a disability, please contact me as early as possible in the semester.

Required Text: (CCB) Computational Cell Biology, Fall, Marland, Wagner and Tyson (editors), Springer-Verlag. New York. 2002.

Recommended Text: (XPP) Simulating, Analyzing and Animating Dynamical Systems: A Guide to XPPAUT for Researchers and Students, Bard Ermentrout. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 2002.

Course Description: Historically, mathematics has played an important role in the study of the mechanisms underlying cellular physiology. This course will provide an introduction to the development and analysis of mathematical models for various aspects of cellular physiology including diffusion, membrane transport, ion channel kinetics, excitable membranes, and calcium dynamics. We will also use computational methods to perform numerical simulations for all of the models discussed in class. The course will be organized around lectures (and accompanying homework assignments and computer laboratories), discussions motivated by relevant published articles, and student projects. There will also be a take-home final exam.

Prerequisites: MAT 274 (Elementary Differential Equations) or an equivalent course.