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Course logistics:

Course syllabus (PDF)
Course staff contact information (includes office hours)
Online course forum (Piazza)

Lecture materials:

Labs:

The Programming Bootcamp Outline contains the walkthrough of MATLAB programming and cluster use.

The lab Dropbox account contains the lab manual, lab notebooks, and other materials (username: jacalarco@gmail.com, password: IheartLS50).

The final lab assignment will be due Friday, December 18

Discussion sections:

Regular discussion sections will begin the week of Tuesday, September 15. Students are highly encouraged to attend one of the two sessions below every week:

Tuesdays 3-4PM in NWL B108 (regular lecture hall)
Tuesdays 7-8PM in NWL B107 (next room over)

Week one (9/15) section handout and Piazza thread

Week two (9/22) section handout

Week three (9/29) section handouts: dynamical systems and cell cycle

Week four (10/6) section handouts: Taylor series/multivariate and cell cycle

Week five (10/13) section handout

Week six (10/20) section handout

Week seven (10/27) section handout

Assignments:

For additional help with problem set questions, you're welcome to attend office hours and/or dedicated problem solving sessions on Wednesdays from 7-9 PM in NWL B101. (Please note: a class meets in this space just before us so please wait for them to leave if you arrive early.) You are also encouraged to collaborate with classmates, as detailed in the syllabus and academic integrity policy.

(Optional) Problem Set 0

Problem Set 1

Problem Set 4

Problem Set 6

Problem Set 9

Exams and preparatory materials:

Midterm 1 (Thursday, October 1)

Practice Midterm 1
Sheet of formulae to be provided during Midterm 1

Midterm 2 (Friday, October 30)

Clarification: this exam will not cover material from the last week of unit 1. (You might see familiar protein names used in examples, but the tested concepts will be from unit 2.)
Practice Midterm 2
Formula Sheet to be provided during Midterm 2

Final Exam (Friday, December 4 from 9 AM until noon, NWL B108)

Practice Exam 3 covering material from section 3
Other Practice Questions covering material from sections 1 and 2
Please note that these practice questions may be slightly harder or easier than what will appear on the exam itself.
Draft section 3 formula sheet and amino acid table (section 1 and 2 formula sheets will also be provided during the exam)
You may bring to the exam an 8.5 x 11 sheet with additional information you find useful, as well as a calculator.
Please refrain from discussing the exam with classmates until Wednesday, 12/9, to allow for students with exam scheduling conflicts.