Advanced Mathematical Methods for Biological Sciences

BIOINF
563

Course Discipline

Bioinformatics

Course Level

500+

Course Credits

3

Term(s) Offered

Winter

Course Description

This course focuses on discovering the way in which spatial variation influences the motion, dispersion, and persistence of species. Specific topics may include i) Models of Cell Motion: Diffusion, Convection, and Chemotaxis; ii) Transport Processes in Biology; iii) Biological Pattern Formation; and iv) Delay-differential Equations and Age-structured Models of Infectious Diseases.