2.18 | Spring 2015 | Undergraduate

Biomolecular Feedback Systems

Course Description

This course focuses on feedback control mechanisms that living organisms implement at the molecular level to execute their functions, with emphasis on techniques to design novel systems with prescribed behaviors. Students will learn how biological functions can be understood and designed using notions from feedback …
This course focuses on feedback control mechanisms that living organisms implement at the molecular level to execute their functions, with emphasis on techniques to design novel systems with prescribed behaviors. Students will learn how biological functions can be understood and designed using notions from feedback control.
Learning Resource Types
Problem Sets
Online Textbook
Projects
A photograph of a cell, colored by fluorescence.
This course asks if it is possible to program cells to chase pathogens, kill cancer cells, or transform waste into energy? (Courtesy of The Journal of Cell Biology. License: CC BY-NC-SA.)