Time and place:
MWF 2nd Period (8:30-9:20), LIT 205.
Instructor:
Patrick De Leenheer
Office: 411 Little Hall
Phone: 352-392-0281 ext. 240 (but I prefer email!).
Office Hours: MWF 3rd Period (9:35-10:25) or by appointment.
Email: deleenhe@math.ufl.edu
URL: www.math.ufl.edu/~deleenhe
Prerequisites:
Elementary differential equations (MAP 2302).
Text:
Essential Mathematical Biology, N. F. Britton, Springer, 3rd edition, 2005.
Further reading:
Mathematical Models in Biology, L. Edelstein-Keshet, SIAM Classics in Applied Mathematics 46, 2004.
Mathematical Biology, J.D Murray, Springer, 2002.
Mathematical Physiology, J.P. Keener and J. Sneyd, Springer 1998.
Mathematics in Population Biology, H.R. Thieme, Princeton University Press, 2003.
Lecture notes
by E.D. Sontag (Rutgers University) on a similar course in Mathematical Biology taught at Rutgers.
Topics:
We will cover chap 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 if time permits.
Course Objectives:
Single species populations in discrete and continuous time, metapopulations, age structured populations.
Interacting species: predator-prey, competition, metapopulations.
Diseases: SIS, SIR, disease control.
Molecular and cellular biology: biochemical kinetics, metabolism: activation/inhibition and cooperation.
Motion in biology: chemotaxis, reaction-diffusion equations, traveling waves.
Grading:
Course grades will be determined by your performance on several
homework assignments and 3 exams.
Late HW is not accepted.
Note: The final exam will be in class on April 26
(this is the last day of classes), not in the final exam week.
The weights are: 40% for all HW, 20% per exam.
Grading Scale (maximum of 100%):
A: [>=85%] B+: [76-84%] B: [70-75%] C+: [65-69%] C: [60-64%] D+: [55-59%] D: [50-54%] E: [<50%]
University policy on accommodations for students with
disabilities:
"Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with
the Dean of Students Office. The Dean of Students Office will provide
documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation
to the Instructor when requesting accommodation."