This Spring Natalia Komarova will be teaching Math 291C Topics in Applied and Computational Mathematics. The course code is 44885.
The topic is "Mathematical modeling of cancer". The course will
introduce the students to cutting-edge research in cancer modeling and
expose them to a wide variety of mathematical tools. These tools are
not specific to cancer modeling and can be used in a great variety of
research areas.
The course will combine elements of mathematical modeling, dynamical
systems and applied stochastic processes. The instructor will give
introduction to all these topics. We will talk about cancer initiation and
progression, dangerous mutations, Darwinean selection acting upon cells,
chromosomal instability, stem cells, and treatment of cancer. The course
will be based on Komarova's book, "Computational biology of cancer:
lecture notes and mathematical modeling".
The only prerequisits are undergraduate Ordinary Differential Equations
and Probability.
The class is MWF 11:00-11:50, the place can be negotiated.
Please contact Natalia Komarova (komarova@math.uci.edu or x41268) if you
would like more information.
