# Calendar

Course calendar.
SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES
--- | --- | ---
1 | Introduction; Master equation |
2 | Elements of population genetics |
3 | Evolving populations (forward Kolmogorov) |
4 | Population genetics (fitness, selection, ...) |
5 | Fixation (backward Kolmogorov) |
6 | Introduction to sequence alignment | Assignment 1 due
7 | Algorithms for sequence alignment |
8 | Significance of alignments (extreme value distributions) |
9 | Ionic interactions | Assignment 2 due
10 | Polymer theory 1, entropy elasticity, collapse |
11 | Polymer theory 2, collapse, Random energy model |
12 | Protein folding I: elements of structure and forces | Assignment 3 due
13 | Protein folding II: evolved (designed) foldable proteins |
14 | Protein folding III: kinetics | Assignment 4 due
15 | Protein folding IV:: kinetics |
16 | DNA (melting) |
17 | RNA (secondary structure) | Assignment 5 due
18 | Protein-DNA interactions I: specific and non-specific binding |
19 | Protein-DNA interactions II: sequence-dependence & kinetics | Assignment 6 due
20 | Microtubules |
21 | Molecular motors & cell motility | Assignment 7 due
22 | Introduction to networks |
23 | Dynamics on networks 1 |
24 | Dynamics on networks 2 | Assignment 8 due
25 | Packing of DNA inside cells |
26 | Cooperativity: hemoglobin and transcription factors | Final Project due