Brief description:

This course is for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students in math or physics.

For the third time I am offering a student seminar in introductory mathematical biology. We will look at basic applications of differential equations to population dynamics, epidemiology, enzyme kinetics, signaling in cells and other topics which happen to be of interest to the students who attend. This provides an excellent review of differential equations, linear algebra and the basics of advanced calculus in an applied setting, as well as a short introduction to chaos theory which may be of interest to students who are not specifically oriented towards biology. The format of the seminar includes student presentations and projects, lecture on specific topics by Professor Uhlenbeck, and presentations by UT students and professors who are doing research in fields related to mathematical biology. (The seminar has a number of graduates who are actively working on PhD's in the field of mathematical biology or dynamics).

References:  Material will be taken from a number of sources including: Taubes, Modeling Differential Equations in Biology

Strogatz, Non-linear Dynamics and Chaos

Murray, Mathematical Biology

Keener and Sneyd, Mathematical Physiology

To register for this seminar, send Profesor Uhlenbeck an e-mail giving your background and interest. The seminar is intended for advanced undergraduate math majors, master's students in mathematics or first and second year PhD. graduate students. The course is "closed" only to restrict enrollment to students with this background. Dr. Uhlenbeck will return your e-mail, and you can pick up a slip signed by Dr. Uhlenbeck to have your SS# added to the list of permissible numbers for registration from either Vittoria Esile RLM 9.158 or Nancy Lamm. Profesor Palka can also arrange to have your SS# added to the list allowing you to register. The reference books can be looked at in Ms. Esile's office.

Current e-mail address: uhlen@math.utexas.edu