Systems Biology
MIT OpenCourseWare's Systems Biology introduces cellular and population-level approaches to biological networks, with emphasis on synthetic biology and quantitative modeling. Topics include genetic switches and oscillators, network motifs, genetic network evolution, and cellular decision-making at the cellular scale, alongside pattern formation, cell-cell communication, and evolutionary systems biology at the population scale. Materials include lecture notes, problem sets, and readings drawn from primary research literature, following MIT's standard OCW format. The course is aimed at students with a background in molecular biology or physics who want to see how mathematical models are built and tested against experimental data on genetic circuits and evolving populations. As with other MIT OCW offerings, all materials are free to access under a Creative Commons license, with no certificate or instructor interaction included.