Ecological Biochemistry — Video Lectures MIT Systems Biology: gene networks, stochastic expression, evolution, and ecosystem dynamics.
MIT 8.591J Systems Biology (25 Lectures) A complete MIT course on systems biology covering gene regulatory networks, stochastic gene expression, microbial evolution, population dynamics, and ecosystem stability. Taught by Prof. Jeff Gore.
Lecture 1: Introduction & Overview of Topics Lecture 2: Michaelis-Menten Kinetics & Cooperativity Lecture 3: Autoregulation, Feedback & Bistability Lecture 4: Synthetic Biology & Toggle Switch Stability Lecture 5: Oscillatory Genetic Networks Lecture 6: Graph Properties of Transcription Networks Lecture 7: Feed-Forward Loop Network Motif Lecture 8: Introduction to Stochastic Gene Expression Lecture 9: Causes & Consequences of Stochastic Gene Expression Lecture 10: Stochastic Modeling Lecture 11: Life at Low Reynolds Number Lecture 12: Robustness & Bacterial Chemotaxis Lecture 13: Robustness in Development & Pattern Formation Lecture 14: Microbial Evolution & Optimal Gene Circuit Design Lecture 15: Evolution in Finite Populations Lecture 16: Clonal Interference & Beneficial Mutations Lecture 17: Fitness Landscapes & Sequence Spaces Lecture 18: Evolutionary Games Lecture 19: Survival in Fluctuating Environments Lecture 20: Parasites, Evolution of Virulence & Sex Lecture 21: Interspecies Interactions Lecture 22: Ecosystem Stability, Critical Transitions & Biodiversity Lecture 23: Dynamics of Populations in Space Lecture 24: The Neutral Theory of Ecology MIT 9.35 Sensation & Perception (23 Lectures) MIT course on sensory biology — hearing, vision, color, motion, depth, texture, attention, touch, olfaction and gustation. Directly relevant to animal biophysics (cat hearing, bee vision, ant olfaction).
Lecture 1: Introduction to Perception Lecture 2: Frequency Selectivity & Nonlinearity in Hearing Lecture 3: Sound Localization, Pitch, Timbre & Loudness Lecture 4: Pitch Perception & Scene Analysis Lecture 5: Auditory Scene Analysis Lecture 6: Auditory Scene Analysis & Speech Perception Lecture 7: The Eye and Retina Lecture 8: The Eye and the Retina (cont.) Lecture 9: LGN & Primary Visual Cortex (V1) Lecture 10: Mid-Level Vision Lecture 11: Mid-Level Vision (cont.) Lecture 12: Lightness & Color Perception Lecture 13: Color & Motion Perception Lecture 14: Motion Perception (cont.) Lecture 15: Depth Perception Lecture 16: Depth Perception (cont.) Lecture 17: Object Recognition & Texture Lecture 19: Texture Perception (cont.) Lecture 20: Attention Lecture 21: Attention (cont.) Lecture 22: Attention & Touch Lecture 23: Olfaction & Gustation