In CELL0014: Dynamic Biological Systems we will be using techniques from maths, computing and engineering to build models of biological systems.
The Introduction to Maths and Python materials below are provided so that you will quickly be able to work with the Python code needed to model systems. It also includes materials revisiting some useful A-Level Maths skills and concepts. Details of the topics covered can be found here.
If you taking the module in Term 2 (2018-19) you should ensure you schedule some time in Term 1 to study these materials. These should take about 30 hours in total depending on your existing experience.
In this session we will:
Tutorials to work through can be found on the following page:
The materials for this section can be found here:
Work through the materials in the two documents testing your skills by completing the exercises.
For your convenience the exercises and answers for this session are available as separate PDFs.
| 1 - Working with Equations | Exercises | Answers |
| 2 - Working with Measurements | Exercises | Answers |
The materials for this session can be found here:
Work through the material, taking note in particular how to:
work with lists
The materials for this section can be found here:
Please work through the materials in the two documents. Each topic has some exercises (with answers) for you to work though in the separate documents above.
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| 1 - Working with Functions and Graphs | Exercises | Answers |
| 2 - Behaviour of Common Functions | Exercises | Answers |
The materials for this session can be found here:
This works through a series of Python exercises using the example of reading DNA strings. In reality Python has libraries of functions for loading standardised sequence data, but as we are trying to learn the basics of Python we will do things by scratch. The task has been borrowed from some activities targeted at non-biologists so expect the biology to be somewhat basic!
Work through the materials, taking note in particular how to:
The materials for this section can be found here:
Please work through the materials in the two documents
| 1 - (More) Function Plotting with Python | Code | |
| 2 - Introduction to Calculus | Exercises | Answers |
Each topic has some exercises (with answers) for you to work though in the separate documents above.
The materials for this session can be found here:
The first activity runs through the basics of how to open a file and use it to retrieve or store information.
The second activity builds on our DNA processing code from the previous Python session, and uses the functions we developed to translate DNA on a real DNA sequence loaded from a file, to search for protein candidates.
The resources for the activites are in the subfolder here:
Work through the materials, taking note in particular how to:
The materials for this session can be found here:
The activities work through how to define and work with custom Object types in Python.
Work through the materials, taking note in particular: