Welcome to the “Essential mathematics for biological research” course organised by Eleonora Tulumello and Jorge Carneiro for the CRG. The course is structured in two phases. In the first phase, we will recapitulate essential elements of algebra, geometry and calculus and will ask students to develop quantitative skills using only “paper & pencil”. In the second phase we will work out more advanced topics with the help of a computational tool. The idea is to overcome the aversive reaction towards maths, formalisms and computation. Researchers that participated in the course are expected to: 1) be able to progress on their own into more advanced mathematical topics necessary for their research ; 2) be able to read and understand equations in an article instead of jumping to the discussion section or dropping the paper altogether; 3) be capable of dialoguing with colleagues who do research in mathematics, statistics, physics or computation and thus engage in interdisciplinary research. The course will run from mid October until the end of November. Students will interact with Jorge during collective (in)formal classes on Tuesday and Friday mornings and during two additional hours ad libitum. In between, students will do practical exercises aiming at building and/or maintaining their “quantitative muscle”.
Number of course hours : 20h
Date : November- December 2021
Level: Beginners
Topics Covered:
Researchers that participated in the course are expected to:
1) be able to progress on their own into more advanced mathematical topics necessary for their research;
2) be able to read and understand
equations in an article instead of jumping to the discussion section or
dropping the paper altogether;
3) be capable of dialoguing with
colleagues who do research in mathematics, statistics, physics or
computation and thus engage in interdisciplinary research