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MCD BIO C202

Design Principles of Biological Circuits

5 units

Lecture and lab.

Winter 2027: 1 lecture and 4 discussions. All of them are open. The oldest of these readings was 2 hours ago.

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No grade history for this course: the data runs Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Sections for Winter 2027 are below.

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From the registrar's catalog

Lecture, three hours; laboratory, four hours. Preparation: one year of undergraduate biology and calculus, one undergraduate statistics course, and one programming course (Python recommended). Quantitative analysis of genetic circuits that control behavior of biological systems, including prokaryotic model organisms and multicellular developmental systems. Introduction of basic principles of systems biology through specific examples. Application of these principles in designing synthetic genetic circuits. Concurrently scheduled with course C142. Letter grading.

Sections in Winter 2027

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Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 5 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.

  • Lec 1

    MW 2:00pm-3:15pm

    Open

    8 seats left in discussions.

    Lecture: 0 of 8 enrolled

    Askary, A.

    no grade history
    low risk
    4 discussions, all open.Every discussion, with its time and seats: 4 discussions
    • Lab 1A

      R 10:00am-11:50am · La Kretz Hall 101

      Open

      2 seats left.

      0 of 2 enrolled

    • Lab 1B

      R 4:00pm-5:50pm · Boelter Hall 5264

      Open

      2 seats left.

      0 of 2 enrolled

    • Lab 1C

      F 12:00pm-1:50pm · Mathematical Sciences 6229

      Open

      2 seats left.

      0 of 2 enrolled

    • Lab 1D

      F 2:00pm-3:50pm · Mathematical Sciences 6201

      Open

      2 seats left.

      0 of 2 enrolled

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Seats over time in Winter 2027

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Lec 1 · Askary, A. · 0 of 8 enrolled

Nothing read since 20 Oct, 2 hours ago. Over less than a minute before that, unchanged.

0 of 8 · 8 left in its discussions

Both readings say 0 of 8.

20 Oct 22:5220 Oct 22:52 · 2 hours ago
1 hour plotted. dibs read it.0 of 8 enrolled at the newest reading, 2 hours ago, with 8 left in its discussions. Seats from 20 Oct 22:52 to 20 Oct 22:52, 0 to 0. Recorded enrollment counts match. Checks are not continuous monitoring. Changes between checks may be missed.
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