Reference Research Articles and Texts:

 

Hao Li Lecture 1: Control Theory

       Feedback Control Of Dynamic Systems (4th) by Gene F. Franklin, J. David Powell, Abbas Emami-Naeini, Prentice Hall

Hao Li Lecture 2: Ca & Zn Homeostasis / Chemotaxis

       Calcium Homeostasis and Parturient Hypocalcemia: An Integral Feedback Perspective, Hana El-Samad et al. (PDF file)

       Zn Homeostasis Biology Review:

              Eukaryotic zinc transporters and their regulation. Gaither LA, Eide DJ. Biometals. 2001 Sep-Dec; 14(3-4):251-70.

       Robustness in simple biochemical networks. Barkai N, Leibler S.Nature. 1997 Jun 26; 387(6636):913-7.

       Robustness in bacterial chemotaxis. Alon U, Surette MG, Barkai N, Leibler S. Nature. 1999 Jan 14; 397(6715):168-71.

Hao Li Lecture 3: Biochemical Oscillations

       On the Mechanism of Single-Frequency Self-Oscillations in Glycolysis. I. A Simple Kinetic Model. Sel'kov E. European. J. Biochem. 1968 Mar; 4(1):79-86.

       Biochemical Oscillations and Cellular Rhythms: The Molecular Bases of Periodic and Chaotic Behaviour. By Albert Goldbeter, Foreword by M. J. Berridge. Published February 1996.

       Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering By Steven H. Strogatz. 1994

Hao Li Lecture 4: Spatial Patters and Waves

       Mathematical Biology I. An Introduction. By James D. Murray. 3rd edition. Springer.

       Computational Cell Biology. By Christopher Fall, Eric Marland, John Wagner and John Tyson. Springer 2002.

       The wave of advance of advantageous genes. RA Fisher. Annals of Eugenics. 1937 7:355-369.

       Traveling waves of in vitro evolving RNA. GJ Bauer, JS McCaskill, and H Otten. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 1989 October; 86(20):7937–7941.(PDF file)