Cell Biology By The Numbers, 2013 class, Lecture 1 (28/10/2013)
Introduction
Estimation of number of mRNA molecules in a cell
Dr. Ron, Milo, Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Cell Biology By The Numbers, 2013 class, Lecture 2 (04/11/2013)
Sizes in cells.
Which is larger an mRNA or the protein it codes for?
Geometrical mean.
A gallery cellular components and their sizes.
Dr. Ron, Milo, Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Cell Biology By The Numbers, 2013 class, Lecture 3 (18/11/2013)
Presentation on microscope resolution of fluorophores.
Concentrations in cells - ions, metabolites, macro-molecules and others.
Dr. Ron, Milo, Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Cell Biology By The Numbers, 2013 class, Lecture 4 (02/12/2013)
Energies in the cellular scale.
What is the power consumption of humans.
How to convert between reaction energies, molecular numbers and output energies.
Dr. Ron, Milo, Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Cell Biology By The Numbers, 2013 class, Lecture 5 (09/12/2013)
Rates and times.
Which is faster, translation or transcription?
Response times for proteins and RNA's.
Typical rates and times of diffusion in cells.
Time of diffusion through an axon.
Case study - should codon usage considerations be affected by diffusion of tRNA's?
Dr. Ron, Milo, Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
Cell Biology By The Numbers, 2013 class, Lecture 6 (16/12/2013)
Information, Errors and Mutations
Ratio of gene number to genome size in different organisms.
Error rates in transcription and translation.
Implications on existence of point mutations in bacteria and human.
Dr. Ron, Milo, Department of Plant Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science
