Course Name: Introductory Mathematical Methods for Biologists

Course abstract

It is an introductory mathematics course for biology students with the aim of training them to do quantitative analysis of biological systems.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Ranjith Padinhateeri

Prof.Ranjith Padinhateeri completed his MSc and PhD in Physics from IIT Madras. During PhD he studied statistical mechanics of DNA. After PhD he did post-doctoral research in University of Illinois Chicago, USA, Northwestern University. Evanston, USA, and Institute Curie, Paris, France. He does his research in the broad area of biological physics. Prof.Ranjith Padinhateeri does theoretical studies to understand various biological phenomena using a variety of tools from physics, including equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, polymer physics, and soft-matter theory. He tackle research problems using a combination of computational and analytical methods. His Specific areas of interest include Nucleosome dynamics, Chromatin assembly, DNA mechanics and self-assembly of proteins


Teaching Assistant(s)

Kiran kumari

PhD, Bioscience and Bioengineering department

Shantanu Kadam

Ph.D. (Physics)

 Course Duration : Feb-Apr 2019

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 25-Feb-2019

 Exam registration : 25-Feb-2019 to 19-Apr-2019

 Exam Date : 28-Apr-2019

Enrolled

980

Registered

102

Certificate Eligible

83

Certified Category Count

Gold

9

Silver

36

Elite

23

Successfully completed

15

Participation

3

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introductory Mathematical Methods for Biologists - Toppers list

KIRAN RAO U 98%

NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

G JAYALATHA 95%

R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

SONAWANE DEEPAK SITARAM 95%

VIDYA PRATISHTHANS KAMAL NAYAN BAJAJ INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

RUPAK BHATTACHARJEE 93%

JIS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

HARISH M 92%

R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

K SANTOSH REDDY 92%

VARDHAMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 980

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 102

Assignment Statistics




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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.