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Downloadable Computer Labs

These instructional exercises (modules) are part of a series of quantitative biology courses (Q courses) developed and taught at UC Davis. The main files are written as MathCad 13 documents and require a copy of MathCad 13, or higher, to run. The downloadable MathCad documents are unanswered versions suitable for distribution to students. An answered version is also available in PDF format. Answered versions of the MathCad 13 documents themselves are available to instructors upon application to Carole Hom. Please see accompanying information on the history and intention of these Q courses, as well as format conventions within the modules. This copyright material may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution.

Introductory Modeling in Biology Q Course

• Pine Trees
• Ion Channels
• Rates of Change
• Scaling in Biology
• Sex Lives of Primates
• Protein Sequences (Bioinformatics)

Animal Behavior Q Course

• Bird Songs
• Jumping Galls
• Optimal Foraging
• Hawks & Doves Game
• Lizard Mating Strategies
• Cataglyphis I
• Cataglyphis II - Homeward Journey
• Swimming Circuit of Tritonia
• Fish Stealing (Kleptoparasitism)

Biochemistry Q Course

• Gibbs Free Energy
• Strong Acids & Bases
• Weak Acids (and Bases)
• Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation (Buffers)
• Polyprotic Acids
• Amino Acids
• Enzyme Kinetics I
• Enzyme Kinetics II - Inhibition
• Myoglobin / Hemoglobin

Biomechanics Q Course

• Muscle Length-Tension
• Projectiles

Neurobiology Q Course

• The Nernst Equation
• GHK Equation
• Passive Spread I
• Passive Spread II - Discrete space model
• Voltage Clamp & Currents
• The Action Potential
• Synapses I
• Synapses II - Facilitation & Depression
• Half-Center Model
• Swimming Circuit of Tritonia
• Lateral Inhibition