In-Class Readings

Readings mentioned specifically in class will be listed here as the course progresses.

Are theoretical results ‘Results’? by Raymond Goldstein eLife 2018.

The biomass distribution on Earth by Yinon M. Bar-On, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo PNAS 2018.

Models in biology: ‘accurate descriptions of our pathetic thinking’ by Jeremy Gunawardena BMC Biology 2014.

Molecular ‘Vitalism’ by Marc Kirschner, John Gerhart, and Tim Mitchison Cell 2000.

The Hydrodynamics of Active Systems by Julia M. Yeomans arXiv 2016.

Germline P granules are liquid droplets that localize by controlled dissolution/condensation by Brangwynne et. al. Science 2009.

Polymer physics of intracellular phase transitions by Brangwynne et. al. Nature Physics 2015.