Main take home messages from this course 1. translate the biology into a quantitative model given the biology set up the coupled differential equations that capture the essence of the biological phenomena (not trivial since 4 papers came up with a different model given the same biological phenomenon which assumptions to make is critical) 2. analysis of the system of differential equations stability analysis(both in space and time) 3. interpretation of the mathematical analysis, what are the biological conclusions e.g. if the imaginary part of the eigenvalue is non zero, what does this mean for the underlying biology? 4. develop a taste for the potential of these systems approaches for biological problems that you may encounter in the futureMain take home messages from this course: 4 1. translate the biology into a quantitative model: given the biology set up the coupled differential equations that capture the essence of the biological phenomena (not trivial since 4 papers came up with a different model given the same biological phenomenon, which assumptions to make is critical) 2. analysis of the system of differential equations stability analysis (both in space and time) 3. interpretation of the mathematical analysis, what are the biological conclusions ? e.g. if the imaginary part of the eigenvalue is non zero, what does this mean for the underlying biology? 4. develop a taste for the potential of these systems approaches for biological problems that you may encounter in the future