The exercise assumes a minimal understanding of cell cycle mechanisms, an ability to create subtraction equations and declarative sentences. These basics skills and materials allow for the introduction of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Knowledge of ODE's are not required to complete the exercises.

It was initially designed to be completed within a 2 hr. lab period.

Development history

• Developed for the Cellular, Developmental Biology Course at Beloit College
• Developed as part of a research project on modeling the cell cycle.
• Presented in ASCB's 2005 poster session, ASCB's 2007 Education Initiative, professional development workshops for faculty and graduate student training in computational biology.

Cell Cycle Syllabus for the research project and student research papers are also available.

If you have questions or need additional assistance with these exercises, contact Dr. Raquell Holmes.