This book on mathematical modeling of biological processes includes a
wide selection of biological topics that demonstrate the power of
mathematics and computational codes in setting up biological processes
with a rigorous and predictive framework. Topics include: enzyme
dynamics, spread of disease, harvesting bacteria, competition among live
species, neuronal oscillations, transport of neurofilaments in axon,
cancer and cancer therapy, and granulomas. Complete with a description
of the biological background and biological question that requires the
use of mathematics, this book is developed for graduate students and
advanced undergraduate students with only basic knowledge of ordinary
differential equations and partial differential equations; background in
biology is not required. Students will gain knowledge on how to program
with MATLAB without previous programming experience and how to use codes
in order to test biological hypothesis.