Schedule

Week 1

Nov 10, 2025 – Welcome and Intro to Python (HC 13:15-17:00).

Nov 11, 2025 – Pattern formation I: Gradients and segments (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC1 13:15-17:00).

Nov 13, 2025 – Pattern formation II: Turing patterns (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC2 13:15-17:00).

Week 2

Nov 17, 2025 – Guest lecture: Max Rietkerk, Ecosystem’s spatial patterns (HC 13:15-17:00).

Nov 18, 2025 – Pattern formation III: Clock and Wavefront (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC3 13:15-17:00).

Nov 20, 2025 – Morphogenesis: Cell sorting (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC4 13:15-17:00).

Week 3

Nov 24, 2025 – Guest lecture: Ina Sonnen, Signal encoding in multicellular systems (HC 13:15-17:00).

Nov 25, 2025 – Cell differentiation: gene regulation in time (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC5 13:15-17:00).

Nov 27, 2025 – Cell differentiation: gene regulation in space (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC6 13:15-17:00).

Week 4

Dec 1, 2025 – Guest lectures: Vivek Bhardwaj and Kaisa Kajala, What is a cell type? genomic and functional perspectives (HC 13:15-17:00).

Dec 2, 2025 – Environment and Development (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC7 13:15-17:00).

Dec 4, 2025 – Evolving populations I: Sticky cells (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC8 13:15-17:00).

Week 5

Dec 8, 2025 – Guest lecture: Rutger Hermsen (HC 13:15-17:00).

Dec 9, 2025 - Evolving populations II: Genotype-phenotype map (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC9 13:15-17:00).

Dec 11, 2025 - Evolving populations III: Microbial communities (HC 11:00-12:45 and WC10 13:15-17:00).

Week 6 (self-study and exam)

Dec 18, 2025 –Exam

Week 7-9 (Mini projects)

Jan 6, 2026 - Mini projects presentation and making teams

The following weeks you will have classrooms available to work on your mini projects (check in myTimetable, 13:15-17:00). Also, you should schedule meetings with your supervisor to discuss progress of your mini project.

Week 10 (Mini symposium)

Jan 29, 2026 - Mini projects final presentation