Physics methods in systems biology
30h lectures + 30h tutorials, since 2019/2020

The course will provide general introduction to living matter (bacteria, cells) followed by specific discussion of gene expression, transcriptional regulation, morphogen spreading and resulting pattern formation in different developmental systems.

The course will equip students with ability to quantitatively describe biological systems at gene and tissue level. The course will discuss how to pick the correct level of modelling details to address specific questions in systems biology context. In the lectures, biological systems will be introduced followed by different theoretical schemes used to model particular system in question. Students will be familiarized with examples of biological systems that include classic ones (regulation in lambda phage, pair-rule genes in Drosophila) and more recent ones with focus on developing systems (Drosophila, Zebrafish embryo, spinal cord development).

The course pre-requisites include basic mathematical calculus and basic experience with differential equations. If you would like to have more detailed information contact me at marcin.zagorski@uj.edu.pl.

Computational tools for physics
45h tutorials, since 2024/2025

The course is aimed to equip Physics students with symbolic and numerical tools provided by Wolfram Mathematica software. The problem solving classes are focused on solving equations, calculating derivatives and integrals, basic programming and visualization of results in the context of selected problems ranging from simple mechanics to statistical Physics. The course ends with preparation of student-projects that apply Mathematica tools to student-proposed subjects.

The course is aimed for 1st year students. If you would like to have more detailed information contact me at marcin.zagorski@uj.edu.pl.

Jagielloński Turniej Fizyczny
Physics competition for high school students, nation-wide level, since 2022/2023

Together with Dr Mateusz Łącki, we organized a physics competition hosted by the Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science of the Jagiellonian University. The competition is two-staged with the first stage taking place on-line (Sep-Nov), and the final stage in the stationary format hosted at our Faculty (March of upcoming year). The competition is aimed for high school students interested in solving non-standard physics problems. The participants with the best scores will be granted free entries to the first-level studies at our Faculty.

We encourage all high school students that are enthusiastic about physics to have a go in this year’s competition!

More information is available at: https://turniej.fais.uj.edu.pl/.