Study Programmes 2015-2016
GBIO0011-1  
Biological Systems Modelling
Duration :
30h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in engineering5
Bachelor in engineering5
Master in biomedical engineering (120 ECTS)5
Master in physical engineering (120 ECTS)5
Master in bio-informatics and modelling (120 ECTS)5
Master in bio-informatics and modelling (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Pierre Dauby, Liesbet Geris
Coordinator :
Liesbet Geris
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
The course is about the mathematical modeling of physiological processes.
It is centered on the modeling, simulation, and analysis of dynamical phenomena that take place in cells or systems physiology.
As far as systems physiology is concerned, examples of subjects are: cardiovacular system, respiratory system, muscle contractoin,...
Learning outcomes of the course :
The objective of the course is to master simulation and mathematical analysis tools needed to understand the basic mechanisms of physiological processes as described in  the literature.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Mathematical training of the bachelor degree of engineering and, ideally, an introductory course in physiology.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
30h of theory + 30h of classroom
or/and computer sessions.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Practical information about the course organization will be available from the course website or on MyUlg.
Recommended or required readings :
The course is based on the textbook
"Mathematical physiology", J. Keener
and J. Sneyd, Springer-Verlag, 2009.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Le cours est composed of two parts (modeling at the cell level and modeling at the systems level).  Eacht of these two parts is divided in a theoretical part and a practical part (homeworks for the cell level part and a project for the systems level part)
- each of the two parts of the course is evaluated in the following manner
  • a written examen on the theoretical content
  • an evaluation of the practical part
  • if the lowest score for any of these evaluations is <=7, that score will become the global score for that part of the course. 
  • if this is not the case, the score of the practical part is only taken into account when having a positive effect on the student's overall score.  In which case it will count for 30% of the final score (and the written exam for 70%).
-  the final score for the course is the average of the scores for each of its parts - except when the lowest of both scores is <=7.  In that case, the lowest score will become the final score for the course.
-  for the re-exams, students can - at their explicit request - get a waiver for the re-exam of the part of the course for which they had obtained a score >=12.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
One of the instructors.