CHEM M186Stochastic Processes in Biochemical Systems
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Computational and Systems Biology M175.) Covers random and stochastic processes in play in biochemical systems, including ion channels, cytoskeleton, cell migration and mitosis, gene expression networks, and signal transduction. Covers mathematical tools such as continuous and discrete Markov processes, first passage, time escape problems, statistical mechanics, and information theory.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, and 4, or 7A, 7B, and 7C, Mathematics 33B, Electrical and Computer Engineering 131A or Mathematics 170A or Statistics 100A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.45 · from text- · "LIFESCI 1" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 2" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 3" is not in this catalog version
- · "LIFESCI 4" is not in this catalog version
- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "Life Sciences 1, 2, 3, and 4, or 7A, 7B, and 7C, Mathematics 33B, EC ENGR 131A or Mathematics 170A or Statistics 100A" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM M186
- EC ENGR 131AProbability and Statistics
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
- MATH 33BDifferential Equations
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
- STATS 100AIntroduction to Probability
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- MATH 170AProbability Theory I
- MATH 131AAnalysis
- LIFESCI 7CPhysiology and Human Biology
7 direct requisites. Showing 25 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.