Part 1. Network motifs
Transcription networks : basic concepts
Autoregulation : a network motif
The feed forward loop network motif
Temporal programs and the global structure of transcription networks
Positive feedback, bistability and memory
How to build a biological oscillator
Part 2. Robustness
Kinetic proofreading and conformational proofreading
Robust signalling by bifunctional componets
Robustness in bacterial chemotaxis
Fold-change detection
Dynamical compensation and mutal resistance in tissues
Robust spatial patterning in development
Part 3. Optimality
Optimal gene circuit design
Multi-objective optimality in biology
Modularity.