Institute for Advanced Study Courses

Design Principles of Physiological Circuits and Their Aging Process - Uri Alon

Explore physiological circuits, aging processes, and longevity with Uri Alon. Gain insights into intrinsic mortality, disease incidence, and potential anti-aging interventions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Epigenetics of Human Health and Disease - Shelly Berger

Explore epigenetics' role in human health and disease, focusing on RNA modifications, histones, and P53's impact on cancer development and progression.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Retroviruses - Replication and Consequences for Evolution of Their Hosts - Steve Goff

Explore retrovirus replication, its impact on host evolution, and key steps in the viral life cycle, including reverse transcription and integration, with insights from HIV research.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Circadian Rhythms: Past, Present and Future - Michael Rosbash

Explore the fascinating world of circadian rhythms, from their evolutionary origins to their impact on modern health issues like metabolism and sleep disorders.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Towards a Computational Model of the Brain - Tools for Mapping and Perturbing Neural Circuits - Ed Boyden

Explore cutting-edge tools and techniques for mapping and manipulating neural circuits, advancing our understanding of brain structure and function at unprecedented levels of detail.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Deterministic Sample of Bourgain’s Work - Peter Sarnak and Avi Wigderson

Explore groundbreaking mathematical concepts and theorems in this tribute to Jean Bourgain, featuring insights on fractal uncertainty, Schrödinger equations, and sum-product theory.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Primacy of Experiment - Kyle Cranmer

Explore the interplay between physics and mathematics, focusing on experimental validation and the potential for unifying theories in understanding the universe's fundamental laws.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Shapes of Spaces and the Nuclear Force - Gregory Moore

Explores the interplay between physics and mathematics, focusing on topological concepts and their applications in understanding fundamental forces and the structure of space.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Universe Speaks in Numbers - Backstory - Graham Farmelo

Explore the profound connection between physics and mathematics, tracing its history from Newton to Einstein and examining its potential for unifying our understanding of the universe's fundamental laws.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Universe Speaks in Numbers - Robbert Dijkgraaf and Edward Witten in Conversation

Renowned physicists discuss the interplay between physics and mathematics, exploring their potential unification and the quest for fundamental laws of the universe.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Uniform Rectifiability via Perimeter Minimization IV - Tatiana Toro

Explore advanced mathematical concepts in uniform rectifiability and perimeter minimization with expert Tatiana Toro in this in-depth lecture from the Women and Mathematics series.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Viscosity Solutions Approach to Variational Problems - Daniela De Silva

Explore viscosity solutions for variational problems with Daniela De Silva. Learn about Laplace's equation, Harnack inequality, and discrete equations in this advanced mathematics lecture.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fluctuations Look Like White Noise - Laure Saint-Raymond

Explore the fascinating world of fluctuations, white noise, and statistical physics with insights on collision operators and the Central Limit Theorem.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Recent Perspective on Invariant Theory - Viswambhara Makam

Explore recent advancements in invariant theory, covering graph isomorphism, matrix invariants, and tensor factors. Gain insights into succinct encoding, upper bounds, and degree bounds in this mathematical field.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The General Case? - Amie Wilkinson

Explore ergodicity, Boltzmann's ideas, and recent developments in dynamical systems with mathematician Amie Wilkinson in this engaging seminar on the concept of "the general case".

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video