Systems Biology: An Introduction to Metabolic Control Analysis

This book is an introduction to control in biochemical pathways. It introduces students to some of the most important concepts in modern metabolic control. It covers the basics of metabolic control analysis that helps us think about how biochemical networks operate. The book should be suitable for undergraduates in their early to midyears at college.

Herbert Sauro is a Professor at the University of Washington in the Department Bioengineering in Seattle. His main professional interest is understanding how biological cells work. He holds degrees from the UK in Biochemistry/Microbiology, Computational Biology, and Systems Biology. He was a founding member of the SBML development team, wrote one of the first PC biochemical network simulators, and kickstarted the development of SBOL. He has over 150 publications on topics ranging from metabolic control analysis, software, algorithms, reviews, synthetic biology, systems dynamics, noise in reaction networks, etc. At the University of Washington, he teaches biostatistics, biological control systems, and metabolic engineering.