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Lecture slides

Most of the book chapters were presented as lectures at the Summer schools Economic Principles in Cell Bioloy, which were held in 2022 and 2023 at LPI Paris. Lectures without a chapter number will be featured in future editions of the book.

1. Exploring the economy of the cell (overview)
2. What makes up a cell? (chapter 2)
3. Optimality problems in cells
4. A dynamic view of metabolism (chapter 3)
5. Balanced growth
6. Flux Balance Analysis (chapters 4 and 5)
7. The cost of metabolic pathways (chapter 6)
8. Optimal metabolic states (chapter 7)
9. Self-replicator models (chapter 8)
10. Autocatalytic cycles and growth laws
11. Resource allocation models (chapter 9)
12. Optimal cell behavior in time (chapter 10)
13. Metabolic diversity in cell populations (chapter 11) (I) / (II)
14. Control of cell division (chapter 12)
15. Cells in the face of uncertainty (chapter 13) (I) / (II)
16. The return on investment
17. Economy of organ shapes and function (chapter 14)