diff --git a/moose-examples/README.md b/moose-examples/README.md
index d6f12fbe4dc877e6f508dbe33d5469f948192e04..b5e52fa0897f306ecb174862d165d809bfe4a355 100644
--- a/moose-examples/README.md
+++ b/moose-examples/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
[](https://travis-ci.org/BhallaLab/moose-examples).
Examples, tutorial and demo scripts.
+
+# How to run
+
+First install `pymoose` from PyPI using `pip`.
+
+ $ pip install pymoose --pre --user # get the latest version
+
+Make sure that you have `matplotlib`, and `scipy` (optional) installed as well.
+
+Some scripts might require `PyQt4` or `PyQt5` as well.
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRspineDend.g b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRspineDend.g
index b1211065ca35829879aec98342c812903f3f0a30..f57401f53f47f1232c00e36b963af0df5c67553f 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRspineDend.g
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRspineDend.g
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
//genesis
// kkit Version 11 flat dumpfile
-// Saved on Tue Aug 21 06:59:07 2018
+// Saved on Sat Feb 16 15:40:53 2019
include kkit {argv 1}
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ simundump kpool /kinetics/ActIP3R 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 0 \
simundump text /kinetics/ActIP3R/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/ActIP3R/notes LOAD \
""
-simundump kchan /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan 0 8000 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown 8 2 2 0
+simundump kchan /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan 0 8 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown 8 2 2 0
simundump text /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan/notes LOAD \
""
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ simundump kpool /kinetics/DEND_ER/leakPool 0 0 1 1 234 234 0 0 234 0 \
simundump text /kinetics/DEND_ER/leakPool/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/DEND_ER/leakPool/notes LOAD \
""
-simundump kchan /kinetics/DEND_ER/leakPool/leakChan 0 40 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown \
+simundump kchan /kinetics/DEND_ER/leakPool/leakChan 0 0.04 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown \
45 4 5 0
simundump text /kinetics/DEND_ER/leakPool/leakChan/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/DEND_ER/leakPool/leakChan/notes LOAD \
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRwithConcChan.g b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRwithConcChan.g
index a8c3792c4a7ade7df37e79227c892882a157dfdb..136de8251370233e84312632024de240fcbd4769 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRwithConcChan.g
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/chem/CICRwithConcChan.g
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
//genesis
// kkit Version 11 flat dumpfile
-// Saved on Fri Aug 17 04:02:55 2018
+// Saved on Fri Mar 29 19:34:16 2019
include kkit {argv 1}
@@ -71,16 +71,6 @@ simundump kpool /kinetics/CaCyt 0 1e-13 0.079999 0.079999 149.35 149.35 0 0 \
simundump text /kinetics/CaCyt/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/CaCyt/notes LOAD \
""
-simundump kpool /kinetics/phase 0 0.0 100 100 1.8669e+05 1.8669e+05 0 0 \
- 1866.9 0 /kinetics/geometry 49 black 9 9 0
-simundump text /kinetics/phase/notes 0 ""
-call /kinetics/phase/notes LOAD \
-""
-simundump kpool /kinetics/ampl 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 0 /kinetics/geometry \
- 63 black 10 5 0
-simundump text /kinetics/ampl/notes 0 ""
-call /kinetics/ampl/notes LOAD \
-""
simundump kpool /kinetics/CaIP3_3_R 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 0 \
/kinetics/geometry 20 black 4 7 0
simundump text /kinetics/CaIP3_3_R/notes 0 ""
@@ -146,11 +136,6 @@ simundump kpool /kinetics/Ca2_IP3_3_R 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 0 \
simundump text /kinetics/Ca2_IP3_3_R/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/Ca2_IP3_3_R/notes LOAD \
""
-simundump kpool /kinetics/CaStim 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 4 \
- /kinetics/geometry 61 black 7 5 0
-simundump text /kinetics/CaStim/notes 0 ""
-call /kinetics/CaStim/notes LOAD \
-""
simundump kpool /kinetics/Mirror_CaIP3_3_R 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 0 \
/kinetics/geometry 4 black -1 4 0
simundump text /kinetics/Mirror_CaIP3_3_R/notes 0 ""
@@ -161,20 +146,10 @@ simundump kpool /kinetics/ActIP3R 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 0 \
simundump text /kinetics/ActIP3R/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/ActIP3R/notes LOAD \
""
-simundump kchan /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan 0 12720 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown 8 2 2 0
+simundump kchan /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan 0 8 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown 8 2 2 0
simundump text /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/ActIP3R/chan/notes LOAD \
""
-simundump kpool /kinetics/basal 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 0 /kinetics/geometry \
- 8 black 2 -1 0
-simundump text /kinetics/basal/notes 0 ""
-call /kinetics/basal/notes LOAD \
-""
-simundump kpool /kinetics/BufPool 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1866.9 4 \
- /kinetics/geometry 26 black 1 9 0
-simundump text /kinetics/BufPool/notes 0 ""
-call /kinetics/BufPool/notes LOAD \
-""
simundump kreac /kinetics/CaMreac1 0 0.0045449 8.4853 "" white black 5 0 0
simundump text /kinetics/CaMreac1/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/CaMreac1/notes LOAD \
@@ -212,7 +187,7 @@ simundump kpool /kinetics/leakPool 0 0 1 1 234 234 0 0 234 0 \
simundump text /kinetics/leakPool/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/leakPool/notes LOAD \
""
-simundump kchan /kinetics/leakPool/leakChan 0 15.3 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown 45 4 5 \
+simundump kchan /kinetics/leakPool/leakChan 0 0.04 0.1 0 1 0 "" brown 45 4 5 \
0
simundump text /kinetics/leakPool/leakChan/notes 0 ""
call /kinetics/leakPool/leakChan/notes LOAD \
@@ -229,7 +204,7 @@ simundump xplot /graphs/conc2/CaER.Co 3 524288 \
"delete_plot.w <s> <d>; edit_plot.D <w>" 0 0 0 1
simundump xgraph /moregraphs/conc3 0 0 100 0 1 0
simundump xgraph /moregraphs/conc4 0 0 100 0 1 0
-simundump xcoredraw /edit/draw 0 -3 12 -3 11
+simundump xcoredraw /edit/draw 0 -1.5666 11.334 -1.8008 10.24
simundump xtree /edit/draw/tree 0 \
/kinetics/#[],/kinetics/#[]/#[],/kinetics/#[]/#[]/#[][TYPE!=proto],/kinetics/#[]/#[]/#[][TYPE!=linkinfo]/##[] \
"edit_elm.D <v>; drag_from_edit.w <d> <S> <x> <y> <z>" auto 0.6
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/ex7.2_CICR.py b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/ex7.2_CICR.py
index 38447a8d0a2c040874cc6c8f1b91e88481a1c1fb..a9725b6faf0b539726f7a5f1df52c814c29183c3 100644
--- a/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/ex7.2_CICR.py
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/ex7.2_CICR.py
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ IP3 = moose.element( '/model/chem/dend/IP3' )
IP3.vec.concInit = 0.004
IP3.vec[0].concInit = 0.02
moose.reinit()
-moose.start( 40 )
+moose.start( 20 )
rdes.display()
diff --git a/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/ex7.6_func_controls_reac_rate.py b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/ex7.6_func_controls_reac_rate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8c8fb4c64b3f80d9014633108baba45a55eaf1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moose-examples/tutorials/Rdesigneur/ex7.6_func_controls_reac_rate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+########################################################################
+# This example illustrates how a function can be used to control a reaction
+# rate. This kind of calculation is appropriate when we need to link
+# different kinds of physical processses with chemical reactions, for
+# example, membrane curvature with molecule accumulation. The use of
+# functions to modify reaction rates should be avoided in purely chemical
+# systems since they obscure the underlying chemistry, and do not map
+# cleanly to stochastic calculations.
+#
+# In this example we simply have a molecule C that controls the forward
+# rate of a reaction that converts A to B. C is a function of location
+# on the cylinder, and is fixed. In more elaborate computations we could
+# have a function of multiple molecules, some of which could be changing and
+# others could be buffered.
+#
+# Copyright (C) Upinder S. Bhalla NCBS 2018
+# Released under the terms of the GNU Public License V3.
+########################################################################
+
+import numpy as np
+import moose
+import pylab
+import rdesigneur as rd
+
+
+def makeFuncRate():
+ model = moose.Neutral( '/library' )
+ model = moose.Neutral( '/library/chem' )
+ compt = moose.CubeMesh( '/library/chem/compt' )
+ compt.volume = 1e-15
+ A = moose.Pool( '/library/chem/compt/A' )
+ B = moose.Pool( '/library/chem/compt/B' )
+ C = moose.Pool( '/library/chem/compt/C' )
+ reac = moose.Reac( '/library/chem/compt/reac' )
+ func = moose.Function( '/library/chem/compt/reac/func' )
+ func.x.num = 1
+ func.expr = "(x0/1e8)^2"
+ moose.connect( C, 'nOut', func.x[0], 'input' )
+ moose.connect( func, 'valueOut', reac, 'setNumKf' )
+ moose.connect( reac, 'sub', A, 'reac' )
+ moose.connect( reac, 'prd', B, 'reac' )
+
+ A.concInit = 1
+ B.concInit = 0
+ C.concInit = 0
+ reac.Kb = 1
+
+
+makeFuncRate()
+
+rdes = rd.rdesigneur(
+ turnOffElec = True,
+ #This subdivides the 50-micron cylinder into 2 micron voxels
+ diffusionLength = 2e-6,
+ cellProto = [['somaProto', 'soma', 5e-6, 50e-6]],
+ chemProto = [['chem', 'chem']],
+ chemDistrib = [['chem', 'soma', 'install', '1' ]],
+ plotList = [['soma', '1', 'dend/A', 'conc', 'A conc', 'wave'],
+ ['soma', '1', 'dend/C', 'conc', 'C conc', 'wave']],
+)
+rdes.buildModel()
+
+C = moose.element( '/model/chem/dend/C' )
+C.vec.concInit = [ 1+np.sin(x/5.0) for x in range( len(C.vec) ) ]
+moose.reinit()
+moose.start(10)
+rdes.display()