Midwest Quantitative Biology Conference

2006年9月29日至10月1日期间将在密歇根州麦基诺岛举行为期三天的会议。这次会议将汇集所有职业阶段的研究人员和研究生，主要来自中西部地区，从事定量生物科学工作。会议将极大地促进生物科学数学建模和科学计算领域的研究和教学的进步。会议将作为一个论坛，促进数学科学家和生物科学家之间的研究交流和合作，他们正在研究从基因调控，细胞结构和过程到系统和宏观现象的生物学基本问题。除了一线研究机构的生物学和数学科学家之间的交流之外，这次会议将影响和激发中西部地区许多学院和教学大学的教育发展。将作出特别努力，确保学生、初级研究人员、大学教员，特别是妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和残疾人的广泛参与。

A three-day meeting will be held during the period September 29-October 1, 2006 on Mackinac Island, Michigan. This meeting will bring together researchers of all career stages and graduate students, mainly from the Midwestern area, who work in quantitative biological sciences. The conference will greatly contribute to the advancement of research and teaching in the area of mathematical modeling and scientific computing in the biological sciences. The conference will serve as a forum to foster research exchange and collaboration between mathematical scientists and biological scientists who are addressing fundamental problems in biology from gene regulation, cellular structure and processes to systems and macroscopic phenomena.In addition to the cross-fertilization between biological and mathematical scientists at first tier research institutions, this conference will influence and invigorate the educational developments in many Midwestern regional colleges and teaching universities. Special efforts will be made to ensure a broad participation by students, junior researchers, college faculties, especially women, under-represented minorities and persons with disabilities.