Workshop on Mathematical Biology

沃尔金德9703489 研究者和他的同事们在华盛顿州立大学组织了一个为期三天的数学生物学研讨会。 该讲习班是跨学科的，应成为具有多种背景、特别是来自太平洋西北地区的理论和实验科学家会议的一个焦点。 一个重要的重点是吸引年轻科学家参加研讨会，并为他们提供一个肥沃的土壤，与资深科学家就理论和数学生物学前沿的主题进行公开交流。 由于地理位置的原因，来自华盛顿东部、爱达荷州和蒙大拿州的年轻科学家很少有机会与有经验的研究人员进行公开讨论。 自1991年以来，定期举办类似的讲习班。 在这些讲习班上，主题从发育生物学和医学到生态学和流行病学。 在许多情况下，在这些讲习班上进行的非正式接触证明对形成新的研究合作很有价值。 最近，人们对使用定量数学方法来更好地理解生物体所表现出的极其复杂的现象产生了浓厚的兴趣。 为了进一步实现这一目标，研究人员和同事组织了一个数学生物学研讨会。 该研讨会是跨学科的，吸引了具有理论（数学家，遗传学家，物理学家，物理化学家）和实验（生物学家，生物化学家，流行病学家，生态学家）背景的研究人员。 贡献的论文和讨论集中在定量，理论和实验方法可以结合起来，以加强彼此在努力更充分地解释所产生的领域，如发育生物学，医学，生态学和流行病学的具体问题的方式。 一个重要的重点是吸引年轻科学家（最近的博士学位。的学生和研究生）参加研讨会，并为他们提供了一个肥沃的土壤，与高级科学家直接交流的主题在理论和数学生物学的前沿。 由于地理位置，来自东部华盛顿、爱达荷州和蒙大拿州的年轻科学家很少有机会与有经验的研究人员进行公开讨论。 自1991年以来，定期举办类似的讲习班。 在许多情况下，在这些讲习班上进行的非正式接触证明对形成新的研究合作很有价值。

Wollkind 9703489 The investigator and his colleagues organize a three day Workshop on mathematical biology at Washington State University. The workshop is interdisciplinary and should be a focal point for the meeting of theoretical and experimental scientists of numerous backgrounds, especially from the Pacific Northwest region. An important emphasis is attracting young scientists to attend the workshop, and providing them a fertile ground for open communication with senior scientists on topics at the cutting edge of theoretical and mathematical biology. Because of the geographical location, young scientists from eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana very rarely get such opportunities for open discussions with experienced researchers. Similar workshops have been held regularly since 1991. In these workshops, topics have ranged from developmental biology and medicine to ecology and epidemiology. In many instances, the informal contacts made at these workshops proved valuable in forming new research collaborations. There has been a recent surge of interest in the use of quantitative mathematical approaches to understand better the exceedingly complex phenomena exhibited by living organisms. To further this goal, the investigator and colleagues organize a workshop in mathematical biology. The workshop is interdisciplinary, attracting researchers with both theoretical (mathematicians, geneticists , physicists, physical chemists) and experimental (biologists, biochemists, epidemiologists, ecologists) backgrounds. Contributed papers and discussion focus on ways in which quantitative, theoretical, and experimental methods can be combined to augment each other in an effort to explain more fully specific problems arising from areas such as developmental biology, medicine, ecology, and epidemiology. An important emphasis is attracting young scientists (recent Ph.D.'s and graduate students) to attend the workshop, and in providing them a fertile ground for direct communication with senior scientists on topics at the cutting edge of theoretical and mathematical biology. Given their geographical location, young scientists from eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana very rarely get such opportunities for open discussions with experienced researchers. Similar workshops have been held regularly since 1991. In many instances, the informal contacts made at these workshops have proved valuable in forming new research collaborations.