International Conference on Mathematics in Biology

研究人员组织了一个关于生物学数学的国际会议。会议的主题是“跨学科连接和生命系统”。会议的目标是突出当前的顶级研究，为未来的研究领域提供一个视角，为初级研究人员提供职业发展的机会，并促进成熟研究人员和初级研究人员之间的互动。会议与生物学家设计的生物复杂性数学短期课程相联系，以便为经验研究人员和理论家之间发展新的合作提供机会。定量方法正在成为生命科学研究的所有组成部分的核心。随着生物信息学、计算生物学和蛋白质组学的迅速发展，对这些领域至关重要的基础数学方法被认为是进一步发展的关键。数学在许多直接影响人类的领域的应用使我们能够更好地评估自然系统的替代管理的影响，开发对生物技术有用的新技术，并设计更适当的健康问题反应。这些领域的快速发展需要机会，特别是年轻的研究人员获得对广泛学科的看法，这些学科现在定义了数学生物学。这次会议提供了一种实现这一目标的方法，并允许年轻的研究人员参加一个正式的指导计划，该计划旨在提高他们追求成功科学事业的能力。

The investigators organize an international conference onmathematics in biology. The theme of the conference is"Interdisciplinary Connections and Living Systems." The goals ofthe meeting are to highlight current top-level research, toprovide a perspective on future research areas, to provideopportunities for career development to junior researchers, andto foster interactions between established researchers and juniorresearchers. The conference is linked with a short course on themathematics of biological complexity designed for biologists, inorder to provide opportunities as well for new collaborations todevelop between empirical researchers and theoreticians. Quantitative approaches are becoming central to allcomponents of research in the life sciences. With the rapidexpansion of bioinformatics, computational biology, andproteomics, the underlying mathematical approaches that areessential to these fields are recognized as critical to furtherdevelopments. Applications of mathematics to many areas thatdirectly affect humans allows us to better evaluate the impactsof alternative management of natural systems, develop newtechniques useful in biotechnology, and design more appropriateresponses to health problems. The rapid developments in theseareas require opportunities in particular for young researchersto gain perspective on the broad range of subjects that nowdefine mathematical biology. The conference provides a method tocarry this out as well as allowing younger researchers toparticipate in a formal mentoring program designed to enhancetheir ability to pursue a successful scientific career.