Mathematics and biology: The interface, challenges and opportunities

Conference · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10185174

Levin, S A ^[1]

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1. ed.; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

The interface between mathematics and biology has long been a rich area of research, with mutual benefit to each supporting discipline. Traditional areas of investigation, such as population genetics, ecology, neurobiology, and 3-D reconstructions, have flourished, despite a rather meager environment for the funding of such work. In the past twenty years, the kind and scope of such interactions between mathematicians and biologists have changed dramatically, reaching out to encompass areas of both biology and mathematics that previously had not benefited. At the same time, with the closer integration of theory and experiment, and the increased reliance on high-speed computation, the costs of such research grew, though not the opportunities for funding. The perception became reinforced, both within the research community and at funding agencies, that although these interactions were expanding, they were not doing so at the rate necessary to meet the opportunities and needs. A workshop was held in Washington, DC, between April 28 and May 3, 1990 which drew together a broadly based group of researchers to synthesize conclusions from a group of working papers and extended discussions. The result is the report presented here, which we hope will provide a guide and stimulus to research in mathematical and computational biology for at least the next decade. The report identifies a number of grand challenges, representing a broad consensus among the participants.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 10185174
• Report Number(s): LBL-PUB-701; CONF-9004365-Summ.; ON: DE92041207; CNN: Grant DMS-89-10353
• Resource Relation: Conference: National Science Foundation (NSF) workshop on mathematics and biology,Washington, DC (United States),28 Apr - 3 May 1990; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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