Mathematical Biology

Scientists Open Columbia's New Computational Biology Lab (Columbia News)

25 Jul 2008

In early May scientists at Columbia University gathered in room 607 of the Sherman Fairchild building on Morningside campus to celebrate the new Pe'er/Bussemaker Lab for Systems Biology—the first of its kind at the University.

Biology Enters 'The Matrix' Through New Computer Language (Science Daily)

25 Jul 2008

A new computer language for modeling biological phenomenon can "think" like cells and molecular mechanisms think, thereby simulating the dynamics of biological phenomenon. Through incorporating basic principles of engineering, the new language, called Little b, surpasses current biological modeling software in that it goes beyond simply representing biological information. It allows biologists ...

Duke Provost Funds A Dozen New Research Projects (Duke University)

24 Jul 2008

DURHAM, NC -- Duke University Provost Peter Lange has awarded funding to 12 projects that represent a wide range of interdisciplinary scholarship –- from documenting policy issues surrounding Latino immigration, to computational analysis of handwriting, to understanding the links between the health of babies and mothers.