NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conference: Mathematical Molecular Bioscience and Biophysics

The conference will feature Professor Guowei Wei of Michigan State University as the Principal Lecturer. Mathematical molecular bioscience and biophysics has been emerging as a promising interdisciplinary research area at the interface of mathematics and biology, driven by the trends of contemporary life sciences that transform biosciences from macroscopic to microscopic or molecular, and from qualitative and phenomenological to quantitative and predictive. The conference will promote biological studies for solving cutting edge problems at molecular level, so that mathematics can play a more important role in addressing fundamental challenges in molecular biosciences and biophysics. This conference consists of ten principal lectures, together with supplemental presentations and round table discussions. The conference aims to attract junior mathematicians, including undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and young faculty, to enter this new interdisciplinary field.