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biology is becoming the most attractive field of application of mathematics. | biology is becoming the most attractive field of application of mathematics. |
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the mathematics of growth & remodeling of soft biological tissues
miniworkshop
mathematisches forschungsinstitut oberwolfach
08/31/08-09/06/08
ellen kuhl,
davide ambrosi,
krishna garikipati
abstract
biology is becoming the most attractive field of application of mathematics.
the discoveries that have characterized the biological sciences
in the last decades have become the most fertile matter for application of
classical mathematical methods, while they offer a natural environment where new
theoretical questions arise.
mathematical biology' has born many years ago and has developped
along directions that now constitute its traditional background: population dynamics
and reaction-diffusion equations. nowadays mathematical biology
is differentiating into several branches, essentially depending on the specific
spatial scale size under consideration: molecular scale (i.e. dna transcription, protein
folding and cascades),
cellular scale (i.e. motility, aggregation and moprhogenesis) and macroscale
(i.e. tissue mechanics).
currently one of the most attractive scientific
topics is the mathematics of growth and remodelling of soft
biological tissues. this area, located at the crossroads of biology,
mathematics and continuum mechanics, concerns the statement and analysis of the
equations that characterize the mechanics, growth and remodelling of systems like
arteries, tumors and ligaments, studied at the macroscopic scale.
these are open continuous systems that pose new
challenging questions, which go beyond the standard mechanics that is
traditionally
devoted to closed systems.
past initiatives in oberwolfach have been devoted to the interaction between
biology and mathematics in a broad sense.
a minisymposium in oberwolfach focusing on the mathematics of growth and remodelling
of soft biological tissues' would be the occasion
to bring together established researchers on this topic
with newer entrants to the field.