Mathematical Biology Newsletter

Volume 11 #2 - Summer, 1998

The Society for Mathematical Biology

Edited by: Elizabeth H. Scholl



A letter from the President, Leon Glass
Table of Contents


  • Elections Information
  • Upcoming elections for the Society for Mathematical Biology President and board members. Information provided by Denise Kirschner

  • Web Page Update
  • What's happening with the new look on http://www.smb.org - where we are now and where we hope to go by Elizabeth H. Scholl

  • NIH Survey Results
  • A summary of the results of the NIH funding survey by Denise Kirschner and Ramit Mehr

  • Local Societies Update
  • Information on a few regional or national societies for mathematical and/or theoretical biology, presented by Ramit Mehr

  • Call for Nominations for the Akira Okubo Prize
  • In cooperation, the Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese Association for Mathematical Biology have established the Okubo Prize, in memory of Akira Okubo.

  • Introducing a New Journal
    The Journal of Theoretical Medicine, edited by Brian Sleeman, University of Leeds, UK (Warning: announcement is a scan of the announcement flyer and may take a while to download.)

  • Meeting Reports
    Reports on The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing '98, Biomechanics Symposium, and Competition, Regulation and Feedback in the Immune System.

  • Survey of Abstract Services
    The Society for Mathematical Biology would like some input on your interest and experiences with abstract services, presented by Rob Capellini and Ramit Mehr



  • Upcoming Conferences


  • Gordon Research Conference on Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics
    Tilton School, Tilton, N.H., June 7 - 12, 1998

  • Fifth International Conference on Mathematical Population Dynamics
    Zakopane, Poland, June 21 - 26, 1998

  • Michigan Interdisciplinary Mathematics Meeting on Modeling and Analysis in Medicine and Biology
    Ann Arbor, MI, August 6-8, 1998

  • IV Latin American Congress of Mathematical Ecology, ELAEM 98
    August 17th to 21st, 1998 - Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Valparaiso-Chile
    August 24th to 28th, 1998 - Universidad Nacional de Cuyo Mendoza-Argentina

  • On Growth and Form: Spatio-Temporal Patterning in Biology
    University of Dundee, Scotland, September 20-24, 1998

  • Destobio 2000
    Purdue University, Indiana, August 2000



    Other Contact Information


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  • Please send comments and corrections for this edition of the SMB Newsletter to: scholl@smb.org