Over the years you've applied mathematics to a lot of
different areas of biology.
Science and the L'Oréal Foundation have teamed up once again to bring you the latest Women in Science booklet focusing on 16 women in five
different areas of biology research
Not exact matches
The beauty
of evolutionary
biology is that unlike physics, where you have to take a ton
of data to hope that the one model you've got really works, evolution allows you to pull together pieces from hundreds
of different areas of search to all support the same theory.
Kandel: It's a pedantic point and that is the
biology of the mind suggests that there is a limited set
of functions that's localized at a particular point in the brain; while mind refers to the whole family
of mental processes, every thought that you have, every feeling that you express, every dream that you aspire to, and it works on the assumption that these are going to be localized in a variety
of each one
of these functions, it's going to be localized in a variety
of different areas in the brain.
«But the first round
of the NCCRs in
biology has tended largely to strengthen preexisting expertise in
different institutes, whereas the idea was to develop entirely new
areas of research.
One
of the classic images used in introductory
biology and psychology courses is the motor homunculus: a deformed map
of the body drawn on the primary motor cortex, showing which brain
areas control
different body parts.
«Three major life sciences organizations, ASM, ACS and APS, came together to provide scientists with the unique opportunity
of bringing together experts from
different research
areas to move this very exciting field forward,» said Stefano Bertuzzi, CEO, ASM, «The Kavli Ideas Challenge allowed for the collaboration between
different scientific communities that span computational
biology, physics and analytical chemistry to develop important new research tools.»
Then for postdoctoral research I moved to Yale University, where I worked in a lab that looked at all kinds
of different disease
areas using the approaches
of a field called chemical
biology, which is using small molecules — chemicals — to probe biological systems in the hopes
of developing compounds that could be new drugs.
DR. CORSON: That is a little bit outside
of my focus
area, since we focus on the wet form
of the disease, but I know there are some very exciting research projects coming out
of a number
of different centers in terms
of understanding the underlying
biology of the dry form
of the disease, which has been a little bit harder to figure out than with the wet form.
«I think part
of why we have an increase in attendance this year is because science is getting bigger, more complex and getting characterized by partnerships,» he said, adding that one example is systems
biology which involves «pulling people from a lot
of different areas together.»
As to models, I agree that the kind
of and complexity
of the modelling
of the climate is a
different kettle
of fish from the usual models in
biology, which is the
area in which I have most knowledge (although not expert).
Took many classes in all sorts
of different areas including
biology, chemistry, natural science, music, political science, law, literature etc..
The examination is comprised
of eight
different scores: six
of these cover
areas of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, perceptual ability, reading comprehension and quantitative reasoning.