Mathematical Biology: From molecules to ecosystems;The legacy of Lee Segel

The workshop we plan to organize will capitalize on the high level of interest in this interdisciplinary area. It will have as a unifying theme the work and contributions of Prof Lee Segel, and will attract a number of colleagues, peers, former students, luminaries who have either worked with Prof Segel, or who share his wide and diverse interests in mathematical biology. One of our aims will be to showcase the recent outstanding achievements of talented young researchers in this field, and another will be to review and present the numerous accomplishments of distinguished people working in this area.

One of the interesting aspects of our planned workshop is that it will be uniquely poised to showcase the spectacular evolution of mathematical biology over the past 3 or more decades, from a marginalized esoteric area, to center stage. We are fortunate to have on our list of guests, some of the founding members of modern mathematical biology (who are as active as ever in research), together with many of their academic progeny. (In some cases, a thread of three generations can be traced.) As a secondary objective, our workshop would include some historical context of the way that the field has evolved, the continual challenge to balance interesting mathematics and interesting biology, and the open problems that will undoubtedly form future research directions.

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