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  Theoretical Biology, University of Bonn
The aim of theoretical biology is to unveil general principles in the vast multitude of biological phenomena.
Theoretical biology is the original and comprehensive term, but other names such as systems biology, integrative biology, and bioinformatics are also used, in particular to highlight special applications.
Theoretical biology is inherently interdisciplinary and linked to many related fields, e.g., artificial life, complex adaptive systems, mathematical modelling, kybernetics, informatics, to name a few.
www.theobio.uni-bonn.de /index_en.html   (928 words)

  
 Theoretical biology
Theoretical biology is an interdisciplinary field of academic study and research that involves the use of quantitative tools in biology.
Neurobiology is an example of a subdiscipline of biology which already has a theoretical version of its own, theoretical or computational neuroscience.
The ultimate goal of the theoretical biologist is to explain the biological world using mainly mathematical and computational tools, though not necessarily.
www.ibpassociation.org /encyclopedia/Biology/Theoretical_biology.php   (227 words)

  
 The KLI Theory Lab - Theoretical Biology
It must be emphasised that theoretical biology differs from theoretical physics in that (i) it emphasises the rational treatment of diversity and complexity; (ii) it tries to combine holistic ideas with the modelling approach; and (iii) the number of relevant facts that must be taken into account is very large.
Jan van der Hoeven Foundation for Theoretical Biology, attached to Leiden University, the Dutch Society of Theoretical Biology, and the French Society of Theoretical Biology.
A theoretical biologist with general interests in philosophy of nature, philosophy of science, and science studies, and research interests in artificial life and theoretical biology.
www.kli.ac.at /theorylab/Areas/TB.html   (1543 words)

  
 Course: Theoretical Biology
heoretical biology is the field of biology where modelling is used to achieve understanding of biotic phenomena.
Theoretical biology plays an important role in all fields of biology.
However, theoretical biology is sometimes considered problematic in the light of how biological theories are built.
www.helsinki.fi /bioscience/spatialecology/theorbiol.html   (247 words)

  
 What is Theoretical Biology? - Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Bonn
Department for Theoretical Biology at the University of Bonn
Theoretical Biology searches to discover characteristic principles of order within the variety of biological phenomena by describing the organizational dynamics of living systems in a formal way.
Theoretical Biology is rooted in the times of the Enlightenment.
www.theobio.uni-bonn.de /infos/what_is_theoretical_biology_en.html   (389 words)

  
 Careers in Theoretical Biology
Theoretical biology may be defined as the application of reason to biology.
Theoretical biologists cover all of biology, and are invading areas of philosophy, sociology and public policy.
As one senior theoretical biologist, Robert Rosen put it: "Theoretical biology is intended to stand in the same relation to experimental biology as theoretical physics does to experimental physics.
life.biology.mcmaster.ca /~brian/biomath/careers.theo.biol.html   (2421 words)

  
 Institute For Advanced Study Announces New Program In Theoretical Biology: Martin Nowak To Lead Research Initiative
"Theoretical biology is a very promising field, one that should play an increasingly important role in the future," stated the Institute's Director, Phillip A. Griffiths.
Although mathematical biology actually began in the 1920s with the work of Fischer, Haldane and Wright in genetics, Lotka & Volterra in ecology and Kermack & McKendrick in epidemiology, biology does not have the same mathematical/theoretical tradition as the physical sciences, and instead has been more focused on laboratory work.
Almost all of the most influential theoretical physicists and mathematicians of the second half of this century have worked at the Institute at some point in their careers.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1998-04/IfAS-IFAS-070498.php   (1160 words)

  
 THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY, 1999
The theoretical possibility of coevolution of a viability-reducing female physical trait and a male mating preference for that trait by Fisherian sexual selection in monogamous and polygynous populations is demonstrated using two-locus haploid models.
Theoretical aspects of the mode of transmission in cultural inheritance.
This paper is concerned with the structure of the genealogy of a sample in which it is observed that some subset of chromosomes carries a particular mutation, assumed to have arisen uniquely in the history of the population.
www.cicred.org /rdr/rdr_uni/revue99-100/16-99-100.html   (3961 words)

  
 Trexle - Theoretical Biology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Theoretical Biology and Biophysics (T-10) - The Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group (T-10) at Los Alamos National Laboratory focuses on the modeling of biological systems and the analysis and informatics of molecular and cellular biological data.
Program in Theoretical Biology, Institute for Advanced Study - The Program in Theoretical Biology has many diverse interests, including immunology and virology, the evolution of language, evolutionary genomics, epidemiology, the evolution of cancer and the evolution of cooperation and fairness.
Theoretical Biology at Utrecht University, Netherlands - Formal models in ecology, spatial pattern formation, (molecular) evolution, immunology, and ethology.
www.trexle.com /Directory/Top/Science/Biology/Theoretical_Biology   (554 words)

  
 The KLI Theory Lab - keywords - theoretical biology
Keywords: mathematical biology • mathematical modelling • relational biologytheoretical biology.
Keywords: mathematical biology • nature of life • relational biologytheoretical biology.
Keywords: mathematical biology • relational biologytheoretical biology.
www.kli.ac.at /theorylab/Keyword/T/TheoreticalBiology.html   (184 words)

  
 Semiotic paradigm in theoretical biology
According to our understanding of the theoretical system of biology, the various features of biosystems which are not direct consequences of self-reproduction, should be combined into a model of self-reproduction that would enable us to derive more concrete models of living systems.
There is also a theoretical difficulty in finding a general unit for the measurement of competition which could be applicable both for the interspecific and for the intraspecific competition.
Chebanov, S.V. Biology and humanitarian culture: the problem of interpretation in bio-hermeneutics and in the hermeneutics of biology.
www.zbi.ee /~kalevi/artikkel.htm   (3521 words)

  
 Theoretical biology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Theoretical biology is a field of academic study and research that involves the use of quantitative tools in biology.
Some of these areas include: animal behaviour (ethology), biomechanics, biorhythms, cell biology, complexity of biological systems, ecology, enzyme kinetics, evolutionary biology, genetics, immunology, membrane transport, microbiology, molecular structures, morphogenesis, physiological mechanisms, systems biology and the origin of life.
Over recent years the theoretical biologist has become nearly obsolete, as tests prove the impossibility of accurate results where the environment of the observations is not homogeneous.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theoretical_biology   (293 words)

  
 ASU SoLS Faculty: Manfred Laubichler
His work in theoretical biology is focused on conceptual and mathematical issues, such as the problem of defining biological characters in development and evolution, the homology problem, and the theory of epistatic and epigenetic effects.
He is writing a book on the history of theoretical biology and is working on several projects in the history of developmental biology and the cultural history of Fin-de-Siecle biology.
[Center for Biology and Society] at ASU and a counseling Scientist of the [Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research] in Altenberg, Austria, and collaborates with the Institute for Theoretical Biology at the [Humboldt University] in Berlin, Germany.
sols.asu.edu /faculty/mlaubichler.php   (913 words)

  
 University of Heidelberg as well as head of the Department of Theoretical Bioinformatics at the DKFZ.
The dropout biology theoretical rate is enormous, and it may be hard to retain your motivation to stay in science, let alone in theoretical biology.
Theoretical biologists cover all of biology theoretical biology, and are invading areas of philosophy, sociology and public policy.
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take34.sitesled.com /classic/zollinger.html   (1743 words)

  
 Systems Biology
The goal of the Systems Biology Program at Harvard University is to prepare investigators with diverse backgrounds for independent research careers in which combined theoretical and experimental approaches are used to address biological problems.
The Systems Biology program will engage graduate students in creating a new approach to biology, with the aim of explaining how the higher-level properties of complex systems appear from the interactions among their parts.
The courses offered in the first year are intended to equip students to use appropriate experimental and theoretical approaches to develop physical and quantitative models of biological processes.
www.gsas.harvard.edu /hils/systems_biology.html   (1576 words)

  
 The Estonian School of Theoretical Biology
The Estonian school of theoretical biology as a tradition of holistic, developmental and constructivist ideas in general biology goes back to Karl Friedrich Burdach, one who coined the term biology in 1800, and his pupil, a greatest biologist of the 19th century Karl Ernst von Baer.
The Section of Theoretical Biology of the Estonian Naturalist's Society has organised seminars, lectures, and the Spring Schools of Theoretical Biology.
of Semiotics, University of Tartu, and Institute of Zoology and Botany, kalevi@zbi.ee (theoretical biology, biosemiotics)
www.zbi.ee /~uexkull/theor.htm   (416 words)

  
 Journals Theoretical Biology Biology Science
- This journal presents articles on the theoretical aspects of the biology of populations, particularly in the areas of ecology, genetics, demography, and epidemiology.
- International journal for theoretical biology focusing on the problems of form in biology and the analysis of the internal laws of biological transformations.
It covers a very wide range of topics and is of interest to biologists in many areas of research.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Science/Biology/Theoretical_Biology/Journals   (83 words)

  
 THEORETICAL BIOLOGY: ON COMPUTATIONAL AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
As the attitude to theoretical approaches in biology is shifting, it is not surprising to see their revival under new names, if only because a change in name is often needed to focus attention.
2) Although theoretical biology is avoided by many biologists because of their formulae phobia, theoretical biology is not necessarily mathematical, at least not when important ideas and concepts are conceived for the first time.
Molecular cell biology, on the other hand, is still, for the most part, proudly and precariously balanced on one leg -- experimental observations -- and its staunchest defenders believe that theoretical and computational approaches have little or nothing to contribute to our understanding of cell physiology(1).
scienceweek.com /2004/sc040924-1.htm   (1678 words)

  
 AT&T Worldnet Service - Directory
The Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group (T-10) at Los Alamos National Laboratory focuses on the modeling of biological systems and the analysis and informatics of molecular and cellular biological data.
Home page of a theoretical biologist with general interests in Philosophy of Nature, Philosophy of Science, and Science Studies, and research interests in artificial life and theoretical biology.
The Program in Theoretical Biology has many diverse interests, including immunology and virology, the evolution of language, evolutionary genomics, epidemiology, the evolution of cancer and the evolution of cooperation and fairness.
dailynews.att.net /cgi-bin/webdrill?catkey=gwd/Top/Science/Biology/Theoretical_Biology   (597 words)

  
 Minor "Theoretical Biology" —   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Beginning with the Wintersemester 2000/01, biology graduate students can choose Theoretical Biology as one of their two minor fields of study.
The curriculum in Theoretical Biology aims at both, breadth and depth.
In case you are interested to take this minor field of study, we strongly suggest that you participate in the two undergraduate lecture courses "Theoretical Biology A and B" to prepare for the graduate courses.
itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de /Students/TheoBio/minor   (603 words)

  
 Theoretical Biology Web Page of Isidro T. Savillo: The Beginnings of Systems Biology
With the indispensable presence of molecular and cell biology, our ideas are focused to the minute analyses of the cellular and molecular mechanisms which are the pillars of structural, behavioral and physiological phenotypes that our lives are seated upon.
In developmental biology, there are many cellular and molecular interactions of non indigenous substances to the cells of the embryo.
In addition to molecular and cell biology, he is also active in microbiology researches involving the least studied microoganims.
www.geocities.com /theori_biology/theori_biology.html   (2897 words)

  
 Theoretical Biology - Research -
The theoretical research ranges from the analysis of key biological systems and the exploration of the consequences of established biological theories, to the construction of models for specific biological systems, the latter often with a view to develop data-analytical techniques.
This project deals with theoretical analysis of structure-function relationships and evolution of RNA molecules.
In addition to the development of theoretical approaches for RNA structure analysis, structure-function relationships in real RNAs are studied in collaboration with experimental groups.
biology.leidenuniv.nl /ibl/S11/Research.html   (343 words)

  
 Theoretical Biology, Philosophy of Biology and nearby areas (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Estonian school in theoretical biology and the Theoretical Biology Group in Tartu.
Innovationskolleg Theoretische Biologie at the Humboldt University, Berlin.
The Dept. of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna.
www.nbi.dk.cob-web.org:8888 /~emmeche/theobiophi.html   (513 words)

  
 Theoretical Biology Program
The Institute for Advanced Study announced today that it will begin a new program in theoretical biology, to be headed by Martin Nowak, one of the world's leading researchers in this area.
"Theoretical biology is a very promising field, one that should play an increasingly important role in the future," stated the Institute's Director, Phillip A.
Although mathematical biology actually began in the 1920s with the work of Fisher, Haldane and Wright in genetics, Lotka and Volterra in ecology and Kermack and McKendrick in epidemiology, biology does not have the same mathematical/theoretical tradition as the physical sciences, and instead has been more focused on laboratory work.
www.ptb.ias.edu /news/press.html   (1140 words)

  
 An Elsevier publication is recommended to you.
Scientists from various fields, such as computer science, molecular biology, mathematics, and statistics are discussing the development and application of advanced computational methods for biological problems.
Theoretical Librarian, in general, will include announcements of past, present, and future personal publications and presentations as well as postings on current and emerging technologies and their actual and potential application for enhanced information and library services.
There is a shortage of professors predicted for the near future and an "explosion" of activity at the research level in theoretical biology, so if you prepare biology journal theoretical now, in high school and college, you will be ready to take advantage of it.
take34.sitesled.com /1920/selcuk.html   (1847 words)

  
 Open Directory - Science: Biology: Publications: Journals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society - The oldest biological journal in the world, principally concerned with the process of organic evolution, though papers are also published in the general fields of theoretical, genetic, and population biology.
Experimental Biology Online - Aims to provide a medium for rapid, readable, refereed and rigorous short, topical research papers in the general field of experimental biology in its broadest sense, ranging from the molecular and cellular boundaries in cell and plant biology to the integrative study of whole organism including the experimental analysis of behaviour.
Molecular Vision - a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the dissemination of research results in molecular biology, cell biology, and the genetics of the visual system (ocular and cortical).
dmoz.org /Science/Biology/Publications/Journals   (968 words)

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