Nice slogan from Joel Cohen

I thought this phrase is very nice to have as our group's conceptual goal:

"Mathematics is biology's next microscope, only better; Biology is mathematics' next physics, only better" By Joel Cohen 2004. PLoS Biology 12(12): 2017-2023.

Biologists are interested in using math to advance understanding of biological systems, and mathematicians are interested in using biological problems to advance mathematical techniques. I thought this is a nice slogan to keep in mind for our discussion. I hope that, by discussing math ecology papers, we both gain knowledge to achieve our (different) goals.

Meeting 3 (November 1, 2007)

Discussion Facilitator -- Flor Espinoza

Here is the link to the paper Flor selected: Eames and Keeling. 2002. Modeling dynamic and network heterogeneities in spread of sexually transmitted diseases. PNAS 99: 13330-
Hope to see you all there!

Comments on Kot et al. paper from Dr. Steinberg

Hello all,
Dr. Steinberg was not able to attend our first meeting, but here are his comments on the paper, especially on the mathematics the authors used. Dr. Steinberg's comments