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Theoretical Biology Program “There is now a crisis developing in biology, that completely
unstructured information does not enhance understanding. What people want is to understand, which
means you must have a theoretical framework in which to embed this."
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Affiliated Faculty The growing tide of precision data in various fields is driving biology into a new era wherein empirical discovery will be complemented by mathematical analysis and the quantitative merging of new concepts. This is evidenced in part by the rise of multi-disciplinary “meta-fields” such as bioinformatics and systems biology. The SoLS Theoretical Biology program allows students to receive interdisciplinary training across the empirical life sciences and theoretical / mathematical approaches and involves active interactions among multiple academic units (SoLS, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Astronomy). This will prepare them to contribute effectively and creatively to biology in coming decades. This program involves a dynamic curriculum and interactions with a community of colleagues from biology, mathematics, and physics.
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