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Mapping the Emergent Spatial Organization of Mammalian Cells using Micropatterns and Quantitative Imaging
Published on: April 30, 2019
From cells to organisms: current topics in mathematical and theoretical biology
Wolfgang Alt1, Helen Byrne, Andreas Deutsch
1Group of Theoretical Biology, IZMB, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1-3, 53115 Bonn, Germany. wolf.alt@uni-bonn.de
Abstract:
At the beginning of this special issue of Acta Biotheoretica carrying the above title, we present a brief overview on currently important topics that have been brought up during the last "European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology" in Edinburgh. After emphasizing the need for a "synthetic biology" also from the side of theory, model building and analysis, we survey most plenary talks of this Conference and a selected series of eigth review articles, which are mainly related to corresponding minisymposia, reflecting the current state of the art and the lively discussion within this interdisciplinary field.
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