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Science 28 March 2003:
Vol. 299. no. 5615, pp. 2003 - 2004
DOI: 10.1126/science.1081522
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Perspectives

MATHEMATICS AND BIOLOGY:
A Bright Future for Biologists and Mathematicians?

Alan Hastings and Margaret A. Palmer

How can mathematicians help to solve questions about biology? In a Perspective, Hastings and Palmer report the results of a recent series of workshops that set out to address this question.

A. Hastings is in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. E-mail: amhastings{at}ucdavis.edu M. A. Palmer is in the Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. E-mail: mp3{at}umail.umd.edu

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