Mathematical Biology
Mathematical and theoretical biology is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of the living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development and behavior of the systems, as opposed to experimental biology which deals with the conduction of experiments to prove and validate the scientific theories. The field is sometimes called mathematical biology or biomathematics to stress the mathematical side, or theoretical biology to stress the biological side. Theoretical biology focuses more on the development of theoretical principles for biology while mathematical biology focuses on the use of mathematical tools to study biological systems, even though the two terms are sometimes interchanged.
Mathematical biology aims at the mathematical representation and modeling of biological processes, using techniques and tools of applied mathematics. It has both theoretical and practical applications in biological, biomedical and biotechnology research. Describing systems in a quantitative manner means their behavior can be better simulated, and hence properties can be predicted that might not be evident to the experimenter. This requires precise mathematical models.
Mathematical biology employs many components of mathematics, and has contributed to the development of new techniques.
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University of Houston
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Scholarships for Mathematical Biology Majors
Edith Nourse Rogers STEM ScholarshipU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
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K-State Math Teacher ScholarshipKansas State University - College of Education |
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award $10,000 |
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award $10,000 |
deadline March 31, 2023 |
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award $10,000 |
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S-Cubed ScholarshipWestminster College, Utah |
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award $8,000 |
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Milton Rose Science Fellows ScholarshipPfeiffer University |
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award Up to $8,000 |
deadline December 19, 2023 |
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LogicMonitor Women in STEM ScholarshipLogicMonitor |
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award $6,000 |
deadline March 31, 2023 |
Mathematical Biology Related Majors
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics
- Statistics
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- Financial Mathematics
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- Algebra and Number Theory
- Geometry/Geometric Analysis
- Analysis and Functional Analysis
- Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Topology and Foundations