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Organisms exhibit myriad capabilities that allow them to adapt to widely diverse habitats. These capabilities have emerged under a vast set of constraints. For this reason, fields of mathematics that are adept at incorporating constraints are particularly well-suited to illuminating the roles of constraints in biology. An understanding of constraints from both mathematical and biological perspectives provides a unique bridge for interdisciplinary work, with mathematical research that advances our knowledge of biology and biological research that catalyzes new mathematics. Realizing our vision requires combining biological experimentation and new theories grounded in mathematics. Research supported by NITMB is structured so that theorists and experimentalists collaborate on experimental design and data analysis, as well as modeling. NITMB research also supports the development of new mathematics inspired by biology.Internal research projects support NITMB researchers and bring together

--> Research | NITMB top of page Research Research supported by the NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology focuses on developing mathematical frameworks that illuminate emergent capabilities of biological systems. We are developing the theory and mathematics needed to highlight the fundamental roles of physical, chemical, and biological constraints as organizing principles for understanding biological mechanisms. NITMB focuses on fields of mathematics where the constraints of biological systems show promise for novel developments. Examples include geometry, topolog

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