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National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Advancing biology through mathematics

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Who We Are

The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) aims to integrate the disciplines of mathematics and biology in order to transform the practice of biological research and to inspire new mathematical discoveries.

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NITMB is a partnership between Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. It is funded by the National Science Foundation DMS-2235451 and the Simons Foundations MP-TMPS-00005320.

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How We Work

Reveling the rules that govern life.

NITMB unites biologists and mathematicians to design experiments, analyze data, and develop new theories. Supported by NSF-Simons, our research fosters collaboration through internal and external grants and is organized around five interconnected themes. These themes bridge disciplines, inspiring new mathematics from biology while driving discoveries that deepen understanding across both fields.

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Our research themes

NITMB's innovative research program is organized around five interrelated themes, selected because they reflect key capabilities of biological systems and interconnect with open mathematical problems.

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Fitness & Optimization

The evolutionary pressures that drive adaptation can be represented as physical, chemical, and biological constraints on an organism's fitness landscape, governing its ability to survive and reproduce. We seek to understand how these constraints shape the capabilities of living systems and elucidate the mechanisms by which organisms thrive in complex, heterogeneous environments.

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Fitness & Optimization

The evolutionary pressures that drive adaptation can be represented as physical, chemical, and biological constraints on an organism's fitness landscape, governing its ability to survive and reproduce. We seek to understand how these constraints shape the capabilities of living systems and elucidate the mechanisms by which organisms thrive in complex, heterogeneous environments.

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Fitness & Optimization

The evolutionary pressures that drive adaptation can be represented as physical, chemical, and biological constraints on an organism's fitness landscape, governing its ability to survive and reproduce. We seek to understand how these constraints shape the capabilities of living systems and elucidate the mechanisms by which organisms thrive in complex, heterogeneous environments.

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Fitness & Optimization

The evolutionary pressures that drive adaptation can be represented as physical, chemical, and biological constraints on an organism's fitness landscape, governing its ability to survive and reproduce. We seek to understand how these constraints shape the capabilities of living systems and elucidate the mechanisms by which organisms thrive in complex, heterogeneous environments.

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Fitness & Optimization

The evolutionary pressures that drive adaptation can be represented as physical, chemical, and biological constraints on an organism's fitness landscape, governing its ability to survive and reproduce. We seek to understand how these constraints shape the capabilities of living systems and elucidate the mechanisms by which organisms thrive in complex, heterogeneous environments.

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Illuminating biological mechanisms with mathematics

What We Do

Integrate the disciplines of mathematics and biology

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Convening Activities

Decoding life together

Convening activities are critical for bridging gaps between mathematics and biology, and for uniting these disciplines over major questions of common interest. They are organized around broad conceptual themes common to mathematics and biology and highlight opportunities for mathematicians to develop new mathematics that have a direct impact on biology research.

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What We Do

Integrate the disciplines of mathematics and biology

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