Faculty across the country are working to align introductory calculus classes with students' interests. This session highlights success stories shifting introductory calculus to a modeling-first appro...

PHILIP BALL | One sign of this shift is that biology is becoming more ready to accept and to speak of concepts long considered taboo...

Abstract figure legend Mechanisms and functions of physiological oscillations.

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Parameterizing mathematical models of biological systems often requires fitting to stable periodic data. In cardiac electrophysiology this typically requires converging to a stable action potential th...

Just as I uncovered a new way to understand life, I got news about my own.

The immune system, optimized by evolution to maintain health and prevent disease, is remarkably good at what it does. It detects pathogens and monitors physiological stresses with a sensitivity and selectivity that far surpasses that of man-made biosensors. It then mounts potent yet precise responses, enabling the body to maintain homeostasis amid varying internal milieu and external threats.

The tumor suppressor p53 oscillates in response to DNA double-strand breaks, a behavior that has been suggested to be essential to its anti-cancer fun…

Abstract figure legend Mechanisms and functions of physiological oscillations.