1. Math biology What is it? – Using mathematics to answer biological questions Should I care? Yes, if you – enjoy (or don’t hate) math, enjoy biology, and want to tackle interesting, important, and challenging problems – want to work in pharma, health sciences. conservation, natural resource management (forestry/fisheries/game), public health (epidemiology) What should I do? – continue your math education (link)!link – Read cool stuff Recent journal articles: tinyurl.com/biomath000tinyurl.com/biomath000 K. Sigmund, Games of Life R. Dawkins, The Selfish Gene H. Kokko, Modeling for Field Biologists and other Interesting People

2. MB resources @ Mac Biology & math honours programme Courses: – MATH 1B03 (linear algebra), 2X03 (advanced calculus); 3MB3 (intro to modeling); BIO 3S03, 3SS3, 3FF3 People: – Math & stats: Earn, Lovric, Wolkowicz – Bio: Bolker, Dushoff, Golding, Stone – Biophysics: Higgs – PNB: Becker – probably others I’m forgetting! http://ms.mcmaster.ca/mathbiol/

3. Examples Measles epidemics (Earn et al 2000)Earn et al 2000Sea turtle movement (Bolker et al 2006)Bolker et al 2006