Journal of Mathematical Biology

The "Journal of Mathematical Biology" fosters the contribution of mathematical modelling and reasoning to the understanding of biological systems and the explanation of biological phenomena. The journal also serves as a forum for the presentation of biologically inspired problems of a mathematical nature. Papers either provide biological insight as a result of mathematical analysis or identify and open up challenging new types of mathematical problems that derive from biological knowledge (in the form of data, or theory, or simulation results). Areas of biology covered include, but are not restricted to: biofluids, cell biology, physiology, neurobiology and behaviour, development, ecology, population biology, genetics and evolution, epidemiology, immunology, molecular biology, DNA and protein structure and function. It is understood that research in mathematical biology may rely on advanced computational methods and visualization tools, as well as on the more traditional analytical and stochastic approaches. Due to the increasing importance of Computational Biology, the "Journal of Mathematical Biology" will publish an additional issue on the topic (on top of the ordinary volumes) each year. This issue will be approximately 230 pages, twice the normal size, on a special topic, and edited by an expert Guest Editor. Apart from research papers, each special issue should contain some papers in which a survey of the state-of-the-art is combined with visionary speculation on topics and problems that, in the guest editor's opinion, deserve serious attention. Ideally such papers will be motivated by biological questions and interpretations and at the same time address substantial mathematical issues. Articles that perform the function of a stimulus for future developments are preferred. Possible future topics include: Computational Cell Biology, Sequence Analysis, Computational Oncology, and Computational Physiology. The first topic planned is "The Computational Biology of RNA," with Peter Clote as the Guest Editor. The call for papers can be found at http://clavius.bc.edu/~clote/RNA/. Official journal of the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology.