Applicants are encouraged from the mathematical, physical and the life sciences. Though at least one year of calculus is needed, a first course in differential equations is highly desirable. Each day will consist of morning lectures followed by computational lab work in the afternoon. The laboratories are aimed at solidifying the concepts taught in the morning lectures, and additionally student groups will work on a project that they select from a list provided by the organizers and lecturers. The ultimate goal of the new biology, which has been loosely termed Systems Biology, is to produce a computational model of a biological system which allows accurate, experimentally verifiable prediction in the laboratory or field.

The CAMBAM/MBI summer school will provide a solid introduction to the fundamental science on which Systems Biology is based. Each lecture will explore the concepts and basic mathematical ideas of a different strand of Systems Biology and will be illustrated with examples from recently published research. Participants will develop a set of tools and a vocabulary which should allow them to discuss and become actively involved in problems in quantitative biology. They will become familiar with the powerful MATLAB programming language as well as the (free) XPPAUT software package.

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