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New Frontiers Beckon Math and Biology in Multimillion Dollar NSF-Simons Project

A graphic depiction of canalization. The path of the ball represents the development toward a phenotype, which may start with varying genetic foundations but roll out to secure phenotypical outcomes. But canalization can also lead to more than one possible phenotypical outcome from one set of genes. Credit: Georgia Tech / Harriss Callahan
A graphic depiction of canalization. The path of the ball represents the development toward a phenotype, which may start with varying genetic foundations but roll out to secure phenotypical outcomes. But canalization can also lead to more than one possible phenotypical outcome from one set of genes. Credit: Georgia Tech / Harriss Callahan
The National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation have launched a large collaboration of bioscientists and mathematicians to advance both fields. The project will have a total of three centers funded with $30 million, one of which is headquartered at Georgia Tech and will receive a third of the funding. From top left to bottom right: Top row: Greg Bleckerman (math) & Dan Goldman (physics), Francesca Storici (bio) & Natasha Jonoska (math), Christine Heitsch (math) & Annalise Paaby (bi
The National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation have launched a large collaboration of bioscientists and mathematicians to advance both fields. The project will have a total of three centers funded with $30 million, one of which is headquartered at Georgia Tech and will receive a third of the funding. From top left to bottom right: Top row: Greg Bleckerman (math) & Dan Goldman (physics), Francesca Storici (bio) & Natasha Jonoska (math), Christine Heitsch (math) & Annalise Paaby (bi
May 24, 2018 — Atlanta, GA

A new national project, which includes the Georgia Institute of Technology, aims to convey the benefits of physics’ age-old intertwining with math upon biology, a science historically less connected with it. The National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation have launched four centers to do this, funded with $40 million, one of which is headquartered at Georgia Tech and will receive a quarter of the funding.

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