Why psychoanalysis now?

Why BioMath? Why Now?

The rationale for and the opportunities to bring the biologymathematics interface into the high schools are explored through examples from the author’s career. Among topics considered are (1) epidemiological modeling, (2) biology as information science, (3) physical mapping of DNA, (4) DNA and RNA chains and the “RNA detective game,” (5) systems biology, (6) graph-theoretical models of the spre...

Psychoanalysis and Magic: Then and Now

Why cure, why now?

Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) is highly effective at preventing morbidity and mortality due to infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but does not eradicate the virus. Consequently, cART must be administered life-long. Recent progress has stimulated research towards a cure of HIV infection. Approaches under investigation include hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, l...

Why Cancer & Metabolism? Why now?

The identification of oncogenic driver mutations of many cancers by deep sequencing is validating the oncogene versus tumor suppressor paradigm of tumorigenesis. At the same time, there is a profound resurgence of interest in metabolism in the context of neoplasia, both at the whole-organism level with respect to the influence of caloric intake on cancer behavior, and at the cellular level, wit...

Visual analytics: why now?

Correspondence: Jim Thomas, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, PO Box 999, MSIN K7-10, Richland, WA 99352, U.S.A. Tel: +15093752210. E-mail : [email protected] URL: http://NVAC.pnl.gov Abstract An emerging field of study, visual analytics, is briefly described, including its motivations and the emerging partnerships that are bringing the best talents and technologies to missions such as ho...