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document.writeln('    <div>AIM &amp; SCOPE');
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document.writeln('<p class="MsoNormal">Biomathematics encompasses the application of mathematical methods to the study of living organisms.&nbsp; Mathematics plays an essential role in understanding biological systems on many different scales both size and time.&nbsp; For example, we can model biological processes at various scales: (1) molecular, sub-cellular, cellular, tissue, organism and population; and (2) milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days and years.&nbsp; Mathematics has a rich history as a tool for biologists. &nbsp;More recently, mathematics has found applications in the medical sciences, both in the basic sciences of medicine and in patient care.  The 24<sup>th</sup> Shanks Conference is a forum for all areas of biomathematics, but speakers have been invited from the special interest areas:</p>');
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document.writeln('    <li>Models of Cancer      Growth</li>');
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document.writeln('<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Shanks Lecturer:</b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Nicola Bellomo, Politecnico di Torino</p>');
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document.writeln('    <li>Linda J. S. Allen, Ph.D.,&nbsp;Texas Tech University</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>Peter J. Basser, Ph.D.,&nbsp;National Institutes of Health</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Ph.D.,&nbsp;Arizona State University</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>Gilles Clermont, M.D., M.Sc., University of Pittsburgh</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>Zhilan Feng, Ph.D., Purdue      University</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>John Hotchkiss, M.D., University of Pittsburgh</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>Yi Jiang, Ph.D, Los Alamos      National Laboratory</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>Harold Layton, Ph.D.,&nbsp;Duke University</li>');
document.writeln('    <li>Steven Wise, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville</li>');
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document.writeln('Sponsored by&nbsp;the Shanks Endowment,&nbsp;the National Science Foundation,&nbsp;and Vanderbilt University.</div>');
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