Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems

✍ Scribed by Jorge Carballido-Landeira, Bruno Escribano (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 134
• Series: SEMA SIMAI Springer Series 7
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book presents recent research results relating to applications of nonlinear dynamics, focusing specifically on four topics of wide interest: heart dynamics, DNA/RNA, cell mobility, and proteins. The book derives from the First BCAM Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics in Biological Systems, held in June 2014 at the Basque Center of Applied Mathematics (BCAM). At this international meeting, researchers from different but complementary backgrounds, including molecular dynamics, physical chemistry, bio-informatics and biophysics, presented their most recent results and discussed the future direction of their studies using theoretical, mathematical modeling and experimental approaches. Such was the level of interest stimulated that the decision was taken to produce this publication, with the organizers of the event acting as editors. All of the contributing authors are researchers working on diverse biological problems that can be approached using nonlinear dynamics. The book will appeal especially to applied mathematicians, biophysicists, and computational biologists.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Modeling of Evolving RNA Replicators....Pages 1-18
Quantitative Analysis of Synthesized Nucleic Acid Pools....Pages 19-41
Non-linear Dynamics in Transcriptional Regulation: Biological Logic Gates....Pages 43-62
Pattern Formation at Cellular Membranes by Phosphorylation and Dephosphorylation of Proteins....Pages 63-82
An Introduction to Mathematical and Numerical Modeling of Heart Electrophysiology....Pages 83-111
Mechanisms Underlying Electro-Mechanical Cardiac Alternans....Pages 113-128

✦ Subjects

Nonlinear Dynamics;Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics;Mathematical and Computational Biology