Patterns in Molecular, Cellular and Social Systems
by
Leah Edelstein-Keshet
University of British Columbia

In this talk I survey a few problems stemming from biology in which patterns form. I will mention work on the cytoskeleton, on chemotaxis of cells, and on aggregates of social organisms. Over the years, we have studied PDE and integro-PDE models in which a variety of interesting scenarios leading to aggregation, alignment, or other collective properties emerge. This talk will be an overview in which a few such examples are highlighted.

Date received: October 9, 2003