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SUMMARY:Does computational biology explain Fibonacci numbers in plants? - 
 Jonathan Swinton
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CONTACT:Samantha Noel
DESCRIPTION:The appearance of Fibonacci numbers in plant spirals is one of
  the most famous of all the mathematical structures in the natural world\,
  while the genes involved in plant pattern development (phyllotaxis) are i
 ncreasingly well characterised. Since there are no genes coding for Fibona
 cci  numbers\, proponents of systems biology might well hope this is an id
 eal setting in which to demonstrate the power of a combination of computat
 ional modelling and molecular detail. Yet although there is now a standard
  and mathematically satisfying argument for why Fibonacci structure _might
 _ be seen in models of plant development\, there remain a number of outsta
 nding questions\, both mathematical and biological\, which need to be conv
 incingly answered before the Fibonacci problem can take its place as a par
 adigm for mathematical modelling in molecular biology.  Jonathan Swinton w
 ill show how to find Fibonacci numbers\, outline the open questions in the
  field and introduce his new book Mathematical Phyllotaxis.  
LOCATION:CMS\, Meeting Room 15
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