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.