title: Theory, models and biology.
abstract: Theoretical ideas have a rich history in many areas of biology, and new theories and mathematical models have much to offer in the future.
authors.affiliation: Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, United States.
authors.forename: Wenying
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shou
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
authors.forename: Carl T
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2070-385X
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bergstrom
authors.affiliation: Departments of Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Biological Engineering, and the Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.
authors.forename: Arup K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.affiliation: Toronto Western Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Frances K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D001686:Biological Phenomena; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical
keywords: computational biology; evolution; mathematical modelling; research; scientific publishing; theoretical biology