Awarded once every four years to a scientist younger than 40, the 2015 Akira Okubo Prize of the International Society for Mathematical Biology will go to Biology’s Joshua Plotkin for his “innovative theoretical work.” Professor Plotkin will deliver two prize lectures this summer, one at the Society…
The Role of Epistasis in Molecular Evolution
Dr. Wei Guo and Dr. Joshua Plotkin have been promoted to the rank of Professor of Biology. Dr. Guo is a cell biologist studying the molecular mechanisms of exocytosis. Dr. Plotkin uses mathematical modeling, statistical inference, computation, and experimentation to study questions about…
