Current biological research demands the extensive use of sophisticated
mathematical methods and computer-aided analysis of experiments and
data. This highly interdisciplinary volume focuses on structural,
dynamical and functional aspects of cellular systems and presents
corresponding experiments and mathematical models.

The book may serve as an introduction for biologists, mathematicians and
physicists to key questions in cellular systems which can be studied
with mathematical models. Recent model approaches are presented with
applications in cellular metabolism, intra- and intercellular signaling,
cellular mechanics, network dynamics and pattern formation. In addition,
applied issues such as tumor cell growth, dynamics of the immune system
and biotechnology are included.