The National Science Foundation features ICERM in the Discoveries section of their website as a place where the "best mathematical minds from around the world collaborate on projects with a strong computational component." Jill Pipher, professor of mathematics and Institute director describes how the areas of pure and applied mathematics are coming closer together.

Professor Eric Morrow spends his working life doing very different things. One day, Professor Morrow—to be precise, assistant professor of both biology and psychiatry, member of the Brown Institute for Brain Science (BIBS), and director of the Developmental Disorders Genetics Research Program at Brown and Bradley Children’s Hospital—might be in a biochemistry lab. He’ll be peering at cell samples, or running a white machine that looks like a dorm fridge but can sequence an entire human genome in a matter of days.

By manipulating the timing of disease-causing mutations in the brains of developing mice, Brown University researchers have found that early genetic deletions in the thalamus may play an important role in course and severity of the developmental disease tuberous sclerosis complex. Findings appear in the journal Neuron.

Representatives from ICERM were among the presenters at an exhibition sponsored by the Coalition for National Science Funding held on May 7 in Washington, D.C. The exhibition, titled “Investments in STEM Research and Education: Fueling American Innovation,” aimed to illustrate the value of the federal investment in basic science research to Members of Congress and their staffs.

George Karniadakis, professor of applied mathematics, has been selected by the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics as the recipient of the 2013 J. Tinsley Oden Medal (formerly known as the USACM Computational and Applied Sciences Award). The award is given to scholars whose work significantly advances the understanding of theories and methods of computational science, engineering, and mathematics that have broad applicability to computational mechanics.

Brown University scientists have found that a species of bat uses blood flow to reshape its tongue while feeding. The quick dynamic action makes the tongue an effective “mop” for nectar and could even inspire new industrial designs. Findings are reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.