Abstract: Are you interested in learning more about the role of mathematics in the fields of biology, biochemistry, or medicine? Come hear from a distinguished panel of applied mathematicians whose research addresses societally relevant problems in the biological sciences. Panelists: Howard Aizenstein, Charles F. Reynolds III and Ellen G. Detlefsen Endowed Chair in Geriatric Psychiatry and Professor of Bioengineering and Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh; Tandy Warnow, Founder Professor of Computer Science and Associate Head for Computer Science, UIUC;; James O'Dwyer, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Biology, UIUC; and Olgica Milenkovic, Professor and Donald Biggar Willett Scholar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC