The National Science Foundation, in partnership with the Simons Foundation, has launched four new centers to bring mathematical perspectives to the biological search for the ‘Rules of Life’ — the underlying principles that govern how life functions. UF Mathematics Professor Peter Bubenik (opens in new tab) is one of 14 researchers in the $10M NSF-Simons Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology. Together with Hang Lu, a biological engineer at Georgia Tech, he will use topological data analysis to summarize morphological changes in order to understand the genetic basis of phenotype. Announcements appear on the news pages of Georgia Tech (opens in new tab), the Simons Foundation (opens in new tab), the National Science Foundation (opens in new tab), and the University of Florida.