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Early genetic code very resistant to mutation

Researchers of Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam show that the genetic code is remarkably resistant to DNA replication errors. This might explain the success of the common ancestor of all …

Model of CWI and Wageningen University helps to explain flower growth

Veni grant for research in phylogenetic networks

The Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Leo van Iersel of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam a Veni grant for his project “Bringing phylogenetic networks to life”. …

Mathematics helps to understand random processes in living cells

Mathematics helps improving biological models

Many phenomena in life sciences, economics, physics and engineering can be described with mathematical models called rational systems. PhD student Jana Nĕmcová of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam contributed …

More insight in complex phenomena with new methods from CWI researcher Lorenzo Sella

Many natural processes and even modern human-designed systems exhibit very complicated behaviour. Lorenzo Sella of the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) has developed new methods to obtain a better understanding of these.

Best Paper Award for Peter Bosman

At the BNAIC 2009, the annual Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Peter Bosman received a Best Paper Award for his paper on empirical memory design.

CWI plays leading role in research programme NCSB

The Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology (NCSB) officially started its research program on 15 October.