European Communications in Mathematical and Theoretical Biology

In January 2011, our European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ESMTB) has completed its 20th year of life – time to inspect its evolution during these two decennia of birth and growth, and simultaneously to elucidate the perspectives of its future development, now being an “adult” Society well embedded into a world-wide interdisciplinary network within the scientific community. One of its founders and later Presidents, Vincenco Capasso, presents his Memories on the 20th anniversary of the foundation of ESMTB 1991 (see page 28). In the same spirit of simultaneous review and outlook is a letter by the current President, Carlos Braumann (see page 3). There will be a good opportunity to jointly celebrate our “Society birthday ” during the shortly beginnin