Over the last decades, biology has developed from a mainly descriptive to a more analytical science. New connections with physics, chemistry, mathematics, and medicine have been forged, and theoretical biology has become a discipline in its own right. The aim of the Institute for Theoretical Biology is to advance [[:groups:start|research]] and [[:teaching:start|education]] of theoretical concepts in biology.  

The Institute for Theoretical Biology is part of the [[http://www.biologie.hu-berlin.de/|Department of Biology]] at [[http://www.hu-berlin.de/|Humboldt University]] and also part of Berlin's medical school [[http://www.charite.de|Charité]]. It provides an interdiscipiliary environment currently housing [[:groups:start|eight research groups]] working on a broad range of topics, such as  the dynamics of molecular networks within cells, neuroscience, the evolution of organisms, and spreading of diseases. 

The Insitutute for Theoretical Biology is located in the Center of the City in [[how_to_get_to_the_itb|two buildings]] that are in close proximity to each other. 

**Postal address** 

Humboldt University of Berlin\\
Institute for Theoretical Biology\\
Philippstr. 13, Haus 4\\
10115 Berlin\\

**Administrative contacts** 

Elvira Lauterbach, +49 30 2093-98400, e.lauterbach@biologie.hu-berlin.de  \\
Karin Winklhöfer, +49 30 2093-9118 , k.winklhoefer@biologie.hu-berlin.de