Medicine and mathematics are being combined to develop powerful new scientific weapons to combat killer diseases.

This year's 'Science at the Shine Dome' Symposium brings together some of the finest minds from Australia and around the world to explore how medicine and mathematics are working together to throw new light on the complex genetics that underlie diseases such as cancer.

The Symposium, entitled Genomics and Mathematics, will be held at the Australian Academy of Science's Shine Dome, on 7 May 2010. Media are welcome to attend and interview participants.