Are there applications of algebraic geometry/commutative algebra to biology/pharmacology ?
It might be that some Groebner basis technique is used somewhere ? I know there are some applications to robotics - in solving some complicated non-linear equations, may be something similar can happen in biology...
PS
related questions:
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94907/applications-of-group-theory-to-math-biology-pharmacology
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/94931/graphical-models-and-gene-finding-and-diagnosis-of-diseases
http://mathoverflow.net/questions/95065/applications-of-the-knot-theory-to-biology-pharmacology
