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2008 Past Mathematical Biology Seminars

January, 2008
Monday, January 7 Yoichiro Mori - 3pm in LSK 301 - IAM colloquium
UBC
Title: A Three-Dimensional Model of Cellular Electrical Activity
Link to IAM seminars
Tuesday, January 8 Yoichiro Mori - 12.30pm in WMAX 216 - SCAIM seminar
UBC
Title: Convergence Proof of a Stokes Flow Immersed Boundary Method
Link to math seminars
Thursday, January 10 Nick Hill - 2pm in WMAX 216
University of Glasgow
Title: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Abstract
Wednesday, January 16 Xiaoyu Luo - 12 pm in CHBE 204 - Complex Fluids Seminar
University of Glasgow
Title: The cascade structure of linear stability in collapsible channel flows
Link to Fluids seminar
Thursday, January 17 Ryan Gutenkunst - 2pm in WMAX 216
Cornell University
Title: Sloppiness in biochemical modeling and evolution
Abstract
Thursday, January 24 Babak Pourbohloul - 2pm in WMAX 216
BC Centre for Disease Control
Title: Emerging Infectious Disease, Pandemic Preparedness and Mathematical Models: How to Prepare When We Don't Know the Enemy?
Abstract
Thursday, January 31 Xiaoyu Luo - 2pm in WMAX 216
University of Glasgow
Title: Mitral heart valve modelling
Abstract
February, 2008
Wednesday, February 6 Angela Reynolds - 12:00 in MX 1101
University of Pittsburgh
Title:Mathematical Models of Acute Inflammation
Abstract
Thursday, February 7th Matthew Onsum - 2pm in WMAX 216
Astra Zeneca
Title: Analysis of immune cell chemotaxis and signal integration
Abstract
Monday, February 11th Pik-Yin Lai - 2 pm in WMAX 216
National Central University, Taiwan
Title: Synchronized Bursting & Growth of neuronal network: Experiments and models
Abstract
Thursday, February 21st Richard Allen - 2pm in WMAX 216
University College London (UK)
Title: Modelling the Endothelial Cell Response to Fluid Flow
Abstract
Thursday, February 28th Raibatak Das - 2pm in WMAX 216
UBC Mathematics
Title: TBA
Abstract
March, 2008
Thursday, March 6 Geoff Wasteneys - 2pm in WMAX 216
Botany, UBC
Title: Dynamic Properties of Microtubules in Plant Cells, with Implications for Spatial Organization, Growth and Development
Abstract
Thursday, March 13 Paul Tian - 2pm in WMAX 216
College of William and Mary
Title: Mathematical Study of Brain Tumor Therapies
Abstract
Monday, March 17 (note change of date) Boris Kholodenko
IAM Distinguished Colloquium, 3:00 PM, LSK 301
Thomas Jefferson University
Title: Cell signalling dynamics in time and space
Abstract
Tuesday, March 18 Vered Rom_Kedar - 2pm in WMAX 216 NOTE: Special day
Weizmann Insitute of Science
Title: Novel strategies for G-CSF support of severe prolonged neutropenia.
Abstract
Thursday, March 27 Jessica Conway - 2pm in WMAX 216
Northwestern University
Title: Superlattice Patterns in Oscillatory Systems Forced at Multiple Resonant Frequencies
Abstract
April, 2008
Thursday, April 3rd - Saturday April, 5th Disease Dynamics 2008
A PIMS CRG workshop
http://www.pims.math.ca/science/2008/08disdyn/
May, 2008
Thursday, May 1 Ben Vanderlei - 11am in WMAX 216
Tulane University
Error Estimates for Numerical Solutions of Interface Problems
Abstract
May 11 - June 11 PIMS IGTC Summer School
Held at PIMS - UBC
Schedule
Instructors:
Leah Edelstein-Keshet (UBC) (May 11- June 11)
Karl Hadeler (Arizona State) (May 11-24)
Bard Ermentrout (Pittsburgh) (May 26-30)
Alex Mogilner (UC Davis) (June 4-10)
Sunday, May 11 Michael Doebeli - 7:30pm
UBC
IGTC Summer School Student Talk
Friday, May 16 Eirikur Palsson - TBA
Simon Fraser University
IGTC Summer School Student Talk
Friday, May 23 Daniel Coombs - TBA
UBC
IGTC Summer School Student Talk
Tuesday, May 27 Yue-Xian Li - TBA
UBC
IGTC Summer School Student Talk
June, 2008
Monday, June 2 Eric Cytrynbaum - TBA
UBC
IGTC Summer School Student Talk
August, 2008
Thursday, Aug 5 Somdatta Sinha - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, India
Collective Behaviour in Multi-cell Systems
Abstract
Wednesday, Aug 27 Seido Nagano - 2 pm in Math Annex 1102
Reitsumeikan University, Japan
Receptors as a master key for synchronization of rhythms -amoebae know the strategy of the crystal growth?
Abstract
September, 2008
Thursday, Sept 4 Scott Grandison - 2 pm in WMAX 216
John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, Norwich
It's tough at the tip: Mechanical models of polar growth
SEMINAR POSTPONED Abstract
Thursday, Sept 18 Gideon Ngwa - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Department of Mathematics, University of Buea, Cameroon
On the population dynamics of the malaria vector
Abstract
Monday, Sept 22 Christoph Hauert - 3 pm in LSK - IAM Colloquium
Department of Mathematics, UBC
Spatial Dynamics of Ecological Public Goods
Abstract
Thursday, Sept 25 Heather Hardway - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Department of Mathematics, Rice University
Modeling Genetic Networks in the Fruit Fly
Abstract
October, 2008
Thursday, October 2nd Caz Taylor - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University
Finding optimal behavior using decision rules in an individual-based model
Abstract
Thursday, October 9th Sally Otto and Rich FitzJohn - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Department of Zoology, UBC
Inferring the past for traits that alter speciation and extinction rates
Abstract
Thursday, October 16th Scott Grandison - 2 pm in WMAX 216
John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, Norwich
It's tough at the tip: Mechanical models of polar growth
Abstract
Friday, October 17th Yue-Xian Li - 3 pm in MATX 1100 - Dept. Colloquium
Department of Mathematics, UBC
Modeling Hormonal Rhythms in a Network of Endocrine Neurons
Abstract
Friday, October 24th Eric Cytrynbaum - 3 pm in MATX 1100 - Dept. Colloquium
Department of Mathematics, UBC
TBA
Abstract
Thursday, October 30th Jana Gevertz - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Dept. of Mathematics, Princeton University
Multi-scale Mathematical Modeling of Heterogeneous Tumor Growth
Abstract
November, 2008
Thursday, November 13th Gareth Leng - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Dept of Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
Modeling a model system; bursts and pulses in neuroendocrine neurones
Abstract
Thursday, November 20th Sohrab Shah - 2 pm in WMAX 216
BC Cancer Research Centre and Computer Science, UBC
Model based approaches to array CGH data analysis
Abstract
December, 2008
Thursday, December 4 Kurt Haas - 2 pm in WMAX 216
Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC
Imaging single neuron growth and circuit activity in the awake developing brain: How does activity sculpt structure and function?
Abstract
Tuesday, December 9 Alexander Verkhovsky - 2 pm in WMAX 216
EPFL, Switzerland
Organization and dynamics of motile machinery in a simple cell
Abstract

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