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Subject: SMB Digest v13i02
SMB Digest January 8, 2013 Volume 13 Issue 2
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Ray Mejía ray(at)smb(dot)org
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Issue's Topics:
Summer School: Mathematics behind Biological Invasions, 27 May-14 June
Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at IIASA, Austria
Giambiagi Winter School: Information Processing in Biological Systems
BIOMATH 2013: Conference of Mathematical Methods & Models ...
CfP: ICOVP 2013, MS11, Neural Oscillation & Cognition, Sept 8-12
Conference: ICDEA2013, May 26 - 30, Sultan Qaboos University
Workshop: DSABNS 2013, 13-15 February, CMAF, Lisbon University
Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course 2013, June 17 - July 4
Support Available for Activities at NIMBioS
Funding Opportunity: NIH Common Fund Epigenomics Program
NIH Research and Other Scientific/Clinical Positions - Jan. Update
SMBnet Reminders
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From: Jonathan Potts <jrpotts@ualberta.ca>
Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:04 AM
Subject: Summer School: Mathematics behind Biological Invasions, 27 May-14 June
The PIMS/mprime Summer School "Mathematics behind Biological Invasions" will
take place on 27th May-14th June 2013 at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
Distinguished lecturers include Alan Hastings (Davis), Mark Lewis (Alberta),
Sergei Petrovskii (Leicester) and Jonathan Sherratt (Heriot Watt). The
course includes theory and hands-on experience in a project. Applicants
are welcome from all countries. For registration and more information,
please see the website http://www.pims.math.ca/scientific-event/130527-pimbss.
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From: Åke Brännström <ake.brannstrom@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:06 PM
Subject: Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at IIASA, Austria
Summer Fellowships for Young Scientists at the International Institute for
Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Funding is available for PhD students interested in three months of
collaborative research during June-August 2013 on
Evolutionary and Ecological Modeling
at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in
Laxenburg, Austria.
Young scientists from all countries are eligible for stipends provided by
IIASA's Evolution and Ecology Program (EEP) that contribute to travel and
accommodation costs. Students from Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Egypt,
Finland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Netherlands,
Norway, Pakistan, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, and the USA are furthermore
eligible for fellowships that provide full coverage of travel, accommodation,
and living expenses.
Model-based summer research projects are invited in the following indicative
areas:
Evolutionary Community Ecology
Food-Web Evolution
Vegetation Dynamics
Adaptive Speciation
Evolutionary Conservation Biology
Fisheries Management
Fisheries-induced Evolution
Evolution of Cooperation
Governance of Common Goods
Systemic Risks and Network Dynamics
Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics
Adaptive Dynamics Theory and Models
Spatial Models in Ecology and Evolution
Applicants prepare a research proposal that corresponds to their scientific
interests and to the research agenda of their hosting IIASA Program. Accepted
applicants begin work before the summer by planning their research in
close collaboration with their IIASA supervisors. Previous experiences
with implementing and studying evolutionary or ecological models are
important assets for working in EEP. To improve chances of being selected,
potential applicants are encouraged to sent informal inquiries regarding
their specific research interests and plans to EEP's program leader Ulf
Dieckmann (dieckmann@iiasa.ac.at<mailto:dieckmann@iiasa.ac.at>).
Online applications will be accepted until Monday, January 14, 2013
(24:00 CET).
Since 1977, IIASA's annual Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP), has
attracted 1600+ students from 80+ countries. The YSSP 2013 will take place
from June 1 to August 31. IIASA is located in the former summer palace of
Austria's royal family, ca. 15 km south of Vienna. IIASA's summer program
offers exceptional opportunities for acquiring experience in an international
and interdisciplinary research environment. Research training is based on
regular personal interaction with advising scientists, and typically leads
to a publication in an international journal, as well as to a chapter in
a candidate's PhD thesis.
Some useful links:
+ Details about the summer program, and online application
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/Apply/Conditions-and-Eligibility.en.html
+ Information about IIASA's Evolution and Ecology Program
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/EvolutionandEcology/New-page.en.html
+ Examples of successful YSSP projects
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/researchPrograms/EvolutionandEcology/AbouttheProgram/Student-Participation-in-EEP.en.html
+ General information about IIASA
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/whatisiiasa/what_is_iiasa.html
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From: <ariel@df.uba.ar>
Date: Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Giambiagi Winter School: Information Processing in Biological Systems
XV Giambiagi Winter School - First Announcement
Information processing in Biological Systems: From cells to equations,and
back.
Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 15-19, 2013
http://giambiagi.df.uba.ar/
The central theme of the meeting is information processing in biological
systems. The meeting includes a one week school of several mini-courses,
and a short workshop where young participants will be able to interact among
themselves and with the lecturers. Courses will cover different key aspects
of the proposed theme, such as gene regulatory networks, dynamical aspects
of signaling pathways, molecular noise, the quantification of information
in cellular processes and the physics of the cell.
Confirmed short courses:
Physics of the cell. Rob Phillips (Caltech)
Small regulatory networks and motifs. James Ferrell (Stanford)
Noise in gene regulatory networks. Ivo Sbalzarini (MPI-CBG)
Transition to multicellularity. Ray Goldstein (Cambridge)
Information processing in tissues. Marcos González-Gaitán (Geneva)
Financial Support and registration fees
There are no registration fees to attend the School. Partial financial support
will be available for a limited number of students covering transportation
and lodging.
More information
Please visit: http://www.giambiagi.df.uba.ar or contact:
giambiagi@df.uba.ar
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From: Roumen Anguelov <Roumen.Anguelov@up.ac.za>
Date: Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:46 PM
Subject: BIOMATH 2013: Conference of Mathematical Methods & Models ...
BIOMATH 2013: International Conference of Mathematical Methods and Models in
Biosciences and Young Scientists School,
16-21 June 2013, Sofia, Bulgaria
This annual event is devoted to recent research in life sciences based on
applications of mathematics as well as mathematics applied to or motivated by
biological studies. It is a multidisciplinary meeting forum for researchers
who develop and apply mathematical and computational tools to the study of
phenomena in the broad fields of biology, ecology, medicine, biotechnology,
bioengineering, environmental science, etc.
Keynote speakers: Becca Asquith (Imperial College London, UK), Sorana D
Bolboaca (University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania), Carlos
Chavez-Castillo (Arizona State University, USA), Nick Cogan (Florida State
University, USA), Peter Erdi (Kalamazoo College, MI, USA), Jean-Luc Gouze
(INRIA, France), Vlastimil Krivan (Biology Center, Academy of Sciences of
the Czech Republic), Doron Levy (University of Maryland, USA), Svetoslav
Nikolov (Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences), Gergely
Rost (University of Szeged, Hungary), Vered Rom-Kedar (Weizmann Institute,
Israel), Marc R. Roussel (University Hall, University of Lethbridge, Alberta,
Canada), Stefanie Sonner (Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, Bilbao,
Spain), Jack Tuszynski (University of Alberta, Canada)
Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2013
More information: http://www.biomath.bg/2013
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From: kanad Ray <kanadray@jklu.edu.in>
Date: Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 4:47 AM
Subject: CfP: ICOVP 2013, MS11, Neural Oscillation & Cognition, Sept 8-12
Mini-Symposium MS11
Title: Neural-Oscillation and Cognition
Organized by: Dr. Kanad Ray(JK Lakshmipat University,Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)
A special issue for participants is being prepared in collaboration with
the Chief Editor of JIN
Prof. Dr. Roman R. Poznanski
Call-for-Abstracts
Dear Professor / Researcher,
We are delighted to announce that the upcoming 11th International
Conference on Vibration Problems, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal during
9-12 September, 2013 is now open to abstract submissions. You are invited
to submit your original and unpublished research work so as to be included
for its presentation in the conference in the Mini-Symposium entitled
"Neural-Oscillation and Cognition" within ICOVP-2013. Please register
in www.icovp.com and follow the instructions on the web.
All accepted full-length papers will be published in ICOVP-2013 Electronic
Proceedings. Some of the best selected papers will be published in special
sections of a premier journal "Journal of Sound and Vibration" (JSV) printed
by Elsevier. Selected best papers of Mini-Symposium-11(Neural-Oscillation
and Cognition)will be published in a special issue of Journal of Integrative
Neuroscience (JIN)- an Interdisciplinary Journal published by Imperial
College Press having an Impact Factor 1.26 with Prof. Dr. Roman R. Poznanski
as the Editor-in- Chief.
The scope of this Mini-Symposium is as follows:
The major problem of cognitive neuroscience is to understand how our
behavioural processes are related to the workings of brain and nervous
systems. To understand the subjective mental processes in a meaningful
and quantitative way a new level of description is needed. Of late a
trend has emerged to study different forms of cognition in terms of their
neural-oscillation correlates. Questions have been raised whether the
combined and synchronous actions of nerve cells, glial cells and their
associated molecules can explain the underlying mechanism of cognition.
Although over the last decade some insight has been gained, especially with
advances in brain imaging, a unified interpretation, however, is very much
lacking. It is to be emphasized that experimental and numerical works are
mandatory for any scientific progress but it can reveal its full value only
when it is embedded within a conceptually sound theoretical frame work. The
aim of the session is to explore this possibility.
The areas include, but not limited to:
Electromagnetic-neurophysiological models of cognition, Neural correlates
of vision, perception, attention, memory, intention, recognition, decision
making, linguistics, reasoning, emotion, consciousness, Realistic neural
network dynamics, Quantum mechanical models of cognition, Brain imaging,
EEG,MEG, Neural computing, Cognitive function disorder.
Important Dates:
31 January 2013: deadline for submission of abstract
15 February 2013: notification of acceptance
31 May 2013: deadline for full paper submission
We thank you for helping us attract quality papers and look forward to
working together to make it a successful conference.
For any further details and clarification, please visit the website:
http://www.icovp.com/index.php/registration-and-submissions
With kind regards
Dr Kanad Ray, JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) Jaipur, India
Corresponding Organizer of MS:11(Neural Oscillation and Cognition)
Co-Organizer: Dr. Amit Neogi;The LNM Institute of Information Technology,
Rajasthan, India
Co-Organizer: Dr.Bapi Karmakar;Von Karman Society for Advanced Study and
Research in Mathematical Sciences, West Bengal, India
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From: Ziyad Al-Sharawi <alsha1zm@squ.edu.om>
Date: Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:24 PM
Subject: Conference: ICDEA2013, May 26 - 30, Sultan Qaboos University
Dear Sir/Madam,
The organizing committee of the The 19th International Conference on
Difference Equations and Applications (ICDEA2013) is welcoming contributions
for this annual event that gathers the world's leading figures in the field
of difference equations and discrete dynamical systems.
The main theme of the ICDEA2013 is applications of Discrete Dynamical
Systems to Mathematical Biology, Ecology and Epidemiology.
The conference is organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics
at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) during May 26 - 30, 2013 under the auspices
of the International Society of Difference Equations. There will be one-hour
talks for plenary speakers, 30 and 20 minutes talks for contributed talks,
and posters.
Here are the details:
Name: The 19th International Conference on Difference Equations and
Applications
Place: Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
Date: May 26-30, 2013
Website: http://www.alsharawi.info/ICDEA2013/index.htm
Best Regards,
Ziyad
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From: <maira@ptmat.fc.ul.pt>
Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:30 PM
Subject: Workshop: DSABNS 2013, 13-15 February, CMAF, Lisbon University
http://ptmat.fc.ul.pt/dsabns2013/index.html
[Ed. - See http://www.smb.org/publications/SMBnet/digest/v12i50.html for
a detailed announcement.]
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From: Erik De Schutter <erik@tnb.ua.ac.be>
Date: Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 3:31 AM
Subject: Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course 2013, June 17 - July 4
OKINAWA COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE COURSE 2013
Methods, Neurons, Networks and Behaviors
June 17 - July 4, 2013. OIST, Okinawa, Japan
new website: https://groups.oist.jp/ocnc
[Ed. - See http://www.smb.org/publications/SMBnet/digest/v12i52.html for
a detailed announcement.]
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From: Catherine Crawley <ccrawley@nimbios.org>
Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:51:59 -0500
Subject: Support Available for Activities at NIMBioS
*Support Available for Activities at the National Institute for
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
*March 1, 2013 is the deadline for requests for support for Working Groups,
Investigative Workshops, Postdoctoral Fellows, Sabbaticals, and Short-term
Visitors for activities beginning Fall 2013 at the National Institute for
Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). All areas of research
at the interface of biology and mathematics will be considered. NIMBioS,
located at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, is an NSF-sponsored
initiative to foster interdisciplinary research at the interface between
mathematical and biological sciences. The institute's mission is to cultivate
cross-disciplinary approaches in mathematical biology and to develop a cadre
of researchers who address fundamental and applied biological problems in
creative ways. Other NIMBioS sponsors include DHS and USDA, with additional
support from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. More details are posted at
http://www.nimbios.org
*Related Links:*
NIMBioS Working Groups http://www.nimbios.org/workinggroups/
NIMBioS Investigative Workshops http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/
Postdoctoral Fellowships http://www.nimbios.org/postdocs/
Sabbaticals http://www.nimbios.org/visitors/sabbatical
Short-term Visits http://www.nimbios.org/visitors/
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From: "Murcia, Ellie (NIH/OD) [E]" <murciae@OD.NIH.GOV>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:08:40 -0500
Resent-from: Raymond Mejía <mejiar@helix.nih.gov>
Subject: Funding Opportunity: NIH Common Fund Epigenomics Program
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund has issued
a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the Epigenomics
<http://commonfund.nih.gov/epigenomics/> program. The overall goals of
the Epigenomics program are to generate new tools, technologies, data sets
and infrastructure to accelerate our understanding of the occurrence and
function of epigenomic modifications in normal development and in a wide
variety of diseases. The new Functional Epigenomics FOA (RFA-RM-12-026
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-026.html>)
seeks applications to develop tools and technologies enabling specific
manipulation of the epigenome across space (tissue-, cell-, and locus-specific
manipulation) and/or time (temporally-specific manipulation).
Functional Epigenomics: Developing Tools and Technologies for Cell-type,
Temporal, or Locus-specific Manipulation of the Epigenome (R01) (RFA-RM-12-026
<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-12-026.html>) has a
letter of intent due date of February 27, 2013. The application receipt
date is March 27, 2013. The maximum award is $325,000 in direct costs./
The NIH Common Fund (formerly the NIH Roadmap) encourages collaboration and
supports a series of exceptionally high impact, trans-NIH programs. These
programs are supported by the Common Fund, and managed by the NIH Office
of the Director in partnership with the various NIH Institutes, Centers
and Offices. Additional information about the NIH Common Fund can be found
at http://commonfund.nih.gov.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -"The Nation's Medical Research
Agency" - includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit http://www.nih.gov.
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From: "Owens, Roland (NIH/OD) [E]" <owensrol@mail.nih.gov>
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 17:54:42 -0500
Resent-from: Raymond Mejía <mejiar@helix.nih.gov>
Subject: NIH Research and Other Scientific/Clinical Positions - Jan. Update
Tenure-Eligible PI
Experimental Immunology Branch, NCI
(deadline: January 15)
The Experimental Immunology Branch (EIB), Center for Cancer Research (CCR)
of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Bethesda, Md., invites
applications for a tenure-eligible principal investigator position in basic
molecular or cellular immunology. The applicant should have a Ph.D., M.D. or
equivalent degree, a strong record of scientific accomplishments that would
be commensurate with tenure at the NIH, and evidence that he/she has already
established an independent research program in molecular immunology focused
on elucidating the gene regulatory networks that control the development
and/or function of innate and/or adaptive immune cells. The position provides
salary and full funding for an independent research program, including
laboratory space, equipment, budget, technical personnel, and support for
fellows. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience.
The EIB consists of 7 Principal Investigators: Alfred Singer, Richard Hodes,
Dinah Singer, Paul Roche, Hyun Park, Vanja Lazarevic, and Damian Kovalovsky.
Active research areas include: thymic education and T cell differentiation,
cytokine receptor signaling, inflammation biology, antigen presentation,
receptor assembly and transport, signal transduction, and regulation of gene
expression. Scientific interactions are encouraged and occur extensively
among members of EIB as well as with other scientists at the NIH. Applicants
should send a CV and bibliography, outline of a proposed research program
(no more than two pages), and three letters of recommendation by email to
Caroline McCabe, NCIEIBSEARCH@mail.nih.gov. Applications are requested by
January, 15, 2013 but will be accepted until the position is filled.
Chief
Laboratory of Computational Medicine, NEI
(deadline: open-ended)
The NEI seeks to develop a new program in computational analysis that
fully employs human genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic,
neurophysiological and clinical data sets to reconstruct biological networks
characteristic of normal and disease states. The magnitude, diversity,
rich information content, and hierarchical connectivity of these data sets
require the utilization and development of novel quantitative tools. The
goal is to understand human disease at a molecular level in order to develop
mechanism-based therapeutic interventions.
We invite applications for head of a new laboratory of Computational Medicine
within the NEI Intramural Research Program. This initiative seeks to integrate
and translate knowledge from genetics and biology to a wide range of disease
processes using systems, network, statistical and bioinformatics approaches.
* Examples in ocular biology amenable to a systems approach would
include neuro-immune interactions, gene regulatory networks during disease
pathogenesis, protein interaction pathways, neuron-glial-vascular biological
networks in the retina, neuronal networks in the CNS, and developmental
conditions and disorders.
* The research program has interest in developing novel computational
methodologies for analyzing large genetic, biological, biomedical,
neuronal, and functional data sets. Particular attention will be paid
to genotype-phenotype correlations, gene-gene and gene-environment
interactions. In parallel, we will actively seek to develop disease
intermediate phenotypes that reflect the underlying biology and
pathophysiology of disease.
* Data sets from large clinical trials, genetic studies (including GWAS),
expression profiling in normal and disease conditions, and from the eyeGENE
human research repository for monogenic ophthalmic diseases will be developed
to reconstruct and understand ocular biological networks that link genetic
perturbations, small molecule interactions, and physiological processes,
to predict normal and disease states.
The NEI/NIH provides an exceptional environment of dedicated scientists
as well as a wide range of resources. We currently envision that this
program will be located in the newly constructed Porter Neuroscience
complex that houses a diverse set of investigators from many different
Institutes. The successful candidate will be expected to recruit tenure-track
faculty in areas that may include computational medicine or neuroscience,
network biology, genetic or molecular epidemiology, cell and molecular
biology, statistical genetics, bioinformatics, and biostatistics into the
new Laboratory of Computational Medicine. Applicants should have a MD,
MD/PhD or PhD and an outstanding record of accomplishments in genetics,
epidemiology, neuroscience, cell and molecular biology, biostatistics,
or a related quantitative discipline. Senior scientists would have the
opportunity to maintain their participation in existing collaborative
research in non-eye diseases if desired.
This position will remain open until filled. Applicants should submit
curriculum vitae, bibliography, copies of their five most significant
publications, a summary of research accomplishments, names of three
references, and a detailed experimental plan for the development of
this program. These materials should be sent to: The Office of the
Scientific Director, National Eye Institute, Attention: Ms. Mica Gordon
(gordonmi@nei.nih.gov), NIH Building 31, 31 Center Drive, Room 6A22,
Bethesda, MD, 20892. The National Eye Institute does not discriminate in
employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age,
membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor. DHHS
and NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers.
The NIH Intramural Research Program
http://irp.nih.gov/
http://irp.nih.gov/careers/tenured-and-tenure-track-scientific-careers
Link to Fellowships and Positions of Interest to fellows
https://www.training.nih.gov/
https://www.training.nih.gov/career_services/jobs
Link to NIH Jobs
http://www.jobs.nih.gov/
Searchable database of all NIH intramural research projects
http://intramural.nih.gov/search/index.tml
Clinical Training at NIH
http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/index.html
http://www.cc.nih.gov/training/gme.html
I also wish to make you aware of two national resources available on the web.
The NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds and Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
(WALS) are videocast live and archived for later access.
NIH Clinical Center Grand Rounds
Schedule:
http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/grcurrent.html
Archives:
http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=27
NIH Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Schedule:
http://wals.od.nih.gov/
Archives:
http://videocast.nih.gov/PastEvents.asp?c=3
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