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Subject: SMB Digest v13i06

SMB Digest      February 8 , 2013   Volume 13  Issue 6
ISSN 1086-6566

Editor: Amina Eladdadi eladdada(at)strose(dot)edu

Note:
Information about the Society for Mathematical Biology, including an
application for membership, may be found in the SMB Home Page,
http://www.smb.org/ .

Access the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, the official journal of SMB, at
http://www.springer.com/11538 .

Inquiries about membership or BMB fulfillment should be sent to
membership(at)smb(dot)org .

Issue's Topics:

   ToC: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol. 10, Issue 2
   CfA: Travel support for junior researchers, Models in Ecology..., Canada
   Call for Applications: Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship at NIMBioS
   Course: Okinawa Computational Neuroscience, June 17 - July 4, Japan
   Summer Course in Metacommunity Ecology at Kellogg Bio. Station, June 3-21
   Minisymposia: FACM'13-Mathematical Biology, May 31-June 2, NJIT
   Conference: Bio. Invasions & Evolutionary Bio..., March 11-15, Lyon
   Conference: Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies,  July 1-6, UK
   Conference: The American Institute of Math Sciences Conf.,  Madrid 2014
   Master:  Systems and Synthetic Biology , U. of Evry-Val-d?Essonne, France
   PhD Studentships: 2 positions in Mathematical Biologym, Stirling U., UK
   PhD Fellowship: Computational Cell Physiology, Nottingham, UK  
   Postdoc Fellowships: two available  David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
   Postdoc: Theoretical Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medecine, NYC
   SMBnet Reminders


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From: Liwei Ning <editorial@aimsciences.org>
Date: Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 1:01 AM
Subject: ToC: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol. 10,
                  Issue2

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (MBE)
Volume: 10, Number: 2 April 2013
http://www.aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=572

1. Using wavelet denoising and mathematical morphology in the
segmentation technique applied to blood cells images Pages : 279 - 294
Macarena Boix and Begona Canto

2. Longitudinal displacement in viscoelastic arteries: A novel
fluid-structure interaction computational model, and experimental
validation Pages : 295 - 318
Martina Bukac and Suncica Canic

3. Modeling of the kinetics of vitamin D3 in osteoblastic cells Pages
: 319 - 344
Robert P. Gilbert, Philippe Guyenne and Ying Liu

4. Uniqueness of limit cycles and multiple attractors in a Gause-type
predator-prey model with nonmonotonic functional response and Allee
effect on prey Pages : 345 - 367
Eduardo Gonzalez-Olivares, Betsabe Gonzalez-Yanez, Jaime Mena-Lorca
and Jose D. Flores

5. Lyapunov functions and global stability for SIR and SEIR models
with age-dependent susceptibility Pages : 369 - 378
Andrey V. Melnik and Andrei Korobeinikov

6. An extension of Gompertzian growth dynamics: Weibull and Frechet
models Pages : 379 - 398
J. Leonel Rocha and Sandra M. Aleixo

7. Competition of motile and immotile bacterial strains in a petri
dish Pages : 399 - 424
Silogini Thanarajah and Hao Wang

8. Mathematical modelling and control of echinococcus in Qinghai
province, China Pages : 425 - 444
Liumei Wu, Baojun Song, Wen Du and Jie Lou

9. Dynamics of an infectious diseases with media/psychology induced
non-smooth incidence Pages : 445 - 461
Yanni Xiao, Tingting Zhao and Sanyi Tang

10. On latencies in malaria infections and their impact on the disease
dynamics Pages : 463 - 481
Yanyu Xiao and Xingfu Zou

11. Global threshold dynamics in an HIV virus model with nonlinear
infection rate and distributed invasion and production delays Pages :
483 - 498
Zhaohui Yuan and Xingfu Zou


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From: Frithjof Lutscher <flutsche@uottawa.ca>
Date: Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:22 AM
Subject: CfA: Travel support for junior researchers, Models & Methods in
              Ecology.., Canada

Travel support is available from a grant from the US National Science
Foundation (to UC Davis) for junior researchers at US institutions to
attend and participate in workshops and summer schools in the
pan-Canadian thematic year ?Models and Methods in Ecology,
Epidemiology and Public Health?. Information about the 10 workshops
and three summer schools in this program is available online at
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/M2E2/.

Funding is open to all students, postdoctoral fellows and non-tenured
faculty at US universities, colleges and research institutions.
Underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding
is expected to cover (most of) the participants? airfare (on a US
carrier) and accommodation and meals for the event.

To apply, please send a brief CV (2 pages maximum) and a statement of
interest including estimated cost for travel and accommodation (1 page
maximum) in a single file (pdf format) to Frithjof Lutscher
(flutsche@uottawa.ca). Students and postdoctoral fellows please should
also arrange for one letter of support to be sent to the same address.
All emails should have the subject line ?NSF support for M2E2-name of
event?.  Review of applications begins two months prior to the event
and continues as long as funds are available.


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From: Catherine Crawley <ccrawley@nimbios.org>
Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Subject: Call for Applications: Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship at NIMBioS

Call for Applications: Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship at NIMBioS

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis,
located at the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, is now accepting
applications for its Visiting Graduate Student Fellowship. The
fellowships are for visits for up to several months by graduate
students interested in pursuing research with NIMBioS senior
personnel, postdoctoral fellows or working group participants.
Visiting graduate students will work on-site at NIMBioS. The program
is designed to facilitate graduate student training while fostering
research at the interface of mathematics and biology. Graduate
students in at least their second year of graduate study linking
theory and data are strongly encouraged to apply.

Support: Office space and a workstation with access to all NIMBioS
computational resources is provided. Reimbursement for travel and
housing expenses as well as a per diem to cover other incidental
expenses included.

How to apply: Complete the online application and submit a brief
project description, references, and CV following the guidelines
available at http://www.nimbios.org/education/grad_fellowships

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
(NIMBioS) brings together researchers from around the world to
collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to investigate solutions to
basic and applied problems in the life sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored
by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with additional
support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.


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From: Erik De Schutter <erik@tnb.ua.ac.be>
Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 9:10 PM
Subject: Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course 2013:

Application deadline this Sunday

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

The aim of the Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course is to
provide opportunities for young researchers with theoretical backgrounds
to learn the latest advances in neuroscience, and for those with experimental
backgrounds to have hands-on experience in computational modeling.

We invite graduate students and postgraduate researchers to participate
in the course, held from June 17th through July 4th, 2013 at an oceanfront
seminar house of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate
University. Applications are through the course web page only; they close
Sunday February 10th, 2013. Applicants are required to propose a project at
the time of application. Applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance in
March.

Like in preceding years, OCNC will be a comprehensive three-week course
covering single neurons, networks, and behaviors with ample time for
student projects. The first week will focus exclusively on methods with
hands-on tutorials during the afternoons, while the second and third weeks
will have lectures by international experts. We invite those who are interested
in integrating experimental and computational approaches at each level, as
well as in bridging different levels of complexity.

There is no tuition fee. The sponsor will provide lodging and meals during
the course and may support travel for those without funding. We hope that
this course will be a good opportunity for theoretical and experimental
neuroscientists to meet each other and to explore the attractive nature and
culture of Okinawa, the southernmost island prefecture of Japan.

Invited faculty:
        ? Angelo Arleo (Université Pierre & Marie Curie, France)
        ? Avrama Blackwell (George Mason University, USA)
        ? Erik De Schutter (OIST)
        ? Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University, USA)
        ? Sophie Deneve (Ecole Normale Supérieure, France)
        ? Kenji Doya (OIST)
        ? Gaute Einevoll (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)
        ? Mike Hasselmo (Boston University, USA)
        ? Mitsuo Kawato (ATR, Japan)
        ? Bernd Kuhn (OIST)
        ? Henry Markram (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
        ? Jonathan Pillow (University Texas Austin, USA)
        ? Idan Segev (Hebrew University, Israel)
        ? Greg Stephens (OIST)
        ? Jeff Wickens (OIST)
        ? Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST)


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From: Christopher Klausmeier <klausme1@msu.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:39 PM
Subject: Summer Course in Metacommunity Ecology at Kellogg Biol. Station,
                June 3-21

ELME 2013: Metacommunity Ecology and Evolution
website: http://kbs.msu.edu/education/elme
Kellogg Biological Station: <http://kbs.msu.edu

ELME  is a summer educational program at the Kellogg Biological
Station devoted to Enhancing Linkages between Mathematics and
Ecology.  ELME 2013 will focus on metacommunity ecology and
evolution.  In this advanced hands-on three-week course, students
will learn the basics of metacommunity theory and apply their
knowledge to independent modeling projects.  A wide variety of
approaches to spatial ecology will be employed.

Dates: June 3-21, 2013
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5
Instructors:
Mathew Leibold (University of Texas-Austin)
Christopher Klausmeier (Michigan State University)

Target audience: 12-18 graduate students and postdocs;
exceptional undergraduates will be considered

Prerequisites:
At least one semester experience in theoretical ecology/evolution.
Previous exposure to metacommunity theory useful but not required.

Format:
A mixture of lecture, guided computer labs, and 1.5 weeks
independent/team projects

KBS Eminent Ecologist Sebastian Diehl June 16-22

To apply, email elme2013@kbs.msu.edu the following:
your CV, a statement of research interests and why you'd  benefit from
the course, a statement of relevant educational/research experience,
including related coursework, the name of a reference who you've asked
to email a letter of support

Deadline for applications:
March 22, 2013

Financial support to cover room and board and help defray
transportation costs is available.  Let us know if this is not
necessary.

Any questions?  Email elme2013@kbs.msu.edu

ELME is supported by MSU and NSF grant DEB-0845825 to C. Klausmeier.


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From: "Horacio G. Rotstein" <horacio@njit.edu>
Date: February 7, 2013 11:10:16 AM CST
Subject: Minisymposia: FACM'13-Mathematical Biology, May 31-June 2, NJIT

FACM Conference (Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics)

The FACM'13 Mathematical Biology minisymposia
Dates: May 31 - June 2, 2013
Location:  New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
URL: http://m.njit.edu/Events/FACM13/

Plenary speaker: Xiao-Jing Wang (NYU)
Speakers include: Nicolas Brunel (U. Chicago), Sridhar Raghavachari
(Duke), Paul Miller (Brandeis), Jose L. Pena (Albert Einstein School of
Medicine), Carina Curto (U. of  Nebraska-Lincoln), Zachary P. Kilpatrick
(U. Utah), Uri Eden (Boston U.), Asohan Amarasingham (City College of
New York), Sashi Marella, (NJIT), Esteban Tabak (NYU), Adrien Peyrache
(NYU Medical School), Eric Sobie (Mount Sinai School of Medicine),
Duane Nykamp (U. of Minnesota), Sebastien Motsch (U. of Maryland),
Simon Garnier (NJIT), Colin Torney (Princeton), David Hu (Georgia Tech)

Travel Awards: Applications are solicited for contributed talks from
postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Selected applicants will
receive full support for travel. Other contributed papers for the
conference will be presented as posters. Funds are available for
partial support of travel expenses for graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty poster presenters. The
deadline for all applications and submission on titles and short
abstracts is April 15, 2013.

Information: See the FACM'13 website for full details:
http://m.njit.edu/Events/FACM13/

Local Contact: Ms. Susan Sutton (suttons@njit.edu), Department of
Mathematical Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark,
NJ 07102, USA. Tel: (1-973) 596-3235.

Organizers: Daljit S. Ahluwalia and Jonathan Luck (Co-Chairs), Linda
Cummings, Ji Meng Loh, Horacio G. Rotstein, Michael Siegel, and
Catalin Turc

Sponsored and Supported by: Department of Mathematical Sciences,
NJIT; Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics, NJIT; and the
National Sciences Foundation


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From: Jean Bérard <jean.berard@univ-lyon1.fr>
Date: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 3:17 AM
Subject:  Conference: Bio. Invasions & Evolutionary Bio...,
                  March 11-15, Lyon,  France

This is an announcement for the conference
"Biological invasions and evolutionary biology, stochastic
and deterministic models" that will be held from March 11 to 15 2013,
at the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (France)

Conference website:
http://mathbio2013.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/2

Registration is free and mandatory. Registration at
http://mathbio2013.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/14

Deadline for registration is *February 15 2013*

This interdisciplinary conference will gather mathematicians and
theoretical biologists to present recent advances in mathematical
modeling in ecology and evolution.

Mathematicians and biologists are very welcome!

List of confirmed speakers:
        Robin Aguilée (University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
        Robert Beardmore (University of Exeter, UK)
        Henri Berestycki (EHESS, France)
        Reinhard Bürger (University of Vienna, Austria)
        Angel Calsina (UAB Barcelona, Spain)
        Nicolas Champagnat (INRIA Nancy, France)
        Florence Débarre (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
        Laurent Desvillettes (ENS Cachan, France)
        Odo Diekmann (University of Utrecht, Germany)
        Régis Ferrière (ENS Paris, France)
        Sylvain Gandon (CEFE Montpellier, France)
        Pierre-Emmanuel Jabin (University of Maryland, USA)
        Emily Jones (Washington State University, USA)
        Guillaume Martin (University Montpellier 2, France)
        Sylvie Méléard (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France)
        Hans Metz (University of Leiden, Netherlands)
        Sepideh Mirrahimi (IMT, Toulouse, France)
        Grégoire Nadin (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
        Ben Phillips (James Cook University, Townsville, Australia)
        Ophélie Ronce (University Montpellier 2, France)
        Lionel Roques (INRA Avignon, France)
        Amandine Véber (CMAP, Ecole Polytechnique, France)
        David Waxman (Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

The organizing committee,
Jean Bérard
Vincent Calvez
Gaël Raoul


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From: Stephen Coombes <stephen.coombes@nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 3:35 AM
Subject: Conference: Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies,
              July 1-6, UK

Conference: Neural Engineering Transformative Technologies: NETT 2013
Venue:  Nottingham, UK
Date:   July 1-6 2013

Scientific Organisers:
Stephen Coombes, University of Nottingham
Wolfram Erlhagen, University of Minho
Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo, Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Bert Kappen, Radboud University Nijmegen

Neural Engineering is an inherently new discipline that brings
together engineering, physics, neuroscience and mathematics to design
and develop brain-computer interface systems, cognitive computers and
neural prosthetics.  This one week conference will bring together
international experts in these key areas to discuss the state of the
art in the field of Neural Engineering.  It will also include a number
of tutorial presentations for those new to the field as well as
presentations from industrial companies including National
Instruments, Brain Products and BitBrain.

For further details about this event see
http://www.neural-engineering.eu/summerschool2013/index.html

Invited speakers:
Michele Chiappalone (Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
Jan Danckhaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium)
Dominique Durand (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
Chris Eliasmith (University of Waterloo, Canada)
David Grayden (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Bradley Greger (University of Utah, USA)
Antonio Hurtado (University of New Mexico, USA)
Steve Schiff (Penn State University, USA)
Jean-Jacques Slotine (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA - TBC)
Marc Timme (MPI Göttingen, Germany)

The meeting will consist of talks from invited speakers and existing
members of NETT [www.neural-engineering.eu].  There is space to
accommodate a further 50 participants and the schedule will allow for
a number of poster presentations.

The deadline for application to attend by non NETT members is May 3 2013.

The registration fee for non NETT members is 100.00 GBP.

The online registration procedure can be found at
http://store.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&prodid=222&deptid=9&catid=60


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From:  <lwndong@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:20 PM
Subject: Conf: The American Institute of Math Sciences Conf.,  Madrid 2014

Dear Colleague:

You are cordially invited to participate at the 10th AIMS conference
on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, to be
held at Madrid, Spain, July 7-11, 2014. Details are at
http://www.aimsciences.org/.

Invited main speakers:
Nalini Anantharaman, Diego Cordoba, Ingrid Daubechies, Weinan E,
Charles L. Fefferman, Bernold Fiedler, Zhiming Ma, Philip Maini,
Sylvia Serfaty, Carles Simo, Cedric Villani, Amie Wilkinson.

As you may know, the AIMS Conference Series takes place every other
year and has become the most participated event in the field. The 9th
conference (Orlando, 2012) was attended by about1200 scientists and
mathematicians.

We would welcome your proposal of organizing a special session
(details are posted). You are also invited to submit articles to
appropriate AIMS journals. We will do our best to make the editorial
process swift. For your convenience and research needs, we are
temporarily making the recent volumes of all AIMS journals access free
at http://www.aimsciences.org/.

The conference features invited principal presentations, special
sessions, contributed sessions and poster sessions. The proceedings
will be a refereed publication. To unsubscribe please click the
following link:
http://aimsciences.org/email-alerts/email/unsubscribe.php

I am looking forward to meeting you at Madrid 2014.
Sincerely,

Liwei Ning
The American Institute of Math Sciences


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From: Dominique Zeliszewski <dominique.zeliszewski@issb.genopole.fr>
Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:54 AM
Subject: Master in Systems and Synthetic Biology, applications open, France

The University of Evry-Val-d?Essonne, in partnership with AgroParis
Tech, Ecole Centrale Paris, SubBiotech and Telecom SudParis, proposes
on the Genopole campus a Master in Systems and Synthetic Biology,
mSSB. Online applications are now open. To find out more about mSSB,
please visit our website: http://www.mssb.fr

Applicants may come from Universities or from Engineering schools
after a first year of master (M1), or an equivalent qualification, in
Life Sciences, Computer Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, Chemistry
and Physical Sciences. Bi-disciplinary courses including Biology is
favoured, but highly-achieving and motivated students in any of the
cited disciplines can apply. Following this M2 Master, several PhD
programs are possible on site. Research trainings are also proposed in
Europe (England, Germany, Switzerland, Spain) and in the US.

Several Master scholarships are proposed by French Institutions, to
foreign students who want to study in France. So we would appreciate
your help in transmitting these informations to potentially interested
students, and putting them in contact with us when you judge that they
have sufficient merit to follow this Master degree. Interested
students must contact Cécile Gasse (cecile.gasse@issb.genopole.fr).


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From: Rachel Norman <r.a.norman@cs.stir.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Subject: PhD Studentships: 2 positions in Mathematical
               Biology, Stirling U., UK

Stirling University is offering two PhD studentships in mathematical
biology. One in the dynamics and control of invasive aquatic species
and one in the development of anti-microbial resistance. These are
four year case studentships. More details and how to apply can be
found at http://www.stir.ac.uk/impact/studentships/collabs2013/

Professor Rachel Norman
Chair of Aquatic Food Security
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Telephone 01786 467466
Fax 01786 464551
email ran@cs.stir.ac.uk


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From: Ruediger Thul <Ruediger.Thul@nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:51 AM
Subject: PhD Fellowship: Computational Cell Physiology, Nottingham, UK

PhD position: Analysis of cell signalling networks using dynamic inputs

Applications are invited for the above post to work with Drs Rüdiger
Thul, Tom Bellamy and Noah Russell on a Leverhulme Trust funded
project at the University of Nottingham. The successful candidate will
register for a 3 year PhD in the School of Mathematical Sciences and
the School of Biomedical Sciences.

A major challenge in physiology is to understand the rules governing
cell signalling pathways that control cellular behaviour. This project
aims to provide quantitative insights into cellular decision making by
combining novel experimental approaches with cutting-edge mathematical
modelling. The successful candidate will use techniques from
computational cell biology and mathematical cell physiology as well as
ideas and concepts from dynamical systems theory, random processes and
information processing. The project is interdisciplinary in nature,
and so the candidate should be enthusiastic about collaborating
closely with colleagues in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering.

We require an enthusiastic graduate with a 1st class degree in
Mathematics (in exceptional circumstances a 2(i) class degree can be
considered), preferably of the MMath/MSc level.  Candidates would need
to be interested in learning about cell physiology; any experience in
this field, or in mathematical biology more generally, would be a
distinct advantage.

The studentship is available from September/October 2013 and provides
an annual stipend at the standard rate (currently £13,590 per annum)
and full payment of Home/EU Tuition Fees for a period of 36 months.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr R Thul email:
ruediger.thul@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent
directly to this email address will not be accepted.  For information
about the School of Mathematical Sciences, one of the most active in
the UK, see: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mathematics/index.aspx

To apply, please access: https://my.nottingham.ac.uk/pgapps/welcome/.
Please quote ref: SCI/1236. Closing date: 15 March 2013.


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From: "Blower, Sally" <SBlower@mednet.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:22:31 -0800
Subject: Postdoct Fellowships: two available at the David Geffen School
              of Medicine at UCLA

Two Postdoctoral fellowships available at the David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA

We invite applications for two 3-year postdoctoral research
fellowships in Professor Blower's research group in the Biomedical
Modeling Center at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. One
position is in Spatial Ecology and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
in Africa. The other position is focused on modeling the Evolutionary
Dynamics of Drug-Resistance in Resource-Rich countries. Both projects
will involve computational and mathematical modeling, as well as
statistical analyses of very rich detailed databases. Support is
through an NIH grant. The salary is $52,000 plus fringe benefits.
Starting date is negotiable. Applicants must have a doctorate in
Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Biostatistics, Mathematical
Biology, Theoretical Ecology, Spatial Ecology/Epidemiology, Health
Geographics or a closely related field. We are most interested in
applicants with extensive experience in spatial statistics and
analysis of georeferenced data. We are also extremely interested in
applicants who have worked on the spatial aspects of malaria. Please
visit www.semel.ucla.edu/biomedicalmodeling
<http://www.semel.ucla.edu/biomedicalmodeling>
for more information about our research group, where we work (Los
Angeles ? where you can't beat the weather, movie openings and
beaches) and pdfs of our recent publications.

If you are interested in either of these positions please contact
Professor Sally Blower at
sally.blower@gmail.com<mailto:sally.blower@gmail.com> Applicants
should send a cover letter, a detailed CV, a brief statement of
research interests, and the names (and email addresses) of three
references.  The cover letter should discuss possible starting dates.

Review of applications will start immediately and will continue until
the posts have been filled.


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From: Andrew Yates <andrew.yates@einstein.yu.edu>
Date: Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Postdoc: Theoretical Immunology, Albert Einstein College
               of Medecine, NYC

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Theoretical Immunology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York

A postdoctoral position is available in our group in the Department of
Systems and Computational Biology.

We work on a variety of questions relating to the dynamics of T cell
development, maintenance and responses to pathogens. Some of our
current interests are (i) understanding how developing T cells process
information during selection in the thymus, (ii) quantifying turnover
of hematopoietic cell lineages, (iii) understanding how recent thymic
emigrants and mature naive T cells integrate homeostatic stimuli, and
(iv) spatial modeling of the very earliest stages of HIV infection in
humanised mouse models. Your work will be theoretical and/or
data-driven, using deterministic or stochastic models, analytical or
computational, where appropriate. You will likely have the opportunity
to work with data from dedicated experiments that we design in
collaboration with experimental Immunologists.

Applicants must have a PhD degree in Physics, Mathematics, Computer
Science or equivalent. Previous experience of immunological modeling
and/or a basic background in immunology will be a strong advantage.

The post is available immediately, initially for 1 year, with possible
extension to 3 years.

Contact Andrew Yates (andrew.yates@einstein.yu.edu) for further
details. Group webpage: www.einstein.yu.edu/labs/andrew-yates

Yeshiva University is an equal opportunity employer committed to
workforce diversity


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