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Subject: SMB Digest v13i12
SMB Digest March 22 , 2013 Volume 13 Issue 12
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Amina Eladdadi eladdada(at)strose(dot)edu
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Issue's Topics:
Workshop: For Young Researchers in Math. Biology, August 26-29, MBI, OSU
Workshop: ICERM workshop on Clinic to PDEs and Back..., Jan 20-24, Brown U.
Symposium: The 6Th. BEER-2013, October 11-13, Marymount U., VA
Conference: 2013 SIAM on Geometric Design & Solid and Physical Modeling, CO
Summer Course: From Medical Images to Numerical Simulations, Emory U.
PhD: 3 studentships in Biophysics, Molecular Modeling, & Math Bio., U.K
PhD: Mathematical Ecology of Marine Metapopulations, McGill U., Canada
PhD: Mathematical Analysis of Biological Networks, Germany
PhD: Fully funded (EU/UK) PhD positions available in Math Modeling, UK
Postdoc: Math./Comp. Bio. Chemistry..., U. of Michigan Medical School
Postdoc: Multiscale Models of Human Physiology..., U. of Sheffield, UK
AneuriskWeb: A Repository for Cerebral Aneurysm Geometries/Simulations
SMBnet Reminders
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From: Schwemmer, Michael <schwemmer.2@mbi.osu.edu>
Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Subject: Workshop-For Young Researchers in Math. Biology, August 26-29, MBI-OSU
2013 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology (WYRMB)
August 26 - 29, 2013
http://www.mbi.osu.edu/wyrmb/wyrmb2013.html
Application deadline: May 1, 2013
The workshop is intended to broaden the scientific perspective of
young researchers (primarily junior faculty, postdocs, and senior
graduate students) in mathematical biology and to encourage
interactions with other scientists.
Workshop activities include plenary talks and poster sessions, as well
as group discussions on issues relevant to mathematical biologists.
Several abstracts will be chosen for short talks as well as to be
presented as a poster. Limited funding is available on a competitive
basis.
We cordially invite young mathematical biologists to participate. For
full consideration, please apply by May 1, 2013. To apply, click this
link http://www.mbi.osu.edu/wyrmb/wyrmb2013.html
Plenary Speakers:
Lisa Fauci, Tulane University
Kresimir Josic, University of Houston
Claudia Neuhauser, University of Minnesota
Sebastian Schreiber, UC Davis
John Tyson, Virginia Tech
Lani Wu, Southwestern University
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From: Alessandro Veneziani <ale@mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Subject: Workshop: ICERM workshop on Clinic to PDEs and Back...,
Jan 20-24, Brown U.
First Announcement-ICERM Workshop:
>From the Clinic to Partial Differential Equations and Back:
Emerging challenges for Cardiovascular Mathematics
January 20 - 24, 2014
Brown University, Providence, RI.
This workshop intends to gather mathematicians, computer scientists and medical
doctors to foster collaboration on modeling cardiovascular system. The workshop
is organized into two lines that reflect the special format of the workshop:
(a) "Core topics" are up-to-date research areas in mathematics and scientific
computing that still present several open exciting challenges, which can
require developing new numerical models, computational approaches and
validation techniques; (b) "New challenges" are a set of cardiovascular (in
broad sense) problems and diseases that have not been attacked extensively with
numerical tools.
The "core topics" will include fluid-structure interaction, multi-scale
dynamics, data assimilation, while the "new challenges" will focus on the liver
circulation, cardiac re-synchronization therapy, chronic venous insufficiency
and coiling of intracranial aneurysms. The workshop will be based on round-
table discussions in smaller groups and lectures.
More details at http://icerm.brown.edu/tw14-1-pdecm
Organizers:
L. Grinberg (IBM), A.M. Robertson (Pitts), P.Blanco (LNCC, Brazil), J.N.
Oshinski (Emory), W.R. Taylor (Emory), A. Veneziani (Emory)
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From: Callender, Hannah <callende@up.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:16 PM
Subject: Symposium: The 6th BEER-2013, October 11-13, Marymount U., VA
6th International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education
and Research (BEER-2013)
Date: October 11-13, 2013
Location: Marymount University, Arlington, VA, USA.
Website: www.biomath.ilstu.edu/beer
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From: sara mcmains <mcmains@me.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:33 AM
Subject: Conference: 2013 SIAM on Geometric Design & Solid and
Physical Modeling, CO
GD/SPM13 Geometric Design/Solid and Physical Modeling CFP
(abstracts due 4/8, full papers 4/15)
Call for Papers:
2013 SIAM Conference on Geometric Design and the 2013 Symposium on
Solid and Physical Modeling (GD/SPM 2013)
November 11-14, 2013, Denver, Colorado, USA
Sponsored by the SIAM Activity Group on Geometric Design in
cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH [pending].
For more information check out the website:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/gdspm13/submissions.php
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From: Alessandro Veneziani <ale@mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Subject: Summer Course: From Medical Images to Numerical Simulations, Emory U.
A new three-week course will be offered this summer at Emory University
for fourth year undergraduate students (and first year graduate students)
What: PDEs in Action-From Medical Images to Numerical Simulations
When: May 14-31 2013
Who: Alessandro Veneziani(1), Tiziano Passerini(1), Marina Piccinelli(2)
(1) Department of Math & CS, Emory University
(2) Department of Radiology, Emory University
with the collaboration of Dr. H. Samady, MD (Chief of the CathLab, Emory
Hospital), Dr. F. Tong, MD (Neurosurgery, Emory), Dr. E. Garcia (Nuclear
Imaging, Radiology, Emory), Dr. J. Oshinski (MRI, Radiology, Emory)
The course will introduce motivated students to Partial Differential Equations
from a practical standpoint. The reference application will be given by
cardiovascular physiology and pathology quantitatively analyzed by solving
partial differential equations for blood flow and electrocardiology.
The course consists of:
Lectures in the morning
Hands on sessions in the afternoon
Visits to the Emory SPECT and MRI facilities
Assignments will be given daily and three projects to be solved in team
will be given at the end of each week.
For more information:
http://college.emory.edu/home/academic/summer/maymester/courses.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y5v7iyEiUQ
http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~terry/PosterMaymester.pdf
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From: Hugo van den Berg <hugo@maths.warwick.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 4:56 AM
Subject: PhD: 3 studentships in Biophysics, Molecular Modeling,
& Math Bio., U.K
Three Marie Curie PhD studentshipS in Biophysics, Molecular Modeling, and
Mathematical Biology.
GROSS PAY: 62000 Euros per year (includes mobility allowance; paid in pounds
sterling, subject to UK tax deductions)
BASED AT: The University of Warwick, United Kingdom
START DATE: 1st September 2013
DESCRIPTION: Three interlinked projects that focus on Bacterial Cell Division
(I) The first project aims to construct a meso-scale analytical and
numerical physical model to describe the responses of the membranes to
forces exerted by FtsZ and associated divisome proteins. Combined force and
kinetic modelling of the process of cell membrane constriction using data
from state-of-the-art EM, optical and force microscopy and spectroscopy will
be undertaken. A final aim is to extend the theory to interactions between
the inner and outer membrane.
(II) This project has an experimental and a theoretical component. Mass
spectrometric imaging, optical microscopy, and spectroscopic methodologies
will be used to identify co-location and orientation of molecular structures
and membrane components (lipids and proteins). Molecular dynamics and
course-grain modelling will be used to understand the atomic-level
organisation of molecular complexes in and at membranes on the scale of
10?100 nm with time resolution in the milliseconds.
(III) Prokaryotes are subject to stringent selective pressure to optimize
biomass yield in the face of changing ambient conditions. Key is the
availability of the substrates required to support the cell's metabolic
activities. Various kinds of molecular machinery capture and assimilate
these substrates and channel them into core metabolism. Which allocation of
investment (i.e. the relative copy numbers of the various types of
machinery) gives the best growth yield? This project aims to investigate
this fundamental problem using mathematical models, based on available data.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants are expected to have a BSc or an MSc in physics,
physical chemistry, mathematical biology or equivalent subject and must have
less than 4 years? research experience. Applicants may not be citizens of
the UK, and must not have resided, worked, or studied in the UK for more
than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to recruitment.
TRAINING PROGRAM: The work will be carried out as part of a European Marie
Curie Initial Training Network that involves regular meetings and timely
delivery of results. The student will visit and collaborate with both an
academic and an industrial partner by means of 3-month visiting researcher
placements, and will participate in planned training events and workshops
covering topics such as team working and leadership, business, intellectual
property, industrial biotechnology, and science communication.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: The University of Warwick is committed to the
principles of the Athena Scientific Women?s Academic Network and the HR
Research in Excellence agenda.
TO APPLY: go to http://www.go.warwick.ac.uk/pgapply, select the MOAC
Doctoral Training Centre PhD programme F1P7 and state ?CAS-IDP? under the
heading ?funding?.
INFO & CONTACT: a.rodger@warwick.ac.uk
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From: Frederic Guichard, Prof. <fred.guichard@mcgill.ca>
Date: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:31 PM
Subject: PhD-Mathematical Ecology of Marine Metapopulations, McGill U., Canada
PhD position in Mathematical Ecology of Marine Meta-populations:
Prof. Frederic Guichard (McGill University, Biology) is currently
recruiting one PhD student to work on the development of
meta-population and metacommunity theories integrating genetic data and
biophysical models. The successful candidate would contribute to a
newly NSERC-funded collaborative research with Marie-Josee Fortin
(University of Toronto), Isabelle Cote (Simon Fraser University) and
Janelle Curtis (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Expected starting date
is September 2013. Please send application (statement, CV, and contact
info of 3 references) to frederic.guichard@mcgill.ca
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From: Steffen Waldherr <steffen.waldherr@ovgu.de>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 5:26 AM
Subject: PhD in Mathematical Analysis of Biological Networks,
Otto-von-Guericke-U, Germany
The following position is to be filled at the Otto-von-Guericke-Universitat:
PhD Student in Mathematical Analysis of Biological Networks
Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Institute for
Automation Engineering, Research group Theory of Complex Networks
The successful candidate will conduct research in the research areas
of the group and work towards a PhD degree.
Possible research topics:
Mathematical modeling of biochemical signal transduction and gene regulation
Robustness analysis of biochemical networks
Optimization of biochemical networks
Control engineering applications in biological networks
Prerequisites:
Academic degree (Master / German diploma equivalent) preferably in
engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or a similar study
program.
Experience in mathematical models of biological networks or dynamical systems.
Good knowledge of English and preferably of German.
Ability to work scientifically.
Please address informal questions about this position to Jun.-Prof.
Dr.-Ing. Steffen Waldherr, phone +49 391/67-20118 or by E-Mail:
steffen.waldherr@ovgu.de.
Salary scale: 13 TV-L
Date commencing: from 15.05.2013
Fixed term until: 30.05.2015
Contract: 100 %
Applications by women are especially welcome. Applicants with a severe
disability will receive preferential treatment if their qualifications
and experience are equal to those of the other candidates.
Please send your complete application (cover letter, curriculum vitae,
certificates, statement of research interests, up to two letters of
reference) quoting reference number 55/2013 by 19.04.2013 (date of
receipt of application) to:
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Dezernat Personalwesen
Postfach 4120, 39016 Magdeburg
Germany
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From: Terry, John <J.Terry@exeter.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Subject: PhD: Fully funded (EU/UK) PhD positions available
in Math Modeling, UK
A number of PhD positions are available as a result of an internal
University of Exeter competition. Studentships provide a stipend of
£13,726 and tuition fees and are available in the following areas:
Brain Networks in Seizure generation:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=1198
Systems-level electro-plasticity:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=1197
Dynamics of the fear response:
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=1185
All projects involve integrative mathematical modelling and
experimental validation studies.
Please forward these details to any students you feel might be
suitable. Potential students are strongly encourage to make informal
contact prior to submitting their application.
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From: Santiago Schnell <schnells@umich.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Subject: Postdoc: Math./Comp. Bio. Chemistry..., U. of Michigan Medical School
Postdoctoral position in Mathematical/Computational Biological
Chemistry and Cell Biology at the University of Michigan Medical School
We are announcing an opening for a postdoctoral position to work in
the area of mathematical/computational biological chemistry and cell
biology at Dr. Santiago Schnell?s laboratory. The postdoctoral fellow
will work specifically in investigating protein aggregation mechanisms
and the biochemical pathways of ER stress during the progression of
protein folding diseases. The research fellow will also interact with
our experimental collaborators in this area at the University of
Michigan.
Candidates should have experience in the mathematical modeling and
numerical solutions of differential equations, and an understanding of
biochemical kinetics, biochemistry and cell biology. This position
would suit individuals who have a first degree in mathematics,
chemistry, engineering or biomedical sciences, and a PhD in applied
mathematics, systems biology, biophysics, physical-chemistry,
biomedical/chemical engineering. Candidates must enjoy working in a
team and have a meticulous approach to their work. They must have
experience writing publications and excellent communication skills.
This position is available immediately. It will be renewed yearly
subject to satisfactory performance. Salary level is determined by
the number of full years of relevant postdoctoral experience at the
NIH NRSA scale.
Applications, including a full CV, a covering letter explaining
suitability for the position and how the candidate satisfies the
selection criteria, and the names and addresses of two referees should
be sent to Dr. Santiago Schnell, University of Michigan Medical
School, Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Brehm Center
5132, 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
(E-mail:schnells@umich.edu, Fax: +1-734-232-8162). Candidates must
arrange for their referees to send references direct to Dr. Santiago
Schnell (fax or email is sufficient).
Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.
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From: Oliver Jensen <oliver.jensen@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 4:07 AM
Subject: Postdoc: Multiscale Models of Human Physiology..., U.of Sheffield, UK
Research Associate Position, University of Sheffield, UK
Application deadline: March 26th, 2013
A fixed term 36 month post-doctoral research associate position is
available in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University
of Sheffield, UK to work in a team developing multiscale models of
human physiology that incorporate uncertainty quantitatively. The
post arises from a large collaborative award from the EPSRC in
Forecasting Personal Health in an Uncertain Environment to the
University of Sheffield, the University of Manchester and Brunel
University. The consortium will develop multiscale models of human
physiology that incorporate uncertainty, with a focus on the response
of the respiratory system to challenge by influenza virus, and the
response of the heart to episodes of atrial fibrillation. The
successful applicant for this particular position will develop
coarse-grained and continuum models at the molecule/tissue interface.
Applicants should have a PhD in theoretical soft condensed matter or
related areas and will develop models, including simulation
techniques, for relating mucin structure with rheology and for atrial
fibrillation activation.
For more details, search for reference UOS006125 at
http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs.
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From: Alessandro Veneziani <ale@mathcs.emory.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:11 AM
Subject: AneuriskWeb:A Repository for Cerebral Aneurysm Geometries/Simulations
As a follow-up of the Aneurisk project (Politecnico di Milano), the web-site:
http://ecm2.mathcs.emory.edu/aneuriskweb
provides a set of images and geometries of cerebral aneurysms
together with geometrical analysis and computational hemodynamics results.
The web site is free and supports visual inspection of the different geometries
(before downloading) and multi-criteria queries. The data have been
collected within the Aneurisk Project of the Politecnico di Milano,
Italy. Geometrical analysis has been carried with the VMTK program
(Vascular Modeling ToolKit).
Numerical simulations were performed with the finite element
library LIFEV. Data (images and results) can be downloaded and used
(STL format) for numerical simulations. The web site is intended to
promote data sharing for cross validation of the results, and it will
be soon open to upload. The setting up of the site has been made
possible by the support of the Emory University Research Committee and
The Brain Aneurysm Foundation.
The authors of the web site are
1) E(CM)2 - Emory Center for Mathematics and Computing in Medicine, USA
Tiziano Passerini, Marina Piccinelli, Alessandro Veneziani
2) OROBIX - Open Eyes Technology for Image Analysis, Italy
Luca Antiga
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