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Subject: SMB Digest v13i17
SMB Digest April 26, 2013 Volume 13 Issue 17
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Amina Eladdadi eladdada(at)strose(dot)edu
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Issue's Topics:
Workshop: IMA Special Workshop, Women in Applied Math., Sept. 9-13, MN
Conference: Membrane Dynamics and Blebbing, Sept. 16-17, Oxford
Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) on Computational Neuroscience
Postdoc: Immunological Modeling, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Date: Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Subject: Workshop: IMA Special Workshop, Women in Applied
Math., Sept. 9-13, MN
IMA Special Workshop
WhAM! (Women in Applied Mathematics)
Research Collaboration Workshop: Dynamical Systems with Applications
to Biology and Medicine
September 9-13, 2013
Many questions about biological processes can be phrased in terms of
dynamical systems. The evolution of these processes and the stability
of their long-term behavior can be studied in terms of dynamical
systems theory. In this workshop we will pose problems from a range of
biological and medical applications that can be interpreted as
questions about system behavior or control. The overarching goal is to
help build a strong collaboration network of women working on
dynamical systems in biology by facilitating the formation of new
collaborative research groups and encouraging them to continue to work
together after the workshop.
This workshop will have a special format designed to maximize these
opportunities for collaboration.
There will be up to eight senior women researchers working in
mathematical biology, each will present a problem and lead a research
group.
Each leader will choose a more junior co-leader, preferably someone
with whom they do not have a long-standing collaboration, but who has
enough experience to take on a leadership role. Other team members
will be chosen from applicants and invitees. We anticipate five people
per group.
It is expected that each group will continue their project together
and obtain results to write a submission to the Proceedings volume for
the conference.
The benefit of such a structured program with leaders, projects, and
working groups planned in advance is that senior women will meet,
mentor, and collaborate with the brightest young women in their field
and junior women and students will develop their network of colleagues
and encounter important new research areas to work in, thereby
improving their chances for successful research careers.
To view project descriptions and to apply, please go to:
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Date: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:45 AM
Subject: Conference: Membrane Dynamics and Blebbing, Sept. 16-17, Oxford
Membrane Dynamics and Blebbing Conference,
being held at the Maths Institute of the University of Oxford, on the
16-17th of September 2013.
There are a number of biological and mathematical collaborations
occurring across Europe that are taking a mechanistic approach to
understanding cell membrane dynamics. In particular, blebbing is a
current hot topic of research. In order to foster new collaborative
partnerships and facilitate the dissemination of ideas we are hosting
a two-day conference bringing together groups from both experimental
and theoretical fields.
Please register your interest at:
Deadline for registration is 30th June 2013. We aim to inform
applicants of the decisions regarding participation as well as poster
and talk submissions by mid July 2013.
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Date: Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 1:03 AM
Subject: Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) on Computational Neuroscience
We are pleased to announce the launch of the first Computational
Neuroscience MOOC ("massively open" online course) on Coursera:
Registration is free, requires only an email address, and is open to
all. The number currently registered is nearing 40,000 worldwide, so
we expect this to be both an interesting and challenging experiment in
teaching Comp Neurosci!
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Date: Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 11:14 AM
Subject: Postdoc: Immunological Modeling, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH SCIENTIST:
Immunological Modeling
Earth and Life Institute, Universite Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position to work on the
mathematical modeling of the lymph node immune response to an antigen.
The project will specifically focus on the Th1-Th2 dynamics under the
influence of regulatory cytokines.
The position will be based in the group of Emmanuel Hanert
catholique de Louvain. The successful applicant will develop
spatio-temporal mathematical and numerical models of the Th1-Th2
differentiation and cross-regulation occurring in the lymph node
following an infection or vaccination. That modeling work will be done
in close collaboration with another postdoctoral researcher working in
the group of Prof. Jean-Christophe Renauld
specialized in the experimental study of immunity and more
specifically the role of cytokines in the immune system. A key outcome
of this project will be to combine numerical modeling and experimental
observations to better understand how the spatial distribution of
memory T cells within the lymph node can influence its response to an
antigen.
This position is partly funded by GSK Vaccines, the vaccine division
of the GSK Group, whose main research center is located less than 10
km away from Louvain-la-Neuve. The post-holder will therefore have the
opportunity to work closely with researchers from GSK.
The position should ideally start on September 1st and is offered for
2 years. Candidates should have a PhD degree in a quantitative
discipline like applied mathematics, physics or computational sciences
with a strong background in numerical modeling and/or computational
biology. Applicants should send a cover letter, a detailed CV, a brief
statement of research interests, and names and contact information for
three references. For further information, contact Emmanuel Hanert
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until
the post has been filled.
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