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Subject: SMB Digest v13i30
SMB Digest July 25 2013 Volume 13 Issue 30
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Richard Schugart richard(dot)schugart(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
Conference: Ermentrout's 60th Birthday, Mar 10-12, U Pittsburgh
PhD Position: Neural Field Modeling to..., INRIA, Nancy, France
Post-doc: Systems Modeller, Rothamsted Research, UK
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From: Angela M Reynolds <areynolds2@vcu.edu>
Date: July 23, 2013 8:00:46 AM
Subject: Conference: Ermentrout's 60th Birthday, Mar 10-12, U Pittsburgh
Nonlinear dynamics and stochastic methods: from neuroscience to other
biological applications
In honor of G. Bard Ermentrout's 60th Birthday
March 10-12, 2014
Pittsburgh, PA
This conference on nonlinear dynamics and stochastic methods will bring
together a mix of senior and junior scientists to report on theoretical
methods that proved successful in mathematical neuroscience, and to
encourage their dissemination and application to modeling in
computational medicine and other biological fields. This conference will
coincide with a celebration of G. Bard Ermentrout's sixtieth birthday.
The invited speakers will present on mathematical topics such as
dynamical systems, multi-scale modeling, phase resetting curves, pattern
formation and statistical methods. The mathematical tools will be
demonstrated in the context of the following main topics: i) Rhythms in
biological systems; ii) The geometry of systems with multiple time
scales; iii) Pattern formation in biological systems; iv) Stochastic
models: statistical methods and mean field approximations.
The conference runs from March 10-12, 2014 at the University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Travel support may become available for
young investigators. Currently, this conference is partial funded by the
Mathematical Biosciences Institute and the University of Pittsburgh.
Invited Speakers (to be confirmed):
Paul Bressloff (University of Utah)
Carson Chow (National Institutes of Health)
Sharon Crook (Arizona State University)
Jack Cowan (University of Chicago)
Jonathan Drover (Cornell Medical College, NYC)
Leah Edelstein-Keshet (University of British Columbia,
Vancouver - Canada)
Roberto Fernandez Galan (Case Western Reserve University)
Pranay Goel (Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research,
Pune - India)
Boris Gutkin (Ecole Normale Superieure/ ENS, Paris - France)
Zachary Kilpatrick (University of Houston)
Nancy Kopell (Boston University)
Cheng Ly (Virginia Commonwealth University)
Remus Osan (Georgia State University)
George Oster (University of California, Berkeley)
John Rinzel (New York University)
Jonathan Rubin (University of Pittsburgh)
Daniel Simons (University of Pittsburgh)
David Terman (Ohio State University)
More information will soon be available via a webpage. If you have
questions now please contact one of the organizers, Angela Reynolds,
areynolds2@vcu.edu, or Rodica Curtu, rodica-curtu@uiowa.edu.
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From: Axel Hutt <axel.hutt@inria.fr>
Date: July 22, 2013 6:29:24 AM
Subject: PhD Position: Neural Field Modeling to..., INRIA, Nancy, France
Neural Field modeling of general anesthesia by traversing scales in the
brain.
General anesthesia is a fixed part of hospital practice today but its
underlying neural mechanism is far from being understood. The project
aims to model the action of anaesthetic agents on single neurons and
derives a statistical neural population model involving these actions.
The resulting model involves delayed nonlinear integro-differential
equations. It will be analyzed analytically and numerically. In a last
step, the model parameters will be fitted optimally to experimental data
in a Bayesian framework (Dynamical Causal Modeling). The experimental
data may be electroencephalographic data or Local Field Potentials
provided by external cooperation partners.
The PhD-project is financed for 3 years and is located at INRIA in
Nancy/France in the team NEUROSYS (http://neurosys.loria.fr/).
The optimal candidate has a strong mathematical background in
differential equations and/or statistical modeling and strong interest
in neuroscience.
Please send applications by email to Axel Hutt (axel.hutt@inria.fr).
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From: Jane Stock (RRes-Roth) <jane.stock@rothamsted.ac.uk>
Date: July 18, 2013 4:54:11 AM
Subject: Post-doc: Systems Modeller, Rothamsted Research, UK
POST-DOCTORAL SYSTEMS MODELLER
Rothamsted Research, the UK's oldest and largest agricultural research
centre, requires a mathematician or numerate environmental scientist to
work on a high-profile 3-year post-doctoral research project to develop
our understanding of the processes that underlie the resilience of
soils. This project is funded by BBSRC and Defra and underpins part of
Rothamsted's role in understanding and shaping the UK?s responses to the
challenges posed by climate change and the need to produce food in a
sustainable manner.
In collaboration with Cranfield University, the appointee will analyse
data from experimental trials that measure the respiration of different
soils following stresses applied in the laboratory. The appointee will
review the literature and build on recent work that has suggested
mathematical means to describe and express the twin facets of
resilience: resistance to change and recovery from damage.
Together with the Cranfield PDRA, the appointee will examine possible
relationships between resilience and the properties of soil or the
land-use from where the samples were obtained. S/he will be responsible
for helping to draw up maps of the regions or practices in the UK
associated with resilient soils and drawing initial conclusions as to
how resilience might be conferred upon soils.
The successful candidate will have a PhD in an appropriate science
discipline and experience in mathematics and modelling. The ability to
formulate and solve differential equations and experience in the use of
computer languages such as C++ or Fortran and mathematical software such
as MATLAB, Maple or Bayesian Belief Networks would be a particular
advantage. The candidate will be expected to engage with other
scientists from other disciplines and travel as required especially to
Cranfield and so a current driving licence would be an advantage.
Training will be given where appropriate and the successful candidate is
likely to acquire a range of useful skills making him/her highly
employable subsequently.
Informal inquiries about this position which is for 3 years full-time
may be directed to Professor Andy Whitmore
(andy.whitmore@rothamsted.ac.uk). The appointment is at Band D level
with a starting salary normally in the region of 29,547 to 31,995 pounds
per annum, subject to experience and profile of candidate, and would
suit a recent PhD graduate.
Apply by application form only, available with further particulars from
www.rothamsted.ac.uk or from the HR Group, Rothamsted Research,
Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, rres.hr@rothamsted.ac.uk. Please quote
reference 1274. Closing date: 18 August 2013
An Equal Opportunities Employer
As users of the disability symbol, Rothamsted Research guarantees to
interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our
vacancies.
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