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Subject: SMB Digest v13i44

SMB Digest      October 29, 2013   Volume 13  Issue 44
ISSN 1086-6566

Editor: Ray Mejía ray(at)smb(dot)org

Note:
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Issue's Topics:
   Summer school: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, 17-24 August, Finland
   Workshop on Modeling in Life Sciences, November 30, Szeged
   AIBS Newsletter: BioScience content for October now online
   Keystone Symposia 2014 Biochemistry and Structural Biology Meetings
   Keystone Symposia 2014 Molecular Biology Conferences
   Keystone Symposia 2014 Cilia Conference
   ToC: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 75, Issue 11
   NSF/NIH/BMBF/ANR/BSF Coll. Research in Computational Neuroscience ...
   Theoretical Ecology Graduate Research Assistantships (Master's)
   EPSRC PhD Studentship on Inverse Problems for Cell Motility
   Systems Biology PhD Studentship, University of Oxford
   PhD Position: Mathematical Immunology and Virology, ETH Zurich
   Postdoc Position: Mathematical Immunology and Virology, ETH Zurich
   Postdoc Position: Mathematical Modeling of Emerging Infectious Diseases
   Postdoctoral Position: Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, Canada
   Postdoctoral Research Associate: University of Manchester, UK
   3 year Postdoc: Neural Population Model Data Assimilation, Reading, UK
   Faculty Openings: Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Austin
   Faculty Position: Applied Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill
   SMBnet Reminders


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From: <kisdi@mappi.helsinki.fi>
Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:22 AM
Subject: Summer school: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases, 17-24 August, Finland

Summer school: Dynamics of Infectious Diseases (17-24 August 2014, Finland)

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite students and young researchers to the 2014 edition
of The Helsinki Summer School on Mathematical Ecology and Evolution, an
EMS-ESMTB School in Applied Mathematics, which will focus on the dynamics
of infectious diseases. The school will be held between 17 and 24 August
2014 in Turku, Finland. The core program consists of five series of lectures,

Odo Diekmann: Population dynamics of infectious diseases
Frank Ball: Stochastic models of epidemics
Thomas House: Networks and epidemics
Michel Langlais: Spatial dynamics of infectious diseases
Troy Day: Evolution of hosts and pathogens

All young researchers working in mathematical epidemiology, ecology or
evolution can apply from all countries, especially from Europe and the
Mediterranean. The school is aimed at graduate students of mathematics,
but we also welcome students of biology with sufficient background in
mathematics, as well as advanced undergraduates and postdocs.

The deadline for applications is 15 April 2014. There is
no registration fee.  For more details and application, see
http://mathstat.helsinki.fi/research/biomath/summerschool2014/.

Eva Kisdi, Mats Gyllenberg and Elina Numminen


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From: <rost@math.u-szeged.hu>
Date: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Subject: Workshop on Modeling in Life Sciences, November 30, Szeged

Announcement

Workshop on Modeling in Life Sciences

organized by the Bolyai Institute of the University of Szeged on
November 30, 2013, in Szeged, Hungary, in the framework of
Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 and the FuturICT.hu project.

Information and preliminary program available at:
http://www.math.u-szeged.hu/~knipl/mpe2013/

Poster presentations are welcome, please submit title and abstract until
November 3 to Gergely Röst (main organizer, rost@math.u-szeged.hu).


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From: AIBS <dbosnjak@aibs.org>
Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:03 AM
Subject: AIBS Newsletter: BioScience content for October now online

See
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=ec2ba17fa5&e=15cb51810b


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From: <keystonesymposia@keystonesymposia.org>
Date: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Subject: Keystone Symposia 2014 Biochemistry and Structural Biology Meetings

See
http://www.keystonesymposia.org/views/web/marketing/emails/2014_BiochemStructural_Email.html


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From: <keystonesymposia@keystonesymposia.org>
Date: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 6:42 PM
Subject: Keystone Symposia 2014 Molecular Biology Conferences

See
http://www.keystonesymposia.org/views/web/marketing/emails/2014_Molecular_Email.html


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From: <keystonesymposia@keystonesymposia.org>
Date: Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Subject: Keystone Symposia 2014 Cilia Conference

See
http://www.keystonesymposia.org/views/web/marketing/emails/2014_C1_Email.html#utm_source=2014C1email&utm_medium=emaillink&utm_campaign=2014C1email


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From: Springer <springeralerts@springer.delivery.net>
Date: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:59 PM
Subject: ToC: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 75, Issue 11

Volume 75 Number 11 is now available on SpringerLink
http://springer.r.delivery.net/r/r?2.1.Ee.2Tp.1gRqkl.C7fWKQ..T.g0n0.4DAC.bW89MQ%5f%5fCfYCFPE0

IN THIS ISSUE:

The Common Ancestor Process Revisited
Sandra Kluth, Thiemo Hustedt & Ellen Baake

Multistationarity in Sequential Distributed Multisite Phosphorylation Networks
Katharina Holstein, Dietrich Flockerzi & Carsten Conradi

Complex Dynamics in an Eco-epidemiological Model
Andrew M. Bate & Frank M. Hilker

Letter to the Editor
The Influence of Immunity Loss on Persistence and Recurrence of Endemic
Infections
Ingemar Nåsell

The Influence of Spatial Variation in Chromatin Density Determined by X-Ray
Tomograms on the Time to Find DNA Binding Sites
Samuel A. Isaacson, Carolyn A. Larabell, Mark A. Gros, David M. McQueen &
Charles S. Peskin

Laplacian Dynamics on General Graphs
Inomzhon Mirzaev & Jeremy Gunawardena

Lattice-Free Models of Cell Invasion: Discrete Simulations and Travelling
Waves
Michael J. Plank & Matthew J. Simpson

Adaptive Release of Natural Enemies in a Pest-Natural Enemy System with
Pesticide Resistance
Juhua Liang, Sanyi Tang, Robert A. Cheke & Jianhong Wu

Trophic Structure, Stability, and Parasite Persistence Threshold in Food
Webs
C. Finn McQuaid & Nicholas F. Britton

Computational Modeling of Channelrhodopsin-2 Photocurrent Characteristics in
Relation to Neural Signaling
Roxana A. Stefanescu, R. G. Shivakeshavan, Pramod P. Khargonekar &
Sachin S. Talathi

The Effects of Seasonal Forcing on Invertebrate-Disease Interactions with
Immune Priming
Alex Best

A Mathematical Model of Chlamydial Infection Incorporating Movement of
Chlamydial Particles
Dann G. Mallet, Masoumeh Bagher-Oskouei, A. Charisse Farr, Daniel P. Simpson
& Kelly-Jean Sutton

An Appropriate Bounded Invariant Region for a Bistable Reaction-Diffusion
Model of the Caspase-3/8 Feedback Loop
Markus Daub

A Stronger Necessary Condition for the Multistationarity of Chemical
Reaction Networks
Sylvain Soliman


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From: Whang, Kenneth C. <kwhang@nsf.gov>
Date: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:38 PM
Subject: NSF/NIH/BMBF/ANR/BSF Coll. Research in Computational Neuroscience ...

Dear Colleagues,

The U.S. National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, the
German Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und
Forschung, BMBF), the French National Research Agency (Agence Nationale de la
Recherche, ANR), and the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
(BSF) are pleased to announce the release of the program solicitation for
Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS; NSF 14-504),
now available at http://www.nsf.gov/crcns/.

The next deadline for proposals will be JANUARY 27, 2014.


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From: Antonio Golubski <agolubsk@kennesaw.edu>
Date: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:39 AM
Subject: Theoretical Ecology Graduate Research Assistantships (Master's)

Dear SMBnet readers,

I would greatly appreciate you forwarding the following to any students
you think might be interested:

I am seeking one to two Master's students to join my theoretical ecology lab
at Kennesaw State University in Fall 2014. I have GRA support available for
students interested in studying the structure of indirect effects in food
webs (how patterns of indirect effects associated with different adaptive
behaviors and mutualisms affect community stability). Students will have
considerable freedom to develop their own questions of interest within this
broader topic, and possibly unrelated topics as well.

Strong interest in community ecology & species interactions, strong
quantitative skills, and programming experience are all pluses. Interested
students should provide me their cv, unofficial transcripts, GRE scores
(also unofficial...  please please tell me the separate verbal and
quantitative scores & percentiles), a cover letter describing their relevant
experience and interests, and contact information for 2-3 references. The
deadline for applications to our Master's program is January 15th, but
prospective applicants should contact me well in advance, ideally by early
November. Please feel free to email me (agolubsk@kennesaw.edu) with any
questions.

Kennesaw State University is located in the greater Atlanta metropolitan
area, and is the third largest institution within the University System
of Georgia.  More information on me, Kennesaw State University, our Master
of Science in Integrative Biology program, our Department of Biology &
Physics, and our College of Science & Mathematics can be found at:

http://science.kennesaw.edu/~agolubsk/
http://kennesaw.edu/
http://biology.kennesaw.edu/MSIB/index.html
http://biology.kennesaw.edu/
http://science.kennesaw.edu/


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From: Anotida Madzvamuse <a.madzvamuse@sussex.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Subject: EPSRC PhD Studentship on Inverse Problems for Cell Motility

See
http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=45756


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From: Omer Dushek <omer.dushek@path.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 4:23 AM
Subject: Systems Biology PhD Studentship, University of Oxford

Fully-funded Systems Biology PhD Studentship, University of Oxford

(Deadline: Jan 2014, Start-date: Oct 2014)

A fully-funded PhD position is available focused on molecular mechanisms
underlying immune cell activation (http://dushek.path.ox.ac.uk/)


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From: Roland R Regoes <roland.regoes@env.ethz.ch>
Date: Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Subject: PhD Position: Mathematical Immunology and Virology, ETH Zurich

PhD position in mathematical immunology and virology at the ETH Zurich,
Switzerland:

A PhD position is available in the group of Roland Regoes at the ETH Zurich
(see www.tb.ethz.ch/research/Regoes). In our group we study quantitative
aspects of infectious diseases within their hosts.

We are looking for a PhD student interested in studying the within host
dynamics of viruses and their interaction with the immune system. Applicants
for the positions should have strong quantitative skills. We therefore
encourage people with a background in mathematics, biostatistics,
bioinformatics or physics to apply.  The starting date can be as soon as
possible, but we are fairly flexible where that is concerned.

The specific questions, which we would like to address over the next
years, revolve around inferring the population dynamics of the virus from
high-throughput genetic data. We would like to find out what the viral
sequence data, collected in infected hosts over time, tells us about
the replication and spread of the virus within its host. We also plan to
investigate the population dynamics of B-cells using detailed genetic data
on antibody responses.

Experience of population genetics would be advantageous, but s not absolutely
necessary. The research in our group is conducted in close collaboration
with experimental groups in Switzerland and oversees.

Our group is strongly linked with the theoretical biology group of Sebastian
Bonhoeffer (http://www.tb.ethz.ch/research/Bonhoeffer) who works on the
emergence and dynamics of drug resistance. This means that we have common
group meetings, and the PhD student and the postdoc will be exposed to a
wide range of interesting research on infectious disease dynamics.

Zurich is a great place to live and to do research. It is the home of two
big universities (the University of Zurich and the ETH), and is an attractive
city in beautiful surroundings with a multinational population and many
educational and recreational opportunities.

To apply please send a letter describing your interest in this position,
a CV and the names and contact addresses of two referees to me by email:
roland.regoes@env.ethz.ch. Please apply until December 20, 2013. Informal
enquires are also welcome.


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From: Roland R Regoes <roland.regoes@env.ethz.ch>
Date: Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Subject: Postdoc Position: Mathematical Immunology and Virology, ETH Zurich

Postdoc position in mathematical immunology and virology at the ETH Zurich,
Switzerland:

A postdoctoral position is available in the group of Roland Regoes at the
ETH Zurich (see www.tb.ethz.ch/research/Regoes). In our group we study
quantitative aspects of infectious diseases within their hosts.

We are looking for a postdoc interested in studying the within host dynamics
of viruses and their interaction with the immune system. Applicants for the
positions should have strong quantitative skills. We therefore encourage
people with a background in mathematics, biostatistics, bioinformatics or
physics to apply.  The starting date can be as soon as possible, but we
are fairly flexible where that is concerned.

The specific questions, which we would like to address over the next
years, revolve around inferring the population dynamics of the virus from
high-throughput genetic data. We would like to find out what the viral
sequence data, collected in infected hosts over time, tells us about
the replication and spread of the virus within its host. We also plan to
investigate the population dynamics of B-cells using detailed genetic data
on antibody responses.

Experience of phylogenetic and phylogeographic methods would be extremely
advantageous. The research in our group is conducted in close collaboration
with experimental groups in Switzerland and oversees.

Our group is strongly linked with the theoretical biology group of Sebastian
Bonhoeffer (http://www.tb.ethz.ch/research/Bonhoeffer) who works on the
emergence and dynamics of drug resistance. This means that we have common
group meetings, and the PhD student and the postdoc will be exposed to a
wide range of interesting research on infectious disease dynamics.

Zurich is a great place to live and to do research. It is the home of two
big universities (the University of Zurich and the ETH), and is an attractive
city in beautiful surroundings with a multinational population and many
educational and recreational opportunities.

To apply please send a letter describing your interest in this position,
a CV and the names and contact addresses of two referees to me by email:
roland.regoes@env.ethz.ch. Please apply until December 20, 2013. Informal
enquires are also welcome.


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From: Romulus Breban <romulus.breban@pasteur.fr>
Date: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:32 AM
Subject: Postdoc Position: Mathematical Modeling of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Postdoctoral Position Available in Mathematical Modeling of Emerging
Infectious Diseases / Institut Pasteur, Paris

Unité d'Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes at Institut Pasteur, Paris
(http://www.pasteur.fr/fr) is currently inviting applications for a 3-year
postdoctoral position in mathematical modeling of emerging infectious
diseases. Requirements include: (i) Ph.D. in applied mathematics, physics,
engineering, computer science or a related quantitative field, (ii) solid
mathematical background, (iii) excellent programming skills in low-level
languages, (iv) excellent communication skills. Experience in mathematical
biology is desirable. The position includes a competitive salary and benefits
package, and starts in the summer/fall of 2014.

Highly motivated individuals should send letter of motivation, curriculum
vitae, relevant reprints, and references (name, e-mail, address, phone,
and fax no.)  to: Romulus Breban (romulus.breban@pasteur.fr), Unité
d'Epidémiologie des Maladies Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux,
75724 Paris Cedex 15, FRANCE, preferably by February 28, 2014.  


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From: Edwards, Andrew <Andrew.Edwards@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 8:23 PM
Subject: Postdoctoral Position: Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, Canada

Hello,

We have a two-year postdoctoral position entitled 'Implementing Ecosystem
Approaches to Management in the Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment Process',
starting April 1st, 2014. The position will be an 'NSERC Visiting Fellowship
in a Canadian Government Laboratory'. It will be at the Pacific Biological
Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island,
British Columbia, Canada.

Please see the advert at http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~english for further
details.


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From: Oliver Jensen <oliver.jensen@manchester.ac.uk>
Date: Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 6:38 AM
Subject: Postdoctoral Research Associate: University of Manchester, UK

A postdoctoral Research Associate position is available in the School of
Mathematics at the University of Manchester for an outstanding and ambitious
applied mathematician or statistician to undertake research in uncertainty
quantification for multiscale models of physiological systems. The position
is supported by a major interdisciplinary EPSRC grant entitled "Forecasting
Personal Health in an Uncertain Environment".

You should have proven research ability in a relevant area of applied
mathematics or statistics and hold, or be about to complete, a PhD in applied
mathematics, statistics or a related field. You should have familiarity with
mathematical or statistical modelling of biological or physical systems
and proven experience of either theoretical and computational techniques
in Bayesian statistics or theoretical modelling in continuum mechanics
and transport processes. You should have an enthusiasm for research at the
interface of applied mathematics, statistics and other disciplines and a
willingness to learn and adopt new approaches. You should be able to work
well independently and in collaboration with others, and should possess
excellent written and oral communication skills.

For further details see
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AHN553/research-associate-in-applied-mathematics-statistics/

Contact: Oliver.Jensen@manchester.ac.uk

Closing date: 13 December 2014


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From: Ingo Bojak <i.bojak@reading.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:23 PM
Subject: 3 year Postdoc: Neural Population Model Data Assimilation, Reading, UK

Postdoctoral Fellow in Neural Population Model Data Assimilation
School of Systems Engineering, School of Meteorology and Center for
Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics University of Reading, UK

Closing date: 21 November 2013
Reference number: RS13077

Interviews: 28 November 2013
Start date: 1 December 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter

Post type: full-time, fixed term for 3 years
Payscale: £27,854 to £36,298 per annum

You will play a pivotal role in an exciting interdisciplinary collaboration
between the School of Systems Engineering (Prof Ingo Bojak), the
School of Meteorology (Prof Peter Jan van Leeuwen) and the Center for
Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics (CINN, Prof Douglas Saddy)
at the University of Reading. Together we will bring world-leading Data
Assimilation techniques, developed in particular for weather forecasting,
to bear on computational neuroscience by demonstrating that spontaneous
and task-driven neuroimaging data (EEG and fMRI BOLD) can be described,
understood and forecast in terms of highly realistic and complex models
comprising a large number of neural masses distributed over a cortical
discretization mesh. 

You will have:

 . Prior research experience in at least one of the following fields: Data
Assimilation, Computational Neuroscience or Computational Neuroimaging
Analysis
 . Excellent skills in applied mathematics, scientific programming, scientific
methods and research presentation
 . A PhD in a relevant field, excellent scientific publication(s) and a track
record of producing useful software (preferably C/C++ and Fortran 90)
 . Enthusiasm for an interdisciplinary project focused on neuroscience,
a winning, creative personality and the drive to push technical boundaries
together with our team

For further particulars, please see
https://www.reading.ac.uk/about/jobs/docs/RS13077.pdf

Informal questions are welcomed by Prof Ingo Bojak (Project Leader, Neural
Population Models) i.bojak@reading.ac.uk, Prof Peter Jan van Leeuwen
(Project Co-Leader, Data Assimilation) p.j.vanleeuwen@reading.ac.uk, and
Prof Douglas Saddy (Project Co-Leader, Neuroimaging) j.d.saddy@reading.ac.uk.

To apply see
https://www.reading.ac.uk/about/jobs/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=4893876dVS&WVID=9493791XsD&LANG=USA
and click on the "Apply online" button. Alternatively, if you wish to apply
using a hardcopy form please email recruitment@reading.ac.uk or contact
Human Resources, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 217, Reading
RG6 6AH or Telephone +44(0)118 378 6771 (voicemail).

Please quote the relevant reference number RS13077.

We value a diverse workforce and welcome applications from all sections of
the community.


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From: Mia K Markey <mia.markey@utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 2:14 PM
Subject: Faculty Openings: Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas Austin

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
has three tenure track openings at the Assistant Professor level. The target
areas are tissue engineering, systems biology, and nanotechnology. Detailed
information is available online at:

http://www.bme.utexas.edu/faculty/faculty-job-openings


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From: Boyce Griffith <boyceg@email.unc.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:35 AM
Subject: Faculty Position: Applied Mathematics, UNC-Chapel Hill

The Department of Mathematics of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill invites applications for a tenure track position in applied mathematics
at the assistant professor level starting on July 1, 2014. Candidates are
sought to enhance the interdisciplinary focus of the applied mathematics
research group.  We specifically seek applicants who will work to establish
an externally funded research program that actively collaborates with
researchers in the biological, computer, environmental, medical, physical,
or social sciences. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree is required, and some
postdoctoral experience, outstanding research promise, and dedication to
excellent teaching are expected.

To be considered for this position, applicants must apply online by
December 1, 2013 both at:

   http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/5240

and also at:

   http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/33233

Further information is available at http://www.math.unc.edu, and specific
questions can be referred to Roberto Camassa at camassa@amath.unc.edu.

The University of North Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


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