Subject: Society for Mathematical Biology Digest
SMB Digest January 14, 2015 Volume 15 Issue 2
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Wandi Ding ding.smb.digest(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
Call for Minisymposium Proposals for SMB'15
Support Available for Activities at the NIMBioS
6th workshop on Neutron Scattering..., Oak Ridge, TN, June 1-5
Congreso latinoamericano de biomatematica, Brazil, July 13-17
VipIMAGE 2015: ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, Oct 19-21
Scholarship: Master in Systems & Synthetic Biology, Evry, France
PhD Position: Computational Biology..., UNSW, Australia
Research Fellow: University of Exeter
Postdoc Position: Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Faculty Positions: Complex Systems, Oregon State U
SMBnet Reminders
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From: Yi Jiang <yijianglanl@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:18 PM
Subject: Call for Minisymposium Proposals for SMB'15
You are cordially invited to submit a minisymposium proposal for the 2015
Annual Meetings of SMB, to be held in Atlanta, June 30 - July 3, 2015.
The deadline for minisymposium proposal is January 31, 2015.
Please use either the Word or LaTeX template to prepare your proposal, and
submit the proposal, by January 31, to via email to smb15@gsu.edu.
Topics for Mini-Symposia and Contributed Sessions include but not limit to:
? Biomechanics of Soft Biological Tissues
? Biological Networks and Systems
? Bioinformatics
? Bio-Imaging and Pattern Quantification
? Evolution and Ecology
? Infection and Immune Response
? Infectious Diseases / Public Health Management
? Mathematical and Quantitative Oncology
? Mathematical Modeling in Medicine
? Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Cardiodynamics
? Molecular Systems Biology
? Multiscale Modeling Techniques in Biology
? Computational and Mathematical Neuroscience
? Population Dynamics
? Stochasticity in Biology
? Special session on Education in Theoretical, Mathematical, and Systems
Biology
? Special Forum on Career Development: how to communicate with biologists,
how to publish in high impact journals, how to land a tenure track position,
how to obtain funding, how to manage a research lab
We look forward to hearing from you.
Yi Jiang (on behalf of the organizing committee)
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From: Catherine Crawley <ccrawley@nimbios.org>
Date: Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM
Subject: Support Available for Activities at the NIMBioS
Support Available for Activities at the National Institute for Mathematical
and Biological Synthesis
March 1, 2015 is the deadline for requests for support for Working Groups,
Investigative Workshops, Sabbaticals, and Short-term Visitors for activities
beginning fall/winter 2015 at the National Institute for Mathematical and
Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS). All areas of research at the interface of
biology and mathematics will be considered, but we are especially interested
in activities expanding beyond the areas of research supported to date.
Potential organizers of activities in areas of molecular biology, cell
biology, network biology, immunology and systems biology are particularly
encouraged to submit requests for support of Working Groups or
Investigative Workshops. NIMBioS, located at the University of Tennessee-
Knoxville, is an NSF-sponsored initiative to foster interdisciplinary
research at the interface between mathematical and biological sciences.
The institute's mission is to cultivate cross-disciplinary approaches in
mathematical biology and to develop a cadre of researchers who address
fundamental and applied biological problems in creative ways. Additional
support for NIMBioS comes from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
More details are posted at http://www.nimbios.org
Related Links:
NIMBioS Working Groups http://www.nimbios.org/workinggroups/
NIMBioS Investigative Workshops http://www.nimbios.org/workshops/
Postdoctoral Fellowships http://www.nimbios.org/postdocs/
Sabbaticals http://www.nimbios.org/visitors/sabbatical
Short-term Visits http://www.nimbios.org/visitors/
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From: Meilleur, Flora <meilleurf@ornl.gov>
Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:35 AM
Subject: 6th workshop on Neutron Scattering..., Oak Ridge, TN, June 1-5
6th Workshop on Neutron Scattering Applications in Structural Biology,
Oak Ridge, TN. June 1 ? June 5, 2015
Application deadline: April 10, 2015
The workshop on Neutron Scattering Applications in Structural Biology aims
at enabling structural biologists to fully exploit the latest instrumentation
and software development at the SNS and HFIR facilities at Oak Ridge National
Laboratory. Attendees will participate in lectures and tutorials focusing
exclusively on neutron techniques applied in structural biology. The workshop
is designed for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty new to
or with limited experience of neutron scattering.
Travel and accommodation expenses are supported for selected participants
from the United States. International applications are welcome. However the
course organization is not able to support travel or accommodation.
The number of participants will be limited to 15. There is no registration
fee for all selected participants.
The application package consisting of 1) Information form, 2) CV,
3) Applicant motivation letter (1/2 to 1 page), 4) Principal Investigator
letter of support (for graduate students only; 1/2 to 1 page), should be sent
electronically to meilleurf@ornl.gov before April 10, 2015.
Detailed information can be found on the workshop web page:
https://public.ornl.gov/neutrons/conf/gcnb2015.
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From: pmancera <pmancera@ibb.unesp.br>
Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 4:14 AM
Subject: Congreso latinoamericano de biomatematica, Brazil, July 13-17
We are pleased to anounce that the Instituto de Biociencias de Botucatu,
Unesp, Brazil, will host the IX Latin American Conference on Biomathematics
(Congreso Latinoamericano de Biomatematica). The conference will be held
july 13 - 17th. Information: www.ibb.unesp.br/solabima2015
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From: "Joćo Manuel R. S. Tavares" <tavares@fe.up.pt>
Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:18 PM
Subject: VipIMAGE 2015: ANNOUNCEMENT & CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, Oct 19-21
We are pleased to announce the International Conference VipIMAGE 2015 -
V ECCOMAS THEMATIC CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL VISION AND MEDICAL IMAGE
PROCESSING (www.fe.up.pt/~vipimage) to be held October 19-21, 2015, in
H10 Costa Adeje Palace, Costa Adeje, Tenerife, Spain.
Possible Topics (not limited to)
- Signal and Image Processing
- Computational Vision
- Medical Imaging
- Physics of Medical Imaging
- Tracking and Analysis of Movement
- Simulation and Modeling
- Image Acquisition
- Industrial Applications
- Shape Reconstruction
- Segmentation, Matching, Simulation
- Data Interpolation, Registration, Acquisition and Compression
- 3D Vision
- Virtual Reality
- Visual Inspection
- Software Development for Image Processing and Analysis
- Computer Aided Diagnosis, Surgery, Therapy, and Treatment
- Computational Bioimaging and Visualization
- Telemedicine Systems and Applications
Invited Lecturers
- Alexandre Xavier Falcćo, Universidade de Campinas, Brazil
- Cristian A. Linte, Mayo Clinic, USA
- Da-Chuan Cheng, China Medical University, Taiwan
- Fiorella Sgallari, University of Bologna, Italy
- Yongjie Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Xue-cheng Tai, University of Bergen, Norway
Thematic Sessions
Proposals to organize Thematic Sessions under the auspicious of VipIMAGE
Proposals for Thematic Sessions should be submitted by email to the
conference co-chairs (tavares@fe.up.pt, rnatal@fe.up.pt).
Publications
Proceedings: The proceedings book will be published by the Taylor & Francis
Group and indexed by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index,
IET Inspect and Elsevier Scopus. Springer Book: A book with 20 invited works
from the ones presented in the conference will be published by Springer under
the book series "Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics".
Journal Publication: A dedicated special issue of the Taylor & Francis
International Journal "Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical
Engineering: Imaging & Visualization" will be published with extended
versions of the best works presented in the conference.
Important Dates
- Deadline for Thematic Session Proposals: February 28, 2015
- Deadline for Extended Abstracts: March 15, 2015
- Authors Notification: April 15, 2015
- Deadline for Papers: June 15, 2015
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From: Dominique Zeliszewski <dominique.zeliszewski@issb.genopole.fr>
Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:24 AM
Subject: Scholarship: Master in Systems & Synthetic Biology, Evry, France
A limited number of stipends may be proposed to foreign students in the
Master in Systems & Synthetic Biology, mSSB (http://www.mSSB.fr)
on the basis of academic excellence. These stipends cover living and
registration costs for the teaching period and may be cumulated with the
one served to Master 2 students by the laboratory hosting the internship
from February on. So we would appreciate your help in transmitting these
informations to potentially interested students, and putting them in
contact with us.
Interested students are invited to visit as soon as possible the webpage: http://www.issb.genopole.fr/Education/foreign-students
Candidates selected by the mSSB committee for a scholarship proposal will
be notified by e-mail, and will be informed of scholarship application
procedures. The other applicants will still be eligible for the mSSB program.
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From: Fabio Luciani <luciani@unsw.edu.au>
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:03 PM
Subject: PhD Position: Computational Biology..., UNSW, Australia
PhD positions - Computational Biology and Infectious Diseases
The Systems Biology Group at the School of Medical Sciences at the
University of New South Wales, Australia is looking for PhD students to work
on research projects in the area of bioinformatics / computational biology
as well as statistical analyses that are aimed at understanding viral
evolution and the role of host immune response. These projects and will
involve high- throughput data, such as next-generation sequencing, as well
as immunological data (flow-cytometry, single cell sorting and sequencing
of T and B cell repertoire).
Computational projects are suited to students with a strong background in
quantitative disciplines such as Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Physics,
Statistics, Mathematics or similar. Successful applicants will join a team
of researchers in the Inflammation and Infection Research Centre, which
hosts > 70 students and researchers in various field of Medical Sciences.
There is also a great opportunity to interact with researchers involved in
wet-lab activities.This research done in collaboration with experimental
research groups both in Australia and overseas. Additional information on
the Computational Biology Group?s research interests are available at:
http://medicalsciences.med.unsw.edu.au/research/groups/inflammation-and-infection-research/computational-biology-and-bioinformatics
https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-fabio-luciani
Please include a cover letter and CV that provide details about research
interests, education, employment history (if any), skills.
Post-graduate scholarships are available to support tuition and living
expenses for domestic (Australian Postgraduate Award APA)
http://research.unsw.edu.au/domestic-research-candidate-scholarships
and overseas PhD students to study in Australia. More information on the
postgraduate research scholarships is available at:
http://research.unsw.edu.au/international-research-candidate-scholarships
Also, we will encourage and support applications for prestigious
Australian Government postgraduate scholarships, closing date is February
2015 for international (Semester 1 in 2015), and May for domestic
(Semester 2 in 2015).
Top-up scholarships are available in our group for $5-10K. Interested
applicants should contact Dr Fabio Luciani:luciani@unsw.edu.au.
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From: Goodfellow, Marc <M.Goodfellow@exeter.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:15 AM
Subject: Research Fellow: University of Exeter
The College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the
University of Exeter brings together three complementary specialisms to
deliver excellence in both teaching and research. Scientists within the
College are active in internationally recognised research across the
disciplines playing a pivotal role in all five key interdisciplinary
research themes within the University's Science Strategy: climate change
and sustainable futures, extrasolar planets, functional materials, systems
biology and translational medicine.
Supported by over £3M in research funding from sources including EPSRC,
BBSRC, MRC, the Wellcome Trust and the EU, the Systems Biomedicine group is
one of the most rapidly expanding groups within the Discipline of Mathematics
and Computer Science.
A vibrant and exciting venue for the pursuit of mathematical and computational
approaches to study problems in biology and medicine, we are continuing to add
to our team. We are currently seeking to appoint three new research fellows.
One in the area of mathematical neuroscience, one in mathematical
neuroendocrinology and one in more general systems biology.
Full details are available here:
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/enhanced/linking/university-of-exeter/
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From: Doe, Aimee <Aimee_Doe@hms.harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:14 AM
Subject: Postdoc Position: Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Job title: Harvard Medical School ? Postdoctoral Research Associate Position
at the Center for Biomedical Informatics
Summary:
Imagine a dynamic dataset that encompasses comprehensive information about
a patient in the health care system: what diseases they have, their genomic
sequence, their social media messages (e.g, tweets and likes), and where
they live. How would you ? a data hacker?store, retrieve, and analyze this
information to drive biomedical discovery to find a new way of predicting
disease or even a new therapy for a disease? The Center for Biomedical
Informatics (CBMI, https://cbmi.med.harvard.edu ) at Harvard Medical School
and the group of Chirag J Patel (http://www.chiragjpgroup.org ) is looking
for a data engineer to build cutting edge platforms and data infrastructure
to enable large-scale data-driven research to address this question. We aim
to integrate diverse data sources from geotemporal information
(e.g., HealthMaps.org and EPA AirData), individual genomic sequence, social
media data, and health claims information to paint a comprehensive picture
of individuals who are sick and healthy.
Responsibilities:
The Research Associate will be responsible for data harmonization and
developing APIs to enable integration across diverse data modalities.
The Research Associate will implement scalable statistical machine learning
algorithms for prediction and discovery of clinical, genetic, and
environmental factors related to disease.
The diversity of subject matter will require a creative mind and a candidate
capable of deploying imaginative strategies and who is dedicated to solving
complex and challenging problems within an interdisciplinary environment.
Requirements:
Candidates must have a PhD in computer science, mathematics, physics,
biomedical informatics, bioinformatics, computer science, or a related
quantitative field.
Preferences:
Preferred requirements for this position include experience designing large
software applications and infrastructure to store, retrieve, and analyze
large datasets. Industry experience with R, Python, SQL (Oracle), JavaScript
is preferred. Experience in hacking with cloud technologies (e.g., Amazon,
Hadoop) is a big plus and preferred.
Terms:
The position is available immediately and can be renewed annually.
How to apply:
Email applications including curriculum vitae, summary statement of personal
objectives the names and email addresses of 2-3 references to Chirag Patel
(chirag_patel@hms.harvard.edu).
Harvard Medical School is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.
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From: Hill, Rosa <hillr@cgrb.oregonstate.edu>
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 11:27 AM
Subject: Faculty Positions: Complex Systems, Oregon State U
COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN THE LIFE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Two Assistant Professor positions at Oregon State University. Mathematics.
Systems Biology. Bioinformatics. Ecoinformatics. Biological modeling.
Two assistant professor (9 month) positions are available in any domain where
the life or environmental sciences intersect with the quantitative or
physical sciences. Complex systems in the life and environmental sciences
span numerous levels of scale from metabolites, macromolecules, cells,
tissues, and organisms, to populations, communities and ecosystems.
Increasingly, understanding these systems requires interdisciplinary
collaborative research at the intersection with quantitative or physical
sciences. Appointees will be expected to develop independent and
collaborative grant-funded research programs, with a focus at any level of
scale from the molecular to the ecological.
Each appointment will reside jointly in a life or environmental sciences
unit, and in a physical or quantitative sciences unit, depending on the
appointee?s expertise and interest. The research and teaching programs of
the appointees are expected to integrate student success, and diversity
and inclusion, as core values. This search is part of a large cohort of
new faculty hires at OSU focused on interdisciplinary research, on
advancement of diversity, and on advancing and equalizing student success.
Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
To review the full position announcement, qualifications and detailed
application information, go to http://oregonstate.edu/jobs and select
posting number 0013430. For full consideration apply by January 23.
Closes February 6, 2015. Contact: Brett Tyler(brett.tyler@oregonstate.edu).
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