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Subject: Society for Mathematical Biology Digest
SMB Digest April 20, 2016 Volume 16 Issue 16
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Alex Fletcher digest.alex(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
ToC: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 78, Issue 3
Workshop: 6th Morphogenetic Engineering Workshop, July 4-8, Mexico
Workshop: NIMBioS Algebraic Mathematical Biology , July 25-27, USA
Workshop: Multiscale methods and inverse problems..., Aug 2031, UK
Postdoc: 2016 Complex Systems Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoc/PhD: Modeling Infectious Diseases, Zurich, Switzerland
PhD: Modelling visuomotor coordination..., Exeter, UK
PhD: T cell-mediated immune regulation, Imperial, UK
Senior Lecturer: Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, Umeå, Sweden
NIMBioS News: Vazquez to Receive 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Prize
April 2016 AIBS Newsletter
SMBnet Reminders
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Date: Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 5:59 AM
Subject: ToC: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 78, Issue 3
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 78, Issue 2
In this issue (9 articles):
Temperature- and Turbidity-Dependent Competitive Interactions Between
Invasive Freshwater Mussels
Qihua Huang, Hao Wang, Anthony Ricciardi & Mark A. Lewis
Minimal Model of Plankton Systems Revisited with Spatial Diffusion and
Maturation Delay
Jiantao Zhao, Jianjun Paul Tian & Junjie Wei
Alternative Stable States, Coral Reefs, and Smooth Dynamics with a Kick
Stephen Ippolito, Vincent Naudot & Erik G. Noonburg
Multicellular Mathematical Modelling of Mesendoderm Formation in Amphibians
L. E. Brown, A. M. Middleton, J. R. King & M. Loose
A Fractional Order Recovery SIR Model from a Stochastic Process
C. N. Angstmann, B. I. Henry & A. V. McGann
A Mathematical Model of T1D Acceleration and Delay by Viral Infection
James R. Moore & Fred Adler
Simulation of Yeast Cooperation in 2D
M. Wang, Y. Huang & Z. Wu
A Diffusion Approximation Based on Renewal Processes with Applications to
Strongly Biased Run?Tumble Motion
Uffe Høgsbro Thygesen
Effective Rheological Properties in Semi-dilute Bacterial Suspensions
Mykhailo Potomkin, Shawn D. Ryan & Leonid Berlyand
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Impact Factor: 1.389 (2014)
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Date: Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 12:12 AM
Subject: Workshop: 6th Morphogenetic Engineering Workshop, July 4-8, Mexico
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THE SIXTH MORPHOGENETIC ENGINEERING WORKSHOP (MEW 2016)
At ALIFE XV, July 4-8, 2016, Cancun, Mexico
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This workshop aims to promote and expand Morphogenetic Engineering, a new
field of research exploring the artificial design and implementation of
autonomous systems capable of developing complex, heterogeneous morphologies.
Particular emphasis is set on the programmability and controllability of
self-organization, properties that are often underappreciated in complex
systems science--while, conversely, the benefits of self-organization are
often underappreciated in engineering methodologies.
Authors are invited to submit an abstract (up to 2 pages) prepared following
will be compiled into the Workshop Proceedings and will be published online
on the Workshop website for free downloads.
Please submit your abstract in PDF by email to:
IMPORTANT DATES
* Abstract submission deadline : April 30, 2016
* Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2016
* Camera-ready abstract due: May 31, 2016
* Workshop date: TBA (one day during the week of July 4-8, 2016)
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Date: Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 4:03 PM
Subject: Workshop: NIMBioS Algebraic Mathematical Biology , July 25-27, USA
NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Algebraic Mathematical Biology,
July 25-27, 2016
Organizers:
Raina Robeva, Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College, VA
Matthew Macauley, Mathematical Sciences, Clemson Univ., SC
John Jungck, Biological Sciences, Center for Bioinformatics and
Computational Biology, Univ. of Delaware
Invited speakers:
Katherine Morrison (Univ. of Northern Colorado)
Chad Giusti (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Debra Knisley (East Tennessee State Univ.)
Jeff Knisley (East Tennessee State Univ.)
Natasha Jonoska (Univ. of South Florida)
NIMBioS provides support (travel, meals, lodging) for Workshop attendees,
whether from a non-profit or for-profit organization.
Objectives: Over the past fifteen years, modern biology has been transformed
by new mathematical methods that have complemented and driven biological
discoveries. Problems from signaling, gene regulation, genomics, RNA folding,
infectious disease dynamics, drug resistance modeling, phylogenetics,
neuroscience, and ecological networks such as food webs, have increasingly
benefited from the application of discrete mathematics and computational
algebra. While the use of modern algebraic methods is now in mainstream
mathematical biology research, this trend has been slow to influence the
undergraduate math and biology curricula, where classical difference and
differential equation models still dominate. Students interested in
mathematical biology have relatively easy access to courses that utilize
these classical analytic methods, and they generally have adequate exposure
to such methods before deciding upon a graduate program. However, students
interested in algebraic and discrete mathematical approaches have fewer doors
visibly open to them, and indeed may not even know that they exist. There is
a general lack of awareness in the academic community for the critical impact
of such approaches on contemporary biology and there is an urgent need to
develop educational resources highlighting this growing trend.
Our 2.5-day workshop will bring together a diverse group of faculty from the
field of algebraic and discrete mathematical biology to address this need by:
1) surveying existing educational resources in discrete and algebraic
mathematical biology; 2) identifying topics appropriate for undergraduates
not yet featured in the existing literature; 3) identifying target courses
in the mathematics and biology curricula that would benefit most from
featuring those topics; 4) initiating the development of new curricular
materials and ultimately publishing the materials for those topics; 5)
facilitating the growth of a community of faculty actively involved in
creating and using curricular resources for algebraic mathematical biology.
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Date: Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 8:44 AM
Subject: Workshop: Multiscale methods and inverse problems..., Aug 2031, UK
Dear colleagues,
I am writing to announce the opening of registration for a workshop entitled
"Computational Challenges in Biochemical Networks: Multiscale Methods and
Inverse Problems", which will take place in the Alan Turing building,
Manchester, UK, on 30-31 August 2016. Registration can be completed via the
workshop webpage:
Please feel free to spread the word about this event amongst anybody that you
think may be interested. Places are limited and as such people interested in
coming should register as soon as they can. Young researchers are encouraged
to apply to present a poster during the workshop.
I look forward very much to seeing as many of you as possible in Manchester
in August.
Yours sincerely,
Dr Simon Cotter
University of Manchester
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Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 10:47 AM
Subject: Postdoc: 2016 Complex Systems Postdoctoral Fellowship
The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) has posted updated guidelines for
the 2016 Postdoctoral Fellowship Award program in Studying Complex Systems.
*The Fellowship*
-The JSMF Fellowship is designed to provide students with an opportunity to
seek potential postdoctoral research opportunities on the basis of the
student's interest and desire to obtain additional skills and experience
that will further their pursuit of careers in complex systems science.
Award details
-200,000 USD to be expended in 2-3 years
-JSMF could support up to 10 Fellowships each year
*Eligibility*
-This fellowship is intended for Ph.D. students with theoretical and/or
experimental training in Complex Systems Science that anticipate completing
their graduate training in late 2016 or in 2017.
-Applicants should not have already identified a postdoctoral position and a
postdoctoral research mentor.
-Candidates from any country are eligible to apply.
-JSMF Fellowships can only be used to support postdoctoral training at a
qualified institution.
*Deadline*
-Applications and letters of support will be accepted online beginning
May 1, 2016.
-The deadline to submit all application materials is June 30, 2016, 15:59
CDT (20:59 UTC).
For complete program details and application guidelines visit:
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Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 9:10 AM
Subject: Postdoc/PhD: Modeling Infectious Diseases, Zurich, Switzerland
We are looking for a highly motivated Postdoc or PhD-Student interested in
the Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease transmission. The project
combines mathematical modeling with molecular epidemiology approaches and
clinical data in order to investigate epidemiological trends and prevention
strategies in HIV/HCV. Accordingly, the candidate should have in addition to
a strong mathematical background, skills to deal with complex and diverse
data, and a strong interest in infectious-disease epidemiology.
The Project will be carried out in the context of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
(SHCS) and the Zurich Primary HIV Infection Study (ZPHI). Those studies are
the ideal setting for these projects as they are highly representative for
the HIV population in Switzerland and combine sequence and clinical data of
extraordinary quality. The student/postdoc will work on a range of specified
research projects, but will be also highly encouraged and expected to develop
and investigate his own research questions. In case of a PhD-student, the PhD
will take place within the PhD-Program Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the
Life Science Zurich Graduate School (run jointly by the University of Zurich
and the ETH Zurich).
Research will be conducted at the Division of Infectious Diseases at the
University Hospital of Zurich; University of Zurich (supervision: Roger Kouyos,
The Division of Infectious Diseases provides a highly interdisciplinary and
translational research environment with links both to clinical practice and
basic science. Moreover, we are strongly interconnected with a variety of
other research institutes in Zurich and beyond. In particular, we maintain
strong collaborations with the Institute of Medical Virology at the
University of Zurich, and the Institutes of Theoretical Biology and
Computational Biology at the ETH Zurich.
Applicants should send a cover letter, a detailed CV, and contact information
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Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 9:48 AM
Subject: PhD: Modelling visuomotor coordination..., Exeter, UK
I have an open PhD Positions in my group at the University of Exeter.
I am looking for PhD students with quantitative background (mathematics,
physics, computer science or engineering) who are interested in applying
their skills in solving biomedical and/or healthcare problems.
Carlota Palmer Studentships:
2. Modelling visuomotor coordination in People with Parkinson's Disease
For further details and how to apply see:
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions regarding these
positions.
Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova
ALTEREGO - Enhancing Social Interaction with an AlterEgo artificial agent
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Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 9:39 AM
Subject: PhD: T cell-mediated immune regulation, Imperial, UK
We have an opening for 4-year PhD studentship for a UK/EU student
(3-year residency rule applies).
To reveal the mechanism of T cell-mediated immune regulation using molecular
and systems approaches
Supervisors: Masahiro Ono (Life Sciences) and Reiko Tanaka (Bioengineering),
Imperial College London
This project will investigate dynamic mechanisms of T cell-mediated immune
regulation using molecular and systems approaches. We are especially
interested in how the T cell regulation mechanism develops or evolves during
development and ageing. T cells are conventionally classified into regulatory
(suppressive) T cells and memory T cells. It is, however, obscure how these
cells develop and exhibit their functions in vivo, and such dynamic
activities can be measured only by appropriately combining new molecular
tools and mathematical modelling.
During this 4-year BBSRC funded project, we aim to reveal positive and
negative feedback mechanisms of the T cell system, using a combination of
our newly developed transgenic technology that measures the time-dependent
dynamics of T cells in vivo and computational/mathematical modelling and
simulation.
Closing date: 29 April 2016
Initial applications should include a full CV, names and addresses and
contact details of two academic referees, a personal statement (500 words
max) and a covering letter.
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Date: Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 3:26 PM
Subject: Senior Lecturer: Mathematical Modelling and Analysis, Umeå, Sweden
The Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Umeå University,
Sweden, invites applicants for a research-oriented permanent position as
senior lecturer in mathematical modelling and analysis (e.g., mathematical
ecology).
The successful applicant is expected to sustain active research within
mathematical modelling and analysis with connections to the department's
current activities in this area and to neighboring departments and units.
Examples of relevant research areas are population dynamics,
frequency-dependent evolution, structured population models, and optimal
switching. The holder of the position will primarily be based at Umeå
University's creative research environment IceLab
scientists conducting interdisciplinary research, training, and education at
the intersection of physics, mathematics, social sciences, and the life
sciences.
For full application details, please see
Applications must be submitted through Umeå University's web-based
recruitment system linked above. Last application date is 2016-05-30.
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Date: Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:12 PM
Subject: NIMBioS News: Vazquez to Receive 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Prize
KNOXVILLE ? The National Blackwell-Tapia Committee is pleased to announce
that the 2016 Blackwell-Tapia Prize will be awarded to Mariel Vazquez, a
professor in the departments of mathematics and of microbiology and molecular
genetics at the University of California, Davis. The prize is awarded every
other year in honor of the legacy of David H. Blackwell and Richard A. Tapia,
two distinguished mathematical scientists who have been inspirations to more
than a generation of African American, Latino/Latina, and Native American
students and professionals in the mathematical sciences. Vazquez has made
important contributions at the interface of mathematics, polymer physics,
and molecular biology. She specializes in the application of topological
methods and computational tools to study DNA. She has also worked
passionately to recruit, train and mentor individuals from underrepresented
groups working in the mathematical and statistical sciences.
The prize will be presented at the Ninth Blackwell-Tapia Conference on Oct.
28-29, 2016, at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. The conference is
co-hosted by the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
and the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute and supported
by the National Science Foundation Math Institutes and the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation. For full details, visit
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Date: Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 5:53 PM
Subject: April 2016 AIBS Newsletter
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