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Subject: Society for Mathematical Biology Digest
SMB Digest May 25, 2016 Volume 16 Issue 21
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Alex Fletcher digest.alex(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
Workshop: Scientific Inference for Big Data, June 8-9, USA
BioDynamics Workshop, Sept 7-9, UK
Workshop: Multilayer and Interconnected Networks, July 28-31, Spain
Guelph Biomathematics and Biostatistics Symposium, June 9, Canada
ToC: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 78, Issue 3
PhD: Evolutionary transitions, University of Adelaide, Australia
Postdoc: Mathematical Epidemiology, University of Utah, USA
Postdoc: Biomechanics, University of Manchester, UK
Postdoc: Bacterial growth..., INRIA Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, France
Postdoc: Plant modelling, INRA Avignon, France
Postdoctoral Fellow: Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, Pfizer, USA
Quantitative Systems Pharmacologist, Merck, USA
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 21:57:00 +0000
Subject: Workshop: Scientific Inference for Big Data, June 8-9, USA
The Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics invites you to attend
a two-day workshop on the challenges of applying scientific inference to
big data. The workshop will bring together statisticians, data scientists
and domain researchers from different biomedical disciplines to explore
four key issues of scientific inference:
* Inference about causal discoveries driven by large observational data
* Inference about discoveries from data on large networks
* Inference about discoveries based on integration of diverse datasets
* Inference when regularization is used to simplify fitting of
high-dimensional models
The aim of the workshop is to identify new developments that hold significant
promise and to highlight potential research areas for the future. For more
information, including the preliminary program, check out the workshop
website. This workshop is sponsored by the NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K)
Initiative and the National Science Foundation.
Date: June 8-9, 2016
Location: Keck Center, Room 100, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001
This workshop will be professionally webcast. If you intend to join us in
person or online, please register by Monday, June 6th.
For questions about the workshop, please contact Michelle Schwalbe at
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Date: Mon, May 16, 2016 at 4:15 PM
Subject: BioDynamics Workshop, Sept 7-9, UK
Dear Colleague
We would like to invite you to the next BioDynamics Workshop, which will
take place in Exeter on 7-9 September 2016. This will be the third in a
series of international workshops designed to bring together biologists,
mathematicians, clinicians, physicists, and computer scientists who are
interested in dynamics and networks in the biological and medical sciences.
BioDynamics 2016 promises to provide an exciting opportunity for scientists
to present both methods and data in a multidisciplinary forum and hear how
interdisciplinary collaborations can provide major conceptual advances in
our understanding of complex biomedical systems.
There will be a number of keynote presentations delivered by world-leading
scientists, who will talk about their current research and highlight
important future challenges within their field. Confirmed keynote speakers
include:
* Professor Peter Hunter FRS, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
* Professor Philip Ingham FRS, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
* Professor Gareth Leng FRSE, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
* Professor Angela McLean FRS, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
* Professor Nick Talbot FRS, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
* Dr Greg Worrell, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
In addition to keynote presentations, the workshop will feature mini
symposia, selected contributed talks, and poster sessions, for which we
encourage abstract submissions from both students and post-docs (deadline
for submission is 31 May 2016). There will be prizes awarded for the best
posters from students and early-career scientists.
*Registration and abstract submission are now open*
Registration fees are as follows ("early bird" deadline is 31 May 2016):
* "Early Bird" Registration (Lecturer and above) £200
* "Early Bird" Registration (PhD and PostDoc) £150
* Full Registration (Lecturer and above) £250
* Full Registration (PhD and PostDoc) £200
* Conference Dinner (optional) £25
*Deadline for abstract submission is 31 May 2016*
For more information about the workshop:
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Date: Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:38 AM
Subject: Workshop: Multilayer and Interconnected Networks, July 28-31, Spain
The goal of the one-day workshop "Multilayer and Interconnected Networks:
Epidemic Processes and Robustness" (MIN2016) is to bring together scientists
working on the topic of multilayer and interconnected networks. The speakers
will present their latest results and will carry out a discussion on the
state of the art and current open challenges for this topic. We hope the
meeting will provide an informal venue for encouraging interdisciplinary
communication.
The workshop will be celebrated at the Universitat of Girona, Catalonia
(Spain), June 8, 2016.
Confirmed speakers (in alphabetical order):
* Marián Boguñá (Univ. de Barcelona)
* Gregorio D?Agostino (ENEA, Italy)
* Sergio Gómez (Univ. Rovira i Virgili)
* Robert Kooij (TNO & Delft Univ. of Technology)
* Yamir Moreno (Univ. de Zaragoza)
* Romualdo Pastor-Satorras (Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya)
* Faryad Sahneh (Kansas State University)
* Caterina Scoglio (Kansas State University)
* Igor van Gemert (SIM-CI, The Netherlands)
Attendance is free of cost but registration for audience members is required
for organisational purposes (lecture room, coffees, lunch).
Extended registration deadline: June 3, 2016.
For further information and registration, please visit the website of the
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Date: Tue, May 24, 2016 at 2:06 PM
Subject: Guelph Biomathematics and Biostatistics Symposium, June 9, Canada
The 12th Guelph Biomathematics and Biostatistics Symposium will take place
on Thursday, June 9, 2016 at the University of Guelph. This year's theme is
Spatial Ecology: Applications of the Mathematical Sciences.
Register today at:
Spatial ecology deals with issues such as migration, environmental
differences, quality of habitat, location of prey and predators, and
breeding sites, and how all of these aspects affect the populations of
various species. In recent years species distribution modelling has been a
research area with intense international activity, with increasingly more
sophisticated methods in spatial statistics being incorporated into the
modelling approaches. These models have wide applicability in such areas as
designing and managing nature reserve networks, and predicting the potential
geographic spread and impact of invasive species. More recently climate
change has become an issue of interest in spatial ecology since it can
extend, reduce, or shift the suitable habitat.
Invited Speakers:
Mike Hutchinson, Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment &
Society, Australian National University
Dan McKenney, Chief, Landscape Analysis and Applications, Great Lakes
Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada
Rebecca Tyson, Associate Professor, Mathematical Biology, University
of British Columbia Okanagan
Ben Bolker, Professor, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster
University
John Fryxell, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Integrative Biology,
University of Guelph
Madhur Anand, Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University
of Guelph
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Date: Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 5:59 AM
Subject: ToC: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 78, Issue 3
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
Impact Factor: 1.389 (2014)
Journal Citation Reports®, Thomson Reuters
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Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:58 AM
Subject: PhD: Evolutionary transitions, University of Adelaide, Australia
PhD Scholarship: Mathematical modelling of evolutionary transitions.
School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia.
The scholarship is open to all international students, so this would be a
great opportunity for someone to come and study in Australia for a few years.
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Date: Fri, May 20, 2016 at 10:26 PM
Subject: Postdoc: Mathematical Epidemiology, University of Utah, USA
This position provides research support for mathematical and computer
modeling projects in support of public health decision making for healthcare
epidemiology, within the University of Utah Health Sciences Center. The
postdoctoral fellow will work on one or more funded projects aimed at
modeling interventions to reduce the incidence of healthcare associated
infections in a regional network of hospitals and nursing homes. Within this
scope, the postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to focus on
theoretical and applied modeling topics of interest, including network
epidemiology, antibiotic resistance and stewardship, strain competition,
vaccine immunology, modes of transmission, and optimal intervention strategy.
Essential Functions:
1. Provides support for scientific literature search and synthesis of
reviewed literature
2. Assists in planning and executing models and computer simulations
according to project needs
3. Prepares and communicates research results in written and oral summary
4. Works collaboratively with supervisor and other project team members in
supporting project needs
Minimum Qualifications:
This position requires expertise in mathematical modeling and computer
programming with a minimum of a PhD degree, computer programming skills, an
ability to manage deadlines, good writing and communication skills, and an
ability to effectively work within a multi-disciplinary collaborative
environment.
Interested candidates should apply online at
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Date: Fri, May 20, 2016 at 1:33 PM
Subject: Postdoc: Biomechanics, University of Manchester, UK
Applications are invited for a 2.5-year position focused on the biological
physics and mechanics of the human placenta. The post is supported by a
recently-awarded MRC Grant "Blood flow (dys)regulation and transfer function
in the human placenta: an integrated in silico and ex vivo approach to fetal
growth restriction".
You will join a rapidly expanding effort in biomechanics within the School
of Mathematics, working directly with Dr I. L. Chernyavsky and Professor
O. E. Jensen, in close collaboration with physiologists and clinicians from
the Institute of Human Development and the University of Southampton. This
position forms a part of a wider recruitment that will involve employment of
a Research Associate in experimental placental physiology to support the
mathematical modelling effort.
The theoretical part of the project lies at the interface between applied
mathematics, continuum mechanics, multi-scale physics, spatial statistics
and image analysis. The main aim of this project is in development of
integrated analytical and computational techniques, informed by experimental
data, for the study of flow and transport processes in the human placenta, a
unique and critically important interface between the maternal and fetal
circulations.
You will hold (or be about to complete) a PhD in Applied Mathematics,
Physics, Bioengineering, or a closely related field. You will have a solid
track record of publications relevant to the project area, and a strong
aptitude for interdisciplinary research. For further information and details
of how to apply, please visit our web site
The closing date for applications is 16 June 2016
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Date: Thu, May 12, 2016 at 10:24 AM
Subject: Postdoc: Bacterial growth..., INRIA Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes, France
The IBIS group at INRIA Grenoble RhôneAlpes, in collaboration with the
Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique of the Université Grenoble Alpes,
is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on the mechanistic basis of
growth rate control in bacteria. In particular, in the framework of the RESET
relation between RNA polymerase expression and growth rate variability, under
a variety of conditions, using singlecell timeseries reporter gene data,
image analysis, and mathematical modeling (Izard, Gomez Balderas et al., Mol.
Syst. Biol., 11:840, 2015).
Applicants are expected to have a background in biophysics, mathematical
biology, or bioinformatics, with a strong interest in the application of
quantitative methods to the study of biological systems. We offer a one-year
contract in an interdisciplinary and international environment in our
For more information on the position and for applications, please contact
by a CV and a motivation letter.
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Date: Fri, May 20, 2016 at 8:34 AM
Subject: Postdoc: Plant modelling, INRA Avignon, France
The INRA GAFL and PSH units are seeking a highly-qualified post-doctoral
researcher to work on a project on genotype-phenotype kinetic modelling, in
France. The successful candidate should hold a PhD with a background in
modelling, and also have experience in parameter estimation, optimization
and sensitivity analysis. The appointment is for 2 years, with a start date
by the end 2016 or early 2017.
The objective of this project is to integrate the genetic control of sugar
metabolism in an existing kinetic model (Desnoues et al, in preparation) and
to use it for ideotype design. At term, an improved optimisation strategy
together with the mechanistic nature of the model have the potential to
facilitate the discovery of new genes of interest for the modification of
sugar metabolism.
The position depends on the success of the project proposed to AgreenSkills/
AgreenSkills+.
For details and application, candidates can contact Dr. QUILOT-TURION
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Date: Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:56 PM
Subject: Postdoctoral Fellow: Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, Pfizer, USA
Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow - Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
Research Unit, Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, 1026494
Location: United States-Massachusetts-Cambridge
The Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) Lab in Pfizer's Cardiovascular
and Metabolic Diseases (CVMET) Research Unit is responsible for developing
insights to help advance CVMET clinical candidates and identifying and
evaluating promising new therapeutic targets through physiologically-based
modeling and simulation, and analysis and interpretation of preclinical and
clinical data. We seek a highly motivated postdoctoral candidate to develop
and analyze mechanistic, mathematical models of cardiomyocyte biophysics to
enable the in silico testing of mechanistic hypotheses and improve the
identification and evaluation of therapeutic targets for the treatment of
heart failure (HF).
The successful candidate will apply quantitative systems modeling and
simulation methods to develop a validated mathematical model that couples
cellular electrophysiology and ion transients to cellular metabolism,
mitochondrial function, and contractile force generation in human
cardiomyocytes. In addition to enabling in silico identification and
assessment of HF drug targets, the successful candidate will pursue new
avenues for scientific development in areas of QSP modeling, cellular
biophysics, data analysis, and uncertainty quantification. The mechanistic
insights gained from detailed analyses of the in silico model will generate
physiological hypotheses that may be tested experimentally and/or in the
clinic. The expectation is that the resulting findings will lead to improved
confidence in rationale for the pursuit of novel agents for the treatment of
heart failure.
searching Job ID 1026494.
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Date: Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:08 PM
Subject: Quantitative Systems Pharmacologist, Merck, USA
The Quantitative Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics (QP2) group at Merck is
now hiring at 3 levels: Senior Scientist, Associate Principal Scientist, and
Principal Scientist. Qualified candidates will be hired at the level
commensurate with their experience. We sponsor work visas for qualified
candidates. Please see below for job description and forward to potential
candidates. Thank you for your consideration.
Location: West Point, PA; Upper Gwynedd, PA; Kenilworth, NJ; Rahway, NJ;
Boston, MA.
Fo further details and to apply online, please visit
* Senior Scientist, R3 (QUA004740)
* Associate Principal Scientist, R4 (QUA004739)
* Principal Scientist, R5 (QUA004336)
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