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Subject: Society for Mathematical Biology Digest
SMB Digest June 15, 2016 Volume 16 Issue 24
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Alex Fletcher digest.alex(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
Voting in the 2016 Society for Mathematical Biology elections began
The H. D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award
Symposium in Computational Immunology, June 24, USA
Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Exchange Workshop, Sep 5-7, UK
Conf.: 36th Annual SEARCDE, Nov 5-6, USA
Conf.: Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, Apr 10-12, USA
Bi-Monthly News from NIMBioS
Postdoc: Modeling viral dynamics and evolution, UPMC, France
Postdocs: Modeling to develop new types of antiviral therapy, UCSF, USA
Associate Director..., Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
RoAD-Trip Intensive Data Science Residency Program
NIH Update
News from NIGMS: Division Director Selection, ...
Updated NSF funding opportunity:... (GOALI)
SMBnet Reminders
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Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 9:04 PM
Subject: Voting in the 2016 Society for Mathematical Biology elections began
Voting in the 2016 Society for Mathematical Biology elections began a few
days ago. If you are a regular member of the Society for Mathematical
Biology, it's time to cast your ballot in the elections.
The Society for Mathematical Biology is a member-led organization. The
Society for Mathematical Biology members influence and contribute to the
society's initiatives all year long ? but the importance of voting in the
society's elections cannot be overstated. During this election period,
please do your part to help determine how the Society for Mathematical
Biology will be governed in the coming years.
The slate includes two candidates for President-Elect: Alexander R. A.
Anderson (Moffitt Cancer Center) and Denise Kirschner (University of
Michigan). The President-Elect will serve a one-year term at the closing of
the 2016 Annual Meeting in Nottingham (United Kingdom), followed by a
two-year term as President.
This year there are eight candidates for the Board of Directors: Ruth Baker
(University of Oxford), Janet Best (Ohio State University), German Enciso
(University of California, Irvine), Zhilan Julie Feng (Purdue University),
Trevor A Graham (Queen Mary University of London), Peter Kim (University of
Sydney), Fabio Milner (Arizona State University), and Amber M. Smith (St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital). Three elected board members will be
appointed at the closing of the 2016 Annual Meeting in Nottingham (United
Kingdom). Each Elected Member of the Board serves a term of four years.
Regular members can vote electronically by editing their membership profile
you are not a member of the Society for Mathematical Biology, you can join
Santiago Schnell
President, Society for Mathematical Biology
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Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:48 PM
Subject: The H. D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award
Last month, the officers and elected directors of the Society for
Mathematical Biology unanimously approved the H. D. Landahl Mathematical
Biophysics Award for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows. This award
will recognize the scientific contributions made by a graduate student or
postdoctoral fellow in mathematical biology. The award will be given every
other year beginning in 2017. It will alternate between two versions: in the
first cycle, the award will recognize a graduate student who is making
exceptional scientific contributions to mathematical biology and in the
second cycle, it will recognize a postdoctoral fellow with a record of
exceptional scientific contributions to mathematical biology. The award
recipient will receive a cash award, plaque, and invitation to attend to the
Annual Meeting of the Society.
The award was established in perpetuity thanks to the generous contribution
by Evelyn Landahl. Herbert D. Landahl became the second President of the
Society for Mathematical Biology in 1981. He was a pioneer in the field of
mathematical biology and became the first doctoral student in Nicolas
Rashevsky's mathematical biology program at the University of Chicago.
During his doctorate, he studied how lung cells divide and how gas is
transported across cells during respiration. Based on that work, Dr. Landahl
became involved in a U.S. military program designed to understand how
inhaled chemical agents are distributed throughout the body. That work
continued after World War II and into the 1960s, as he researched chemical
compounds designed to reduce the effects of radiation. He was a professor at
the University of Chicago until 1967 and then joined the University of
California, San Francisco until his retirement.
The Society for Mathematical Biology will make an official call for
nominations by the end of the summer.
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Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 5:26 PM
Subject: Symposium in Computational Immunology, June 24, USA
Registration is now open for the 11th-annual Symposium in Computational
Immunology taking place June 24, 2016 at Yale University School of Medicine
on:
Influenza Immunology: Data, Systems and Models
This one-day symposium will cover recent advances in the development and
application of systems biology approaches to understand influenza infection
and vaccination at the molecular, cellular, organism, and population levels.
Speakers include: Rustom Antia (Emory University), Sarah Cobey (University
of Chicago), James Crowe (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine), Adolfo
Garcia-Sastre (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Tom Kepler (Boston
University), Purvesh Khatri (Stanford University), Rahul Satija (New York
Genome Center), John Tsang (Laboratory of Systems Biology, NIH).
The symposium is a part of the NIH-funded Modeling Immunity for Biodefense
program. This year the symposium is organized by PRiME (Program for Research
For more information and to register for the FREE symposium, please refer to
the attached poster or visit:
When: June 24, 2016 (9am - 5:30pm)
Where: TAC Auditorium, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT
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Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:45 PM
Subject: Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Exchange Workshop, Sep 5-7, UK
Registration is now open for the 1st Exchange Workshop of the UK
Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) Network -
pharmacological, physical and life scientists to demonstrate and discuss key
themes related to the development of Quantitative Systems Pharmacology. The
meeting is structured around the four network themes of translation, disease
progression, multi-scale modelling and parameter estimation (including
parameter identifiability).
A DETAILED MEETING PROGRAMME CAN NOW BE FOUND AT
Plenary speakers: Annabelle Ballesta (Warwick), Mike Chappell (Warwick), Amy
Cheung (AstraZeneca), Mark Coles (York), Pinky Dua (Pfizer), Roy Gray (GW
Pharmaceuticals), Graham Ladds (Cambridge), Juliane Liepe (Imperial), Alex
Phipps (Roche) and Matthew Walker (UCL).
Poster Abstracts: Abstracts (1/2 A4 page) should be sent to Marcus Tindall
your work, authors and their affiliation.
The following registration fees apply: PhD students & Postdocs - £50.
Academic - £100. Industrial - £250. Industrial (Organisation supporting the
QSP network) - £150.
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Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 8:59 PM
Subject: Conf.: 36th Annual SEARCDE, Nov 5-6, USA
You are cordially invited to participate in the 36th annual Southeastern-
Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations (SEARCDE), to be held
Saturday and Sunday, November 5-6, 2016 at Florida Gulf Coast University,
Fort Myers, Florida. The primary objective of the conference is to promote
research and education in the field of differential equations by providing a
joint forum where a wide range of topics in differential equations can be
discussed among established mathematicians, recent Ph.D. recipients, and
graduate students. The conference will feature four plenary talks from
eminent mathematicians and several contributed sessions. Funding from the
National Science Foundation has been requested to provide travel support for
advanced graduate students and recent Ph.D. recipients. Women and minorities
are especially encouraged to participate in this conference and to apply for
support. Please see below for more detailed information about the conference.
PLENARY SPEAKERS:
Peter Bates, Michigan State University
Linda Allen, Texas Tech
Avner Friedman, Ohio State University
William Hager, University of Florida
IMPORTANT DATES:
October 4, 2016 - Deadline for online registration and contributed talk
abstract submissions
September 6, 2016 - Application for travel support deadline
TOPICS OF INTEREST: ordinary and partial differential equations, dynamical
systems, integral and functional equations, numerical methods, inverse
problems, differential geometry, control theory, and applications to biology,
finance, engineering, and the sciences in general
We would appreciate if you would pass this announcement along to all who
might be interested in participating in the conference. We look forward to
seeing you at FGCU (Fort Myers, Florida --- sunny Florida with beaches) in
the fall.
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Date: Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 1:10 AM
Subject: Conf.: Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering, Apr 10-12, USA
5th International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical
Engineering, CMBE17, will take place in the University of Pittsburgh, April
mini symposium (MS) proposal, talk in a standard session (SS), or present a
poster presentation (P).
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Date: Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 2:35 PM
Subject: Bi-Monthly News from NIMBioS
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Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 6:47 AM
Subject: Postdoc: Modeling viral dynamics and evolution, UPMC, France
Dr. Igor Rouzine at LQCB, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, Université
Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, seeks to fill two postdoctoral positions to
model dynamics and evolution of viruses on multiple scales of biological
organization. The Laboratory of Quantitative and Computational Biology
offers a unique environment of four experimental and five theoretical teams
working on different biological topics.
The topics of this project, conducted in collaboration with data analysts
and experimental teams at UPMC and elsewhere, include applied virus
evolution (virulence, evasion of immune response), general mathematical
methods and numeric tools, and HIV pathogenesis. Clinically, the project is
connected to the development of new types of therapy and personalized
medicine. The candidate should possess solid numeric and analytic skills and
have some experience in modeling biological systems. A successful candidate
will be intellectually independent but flexible and able to thrive in an
interdisciplinary environment. Ph.D. degree in physical sciences is
preferred but not required. Results will be published in leading journals
and used to guide experiments of collaborating teams. The positions will
start in the Fall of 2016, October 1, and will remain open until filled.
Interested individuals are requested to send their CV, publication list, and
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Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 6:47 AM
Subject: Postdocs: Modeling to develop new types of antiviral therapy, UCSF, USA
Prof. Andino at the Department of Molecular Biology and Immunology,
University of California, San Francisco, anticipates a strong possibility of
one or several postdoctoral openings starting in October 1 to model dynamics
and evolution of viruses at multiple levels of biological organization. The
successful candidate will participate in a large interdisciplinary project
to develop new types of antiviral therapy with the participation of leading
virologists, modelers, and data analysts from IBM, Boston University,
University of Haifa, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, and other
organizations. The candidate should possess excellent numeric skills and
have previous experience in modeling biological systems. We seek individuals
who are intellectually independent but open and flexible and can communicate
with an interdisciplinary team. Ph.D. in physical sciences is preferred but
not required. The results will be published in leading journals and used to
guide experiments of collaborating groups. The anticipated positions,
subject to funding approval, will start in the Fall of 2016, October 1, and
remain open until filled. Interested individuals are requested to send their
CV, publication list, and names and electronic addresses of two references
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Date: Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 11:34 PM
Subject: Associate Director..., Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Position Title: Associate Director for Scientific Operations, Center for
Cancer Evolution - Sr Scientist
Company Name: Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02101
For details and to apply, see
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Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:06:51 -0400
Subject: RoAD-Trip Intensive Data Science Residency Program
RoAD-Trip Intensive Data Science Residency Program, Application Deadline 9/4
The Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Training Coordinating Center (TCC) announces
a new effort entitled Data Science Rotations for Advancing Discovery (Data
Science RoAD-Trip). The purpose of the RoAD-Trip program is to catalyze
collaborations between biomedical and data scientists.
The RoAD-Trip program is a two-week (minimum) intensive residency program
where junior-level biomedical investigators are matched with more senior
data scientists to collaborate on a novel data science research project.
The program is entitled RoAD-Trip because selected junior investigators
will ?take to the road? and collaborate with senior data science mentors at
another research institution. The BD2K TCC is currently seeking applications
from individuals: junior-level investigators with compelling pre-existing
biomedical data and senior data scientists with mentoring skills and
resources to analyze that data. The TCC will then suggest matches and
invite joint applications from paired groups.
Junior investigators will receive a maximum award of $4000 to help defray
their travel expenses and senior data scientists will receive a $1000
honorarium. The application deadline is September 4th, 2016.
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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2016 21:11:33
Subject: NIH Update
NIH Update: renewal success rates then and now; new human subjects
protections website; funding opportunity announcements explained; new deputy
director joins OER
Read more about these updates here:
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Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 2:26 PM
Subject: News from NIGMS: Division Director Selection, ...
Contents
--Rochelle Long to Direct Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and
Biological Chemistry
--Give Input on Strategies for Modernizing Biomedical Graduate Education
--Funding Opportunities
See:
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Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 10:32 PM
Subject: Updated NSF funding opportunity:... (GOALI)
This document replaces NSF 12-513.
Dear Colleagues:
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorates for Biological Sciences
(BIO), Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Education
and Human Resources (EHR), Engineering (ENG), Geosciences (GEO),
Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS), and Social, Behavioral and Economic
Sciences (SBE) wish to notify the community of their interest in stimulating
collaboration between academic research institutions and industry.
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) is not a
separate program and proposals should not be submitted to this Dear
Colleague Letter. An academic scientist or engineer interested in submitting
a GOALI-designated proposal to a standing NSF funding opportunity or a GOALI
supplemental proposal to an existing NSF-funded award must contact the
cognizant NSF program director prior to submission. Special interest is
focused on affording opportunities for:
* Interdisciplinary university-industry teams to conduct collaborative
research projects, in which the industry research participant provides
critical research expertise, without which the likelihood for success of
the project would be diminished;
* Faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students to conduct research and gain
experience in an industrial setting; and
* Industrial scientists and engineers to bring industry's perspective and
integrative skills to academe.
Please see
for details.
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