------------------------------------------------Subject: Society for Mathematical Biology Digest
SMB Digest December 7, Volume 16 Issue 49
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Wandi Ding: ding.smb.digest(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
Call for SMB Prize Nominations
AAI Short Course: Data Mining - Stage 2, Dec 9
MBI National Mathematical Biology Colloquium
Workshops: Canadian Bioinformatics 2017 Series
Conference: BAMM! Biology & Math Through Medicine! May 18-20
Keystone Symposia: Bile Acid Receptors Conference, March 3-7
Keystone Symposia: mRNA Processing Conference, March 5-8
ToC: Wiley, Systems Biology and Medicine
Springer: New Books in December
NIH Update
Undergraduate Summer Research: NCI-sponsored Systems Biology...
Graduate Training: Math Biology, U of Utah
PhD Scholarship: Math Biology, Queensland U of Technology
PhD Positions: Computational Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth U
Postdoc Position: Modeling of Aging..., Franklin&Marshall College
Postdoc Positions: Theoretical/Stat Ecology, Michigan State U
Faculty Position: Bioengineering, UIUC
Faculty Positions: Dept of Mathematics, U of Texas at Arlington
Position: Translational Computational & Systems Biologist, NCI
Chair Position: Computational Mathematics, U of Louisiana
SMBnet Reminders
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Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 9:14 AM
Subject: Call for SMB Prize Nominations
This is a friendly reminder to send in your SMB Prize Nominations by
**December 16th, 2016**
**The Japanese Society is extending the deadline for the Okubo to Jan
31st, 2017**
Through its awards program, the Society for Mathematical Biology
honors its members and recognizes excellence in mathematical biology.
The Society offers awards in six different categories. Nominations for
the awards are solicited and evaluated by the Society for Mathematical
Biology Awards Committee.
The Society of Mathematical Biology is now accepting nominations for
the 2017 awards through December 16th, 2016. Society members are
encouraged to nominate candidates by submitting a nomination form and
the required materials in PDF format to the Society Secretary Dr.
submit:
A letter (no more than 4 pages) describing the nominee's
qualifications and commenting on the nominee's scientific
contributions for the society award,
Two supporting letters from other Society members, and
The nominee's curriculum vitae, including all publications.
- Akira Okubo Prize:
**The Japanese Society is extending the deadline
for the Okubo to Jan 31st, 2017**
- Arthur T. Winfree Prize:
- Distinguished Service Award:
- John Jungck Prize for Excellence in Education:
- H. D. Landahl Mathematical Biophysics Award:
- Leah Edelstein-Keshet Prize in Mathematical Biology:
Details about the prizes can be found at:
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 7:20 PM
Subject: AAI Short Course: Data Mining - Stage 2, Dec 9
AAI Public Short Course - 'Data Mining - Stage 2 (Intermediate)' ?
Friday 9 December 2016
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Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:21 PM
Subject: MBI National Mathematical Biology Colloquium
MBI National Mathematical Biology Colloquium
Wednesday December 7, 2016 at Noon Eastern Time
Arthur Lander (Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of
California, Irvine)
Title: Understanding Growth Control
This online series gives individuals and groups the opportunity to watch
talks and to interact with distinguished speakers. Details of how to
connect to the talks and upcoming talks are available on the MBI website
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Date: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 3:20 PM
Subject: Workshops: Canadian Bioinformatics 2017 Series
The new year is almost upon us and it brings with it a new series of
New for 2017:
- Workshops will be held in Vancouver, Montreal, Quebec City, Cold Spring
Harbor, and Toronto
- Travel and registration awards to eligible trainees
- New workshops in epidemiology, genomic medicine, and the microbiome
The CBW is pleased to be offering the following advanced training
opportunities in 2017:
- High-Throughput Biology - From Sequence to Networks: Cold Spring Harbor,
NY, March 20 - 26, 2017
- Infectious Disease Genomic Epidemiolgy: Vancouver, May 1 - 3, 2017 (NEW)
- Bioinformatics of Genomic Medicine: Toronto, May 10 - 11, 2017 (NEW)
- Informatics on High-throughpuut Sequencing Data: Toronto, May 25-26, 2017
- Bioinformatics for Cancer Genomics: Toronto, May 29 ? June 2, 2017
- Informatics and Statistics for Metabolomics: Toronto, June 6 - 7, 2017
- Introduction to R: Toronto, June 12, 2017
- Exploratory Analysis of Biological Data using R: Toronto, June 13-14,2017
- Epigenomic Data Analysis: Montreal, June 15 - 16, 2017
- Microbiome Summer School: Quebec City, June 19 - 22, 2017 (NEW)
- Pathway and Network Analysis of ?omics Data: Toronto, June 26 - 28, 2017
- Cloud Computing in Bioinformatics with Big Data: Toronto, July 5-6, 2017
- Informatics for RNA-seq Analysis: Toronto, July 10 - 12, 2017
For more information on our 2017 workshop series, visit
Applications for our 2017 workshops will be opening soon!
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Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 6:08 AM
Subject: Conference: BAMM! Biology & Math Through Medicine! May 18-20
Conference Announcement: BAMM! Biology and Mathematics through Medicine!
May 18-20, 2017
This Biomath conference will be held at Virginia Commonwealth University
in Richmond, VA from Thursday, May 18 to Saturday, May 20, 2016. The
conference will consist of plenary talks, break-out sessions, and a poster
session. We welcome participation from researchers at all academic levels
working in mathematical biology. Travel award funding from SMB has been
secured. Additional funding is pending.
Registration and abstract submission are now open.
Important Dates:
Abstract Submissions Deadline 3/1/2017
Registration Deadline 4/10/2017
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Date: Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 5:38 PM
Subject: Keystone Symposia: Bile Acid Receptors Conference, March 3-7
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Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 5:46 PM
Subject: Keystone Symposia: mRNA Processing Conference, March 5-8
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Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 1:26 PM
Subject: ToC: Wiley, Systems Biology and Medicine
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine
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Date: Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 8:08 AM
Subject: Springer: New Books in December
>> Mathematical and Computational Biology <<
Dynamics of Mathematical Models in Biology
Editor/s: Rogato, Alessandra; Zazzu, Valeria; Guarracino, Mario R.
Mathematical Models and Methods for Living Systems
Book Series: C.I.M.E. Foundation Subseries, Vol. 2167
Ciarletta, Pasquale; Hillen, Thomas; Othmer, Hans; Preziosi, Luigi;
Trucu, Dumitru
Editor/s: Preziosi, Luigi; Chaplain, Mark; Pugliese, Andrea
Numerical Mathematics and Advanced Applications ENUMATH 2015
Book Series: Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol.
112
Editor/s: Karasozen, Bulent; Manguoglu, Murat; Tezer-Sezgin, Munevver;
Goktepe, Serdar; Ugur, Omur
Simple Mathematical Models of Gene Regulatory Dynamics
Book Series: Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences
Mackey, Michael; Santillan, Moises; Tyran-Kaminska, Marta; Zeron, Eduardo
Santillan
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Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 8:37 AM
Subject: NIH Update
NIH Update: RPG applicants and awardees with former F/T/K support; final
RPPR; mentoring and workforce diversity resources.
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 9:10 PM
Subject: Undergraduate Summer Research: NCI-sponsored Systems Biology...
The National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Systems Biology Consortium:
undergraduates with outstanding research potential the opportunity to work
closely with faculty mentors from NCI-supported institutions for an 8-week
summer fellowship. The 2017 summer research program is designed specifically
for students to gain experience in the interdisciplinary fields of systems
biology and physical oncology. Students who are especially interested in
cancer research careers are encouraged to apply. Opportunities are
across the United States. Stipend, housing, and travel to and from the
host institution are covered by NCI. Additionally, students will convene
at the NIH in Bethesda, MD, mid-way through the summer to present their
research and network with their peers.
Detailed information about the program and application instructions can be
deadline is February 15, 2017.
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Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 10:27 AM
Subject: Graduate Training: Math Biology, U of Utah
The Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah is seeking new
graduate students to study in our Mathematical Biology Graduate Program
beginning August 2017.
The Mathematical Biology Graduate Program at the University of Utah is
one of the leading research and training programs in Mathematical
Biology in the country, offering a well-rounded, interdisciplinary,
program of study, leading to a PhD in Mathematics. Our graduates are
successfully pursuing careers of research and teaching at universities,
colleges, industry and government laboratories.
We have received NSF funding for fellowship support of graduate students
to study Mathematical Biology, and we are hoping to recruit bright
students who are interested in a high quality education in this exciting
field. We ask you to encourage your good students who have interest in
graduate work in Mathematical Biology to consider applying to our
program. A formal application deadline to be considered for these
fellowships is January 1, 2017, although later applications willl be
considered to the extent that funds are available.
More information about our program can be found on our website:
and a poster describing these opportunities is found at
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 4:39 PM
Subject: PhD Scholarship: Math Biology, Queensland U of Technology
We are seeking applicants for the following PhD opportunity in
mathematical biology:
Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology.
Applications: Open all year round.
Project Title: Mathematical models of cell migration in crowded, three-
dimensional, living tissues.
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Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 12:40 PM
Subject: PhD Positions: Computational Physiology, Virginia Commonwealth U
PhD positions in Computational Physiology, Biomedical Engineering,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Two (2) PhD student positions are available for highly motivated students
to join our research group. Details of the Computational Physiology Lab
can be found here
The projects are broad in scope and focus on developing novel approaches
to model (i) cardiac arrhythmia dynamics and (ii) mechanotransduction and
extracellular matrix assembly.
Programming skills are necessary. Experience with MATLAB and C++ are
preferred. Interested candidates are encouraged to email the lab director
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 12:01 PM
Subject: Postdoc Position: Modeling of Aging..., Franklin&Marshall College
Postdoctoral Position: Modeling of aging cortical networks.
A postdoctoral research fellowship in computational neuroscience is
available to work with Christina Weaver (Dept. of Mathematics, Franklin
& Marshall College, Lancaster, PA). The postdoctoral fellow will be a
vital member of the interdisciplinary research team led jointly by Dr.
Weaver, Dr. Jennifer Luebke (Dept of Anatomy & Physiology, Boston
University School of Medicine, Boston MA), and Dr. Patrick Hof (Dept. of
Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY).
An extended job posting and link to apply is available at
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Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:13 AM
Subject: Postdoc Positions: Theoretical/Stat Ecology, Michigan State U
Two postdoctoral positions are available in the Klausmeier-Litchman lab at
Michigan State University. We are looking for quantitative ecologists to
develop mathematical models and/or apply statistical tools to understand
static and dynamic patterns of community structure. Experience with
statistics and/or ecological modeling is required; knowledge of species
abundance distributions, adaptive dynamics, trait-based approaches,
metacommunities, variable environment theory, and Mathematica are
beneficial.
The position is for one year initially, renewable depending on performance
and continued funding. Start date is as soon as possible. Interested
applicants should email a CV, a brief statement of research interests and
accomplishments, and the names and contact information of two references
begin January 3, 2017 and continue until filled.
have questions.
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:06 PM
Subject: Faculty Position: Bioengineering, UIUC
Professor (Open Rank)
Department of Bioengineering
College of Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 3:05 PM
Subject: Faculty Positions: Dept of Mathematics, U of Texas at Arlington
The Department of Mathematics at The University of Texas at Arlington
invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions
beginning September 1, 2017. Applicants should have significant research
and scholarly accomplishments in one of the two following fields. The
first field is big data, large scale computations and optimization. The
second field is inverse problems with special interest in applications to
medical imaging.
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 1:27 PM
Subject: Position: Translational Computational & Systems Biologist, NCI
Position Title: Translational Computational & Systems Biologist
Location: Rockville MD, USA
Position Description:
The Division of Cancer Treatment & Diagnosis of the National Cancer
Institute is expanding its research program in Translational Computational
and Systems Biology for identification of key molecular targets and
developing more effective treatments and diagnostics for patients with
cancer. We use high dimensional genomic technology, model building and
computational analysis to understand biological systems influencing tumor
invasion and dissemination. We are interested in U.S. citizen applicants
who have knowledge of cancer biology, genomics and computation and are
interested in a team oriented translational research program. For more
Computational & Systems Biology Branch, DCTD, NCI.
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Date: Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 11:39 AM
Subject: Chair Position: Computational Mathematics, U of Louisiana
Applications are invited for the position of the Ray P. Authement Endowed
Chair of Computational Mathematics in the Mathematics Department at the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
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