SMB DIGEST 
ISSN 1086-6566
VOLUME 17 ISSUE 17
APRIL 27, 2017

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Issue's Topics:
  Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 79, Issue 5
  SMB subgroup announcement: Immunobiology and Infection
  Workshop on Modelling, Noise and Development, Bath 18-19 May
  Workshop on Information Processing and Behavioral Variability
  Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience - recent articles
  ToC: WIREs Systems Biology & Medicine
  ToC: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, vol. 14, no. 4
  Postdoc: Modelling Forest-Grassland Ecotones, Guelph, Canada
  Preceptors, University of Delaware
  21st Century Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and...
  New NSF funding opportunity: Improving and Supporting the Transition...
  New funding opportunities for NIH Director's Pioneer, ..., Awards
  SMBnet Reminders


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From: Springer <springer@alerts.springer.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 3:14 PM
Subject: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Vol. 79, Issue 5

Table of contents alert for Bulletin of Mathematical Biology.
Volume 79 Number 5 is now available online.

https://link.springer.com/journal/11538/79/5?wt_mc=alerts.TOCjournals


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From: Jessica Conway <jmc90@psu.edu>
Date: Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 6:48 PM
Subject: SMB subgroup announcement: Immunobiology and Infection

We are pleased to announce the formation of the SMB Subgroup on "Immunobiology
and Infection." The Immunobiology and Infection Subgroup was created to bring
together researchers in the SMB community who are interested in the modeling
and analysis of immune processes in human disease and of host-pathogen
interactions.

The Immunobiology and Infection Subgroup was created to bring together
researchers in the SMB community who are interested in the modeling and
analysis of immune processes in human disease and of host-pathogen
interactions. Our objective is to discuss various topics including
- infectious diseases within-host
- host immune responses
- causes and effects of inflammation
- disease progression and outcome
- integration of experimental and clinical data into models
- model-driven experimental design

Our first event is a minisymposium at the Annual Meeting this year,
http://www.math.utah.edu/~smb2017/, to highlight recent research in these
areas and discuss our vision for the subgroup and the future of the field.
We hope to engage you in discussion of research, collaboration, funding...

We will also be offering travel grants for the Annual Meeting.

If you are interested in joining this subgroup, please fill out the form
available at https://goo.gl/forms/jT7bEpGLFVjRwbbY2.

From the executive
Judy Day (co-chair)
Amber Smith (co-chair)
Jessica Conway (deputy co-chair)
Angela Reynolds (deputy co-chair)


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From: Andrea Rocco <a.rocco@surrey.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 2:06 PM
Subject: Workshop on Modelling, Noise and Development, Bath 18-19 May

In recent years there has been a growth in the application of mathematical
modelling approaches to the study of developmental and stem cell biology,
especially in trying to understand the logic of gene regulatory network
function. This, together with the use of quantitative measurement of gene
expression levels, increasingly even at single cell resolution, is being used
to develop an understanding of developmental processes that goes beyond the
traditional network diagrams, and where noise may be an important influence.

In this BBSRC-sponsored workshop, we will bring together a diverse collection
of recognised experts studying development using quantitative and modelling
approaches in order to explore the current state-of-the-art. In addition, a
poster session will allow all participants to present their work in an
informal atmosphere.

We look forward to welcoming all who are interested in the application of
quantitative and mathematical modelling techniques to problems of
developmental and stem cell biology. By hosting researchers from across the
developmental biology, stem cell biology, biophysics and mathematical biology
communities, we aim to generate an atmosphere of lively and informal
discussion of these interdisciplinary approaches.

Due to generous sponsorship from the BBSRC we are able to keep registration
costs to a minimum. Students £50; PDRAs/PIs/Non-academic participants £75.

For registration and program see:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/events/modeling-noise-and-development/

Registration closes on 28 April.


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From: Rava A. da Silveira <rava@ens.fr>
Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 8:51 PM
Subject: Workshop on Information Processing and Behavioral Variability

Organizers: Rava da Silveira, Mark Dean and Michael Woodford

Columbia University - 1501 International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th
Street, New York, NY 10027

The Program for Economic Research at Columbia University will sponsor a
one-day interdisciplinary Workshop on Information Processing and Behavioral
Variability, to be held on May 12, 2017. The Workshop aims to bring together
economists, psychologists, neuroscientists and computer scientists who have a
shared interest in understanding the gathering, storage and retrieval of
information that occur when people make choices, and what this implies for the
modeling of economic behavior.

The morning session will be focused on models of the informational basis of
decisions, with particular emphasis on implications of the need to represent
an organism?s situation in a relatively compressed way, memory constraints,
and the role of sampling from memory in decision making. The afternoon will
instead focus on the causes of stochasticity in choice behavior, with
attention both to ways in which randomness in choice may result from
randomness in neural processes underlying choice, and ways in which it can
result from information constraints, and will consider the degree to which
such randomness limits the accuracy of decisions.

For further details, see:
http://econ.columbia.edu/workshop-information-processing-and-behavioral-variability


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From: Stephen Coombes <Stephen.Coombes@nottingham.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 9:46 PM
Subject: Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience - recent articles

Dear all,

The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience publishes research articles on the
mathematical modeling and analysis of all areas of neuroscience. The current
list of journal articles is available at
http://www.mathematical-neuroscience.com/ :

Emergent Dynamical Properties of the BCM Learning Rule
Lawrence C. Udeigwe, Paul W. Munro and G. Bard Ermentrout
https://mathematical-neuroscience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13408-017-0044-6

Stable Control of Firing Rate Mean and Variance by Dual Homeostatic Mechanisms
Jonathan Cannon and Paul Miller
https://mathematical-neuroscience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13408-017-0043-7

A Theoretical Study on the Role of Astrocytic Activity in Neuronal
Hyperexcitability by a Novel Neuron-Glia Mass Model
Aurélie Garnier, Alexandre Vidal and Habib Benali
https://mathematical-neuroscience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13408-016-0042-0

Analytic Modeling of Neural Tissue: I. A Spherical Bidomain
Benjamin L. Schwartz, Munish Chauhan and Rosalind J. Sadleir
http://mathematical-neuroscience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13408-016-0041-1

Responses of Leaky Integrate-and-Fire Neurons to a Plurality of Stimuli in
Their Receptive Fields
Kang Li, Claus Bundesen and Susanne Ditlevsen
http://mathematical-neuroscience.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13408-016-0040-2

All articles are Open Access.


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From: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews <WileyOnlineLibrary@wiley.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 3:14 AM
Subject: ToC: WIREs Systems Biology & Medicine

See:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsbm.2017.9.issue-3/issuetoc?campaign=woletoc


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From: Susan Cummins <journal@aimsciences.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:48 PM
Subject: ToC: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, vol. 14, no. 4

Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (MBE)
Volume: 14, Number: 4 August 2017
http://aimsciences.org/journals/contentsListnew.jsp?pubID=936

1. A chaotic bursting-spiking transition in a pancreatic beta-cells system:
Observation of an interior glucose-induced crisis    Pages : 821 - 842
Jorge Duarte, Cristina Januário and Nuno Martins doi:10.3934/mbe.2017045

2. A two-patch prey-predator model with predator dispersal driven by the
predation strength    Pages : 843 - 880
Yun Kang, Sourav Kumar Sasmal and Komi Messan doi:10.3934/mbe.2017046

3. A proton therapy model using discrete difference equations with an example
of treating hepatocellular carcinoma    Pages : 881 - 899
Erin N. Bodine and K. Lars Monia doi:10.3934/mbe.2017047

4. Competitive exclusion in an infection-age structured vector-host epidemic
model    Pages : 901 - 931
Yanxia Dang, Zhipeng Qiu and Xuezhi Li doi:10.3934/mbe.2017048

5. A numerical framework for computing steady states of structured population
models and their stability    Pages : 933 - 952
Inom Mirzaev and David M. Bortz doi:10.3934/mbe.2017049

6. A tridiagonal patch model of bacteria inhabiting a nanofabricated landscape    
Pages : 953 - 973
Robert Stephen Cantrell, Brian Coomes and Yifan Sha doi:10.3934/mbe.2017050

7. Stability analysis on an economic epidemiological model with vaccination    
Pages : 975 - 999
Wisdom S. Avusuglo, Kenzu Abdella and Wenying Feng doi:10.3934/mbe.2017051

8. Modeling environmental transmission of MAP infection in dairy cows    
Pages : 1001 - 1017
Kokum R. De Silva, Shigetoshi Eda and Suzanne Lenhart doi:10.3934/mbe.2017052

9. Global stability of infectious disease models with contact rate as a
function of prevalence index    Pages : 1019 - 1033
Cruz Vargas-De-León and Alberto d'Onofrio doi:10.3934/mbe.2017053

10. The spatial dynamics of a zebrafish model with cross-diffusions    
Pages : 1035 - 1054
Hongyong Zhao, Qianjin Zhang and Linhe Zhu doi:10.3934/mbe.2017054

11. A surface model of nonlinear, non-steady-state phloem transport    
Pages : 1055 - 1069
Youcef Mammeri and Damien Sellier doi:10.3934/mbe.2017055


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From: Chris Bauch <cbauch@uwaterloo.ca>
Date: Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 6:24 PM
Subject: Postdoc: Modelling Forest-Grassland Ecotones, Guelph, Canada
 
Applications are invited for a 2-year postdoctoral researcher position on
modelling forest-grassland ecotones in the face of global ecological changes
including agriculture and climate change. The postdoc will develop and analyze
computational or mathematical models of the coupled human-environment dynamics
of forest-grassland ecotones in order to address questions regarding ecosystem
sustainability and management practice.
 
The candidate should have (1) a strong background in ecological modelling
(mathematical and/or computational), (2) some experience with field work in
terrestrial systems and/or using empirical data in modelling, (3) a strong
related publication record and ability to write scientific articles, and (4)
the ability to work in an interdisciplinary group setting. The work will be
performed collaboratively with Profs. Madhur Anand (University of Guelph,
School of Environmental Sciences,
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~manand/Madhur_Anand/Welcome.html) and Chris Bauch
(University of Waterloo, Dept. of Applied Mathematics,
http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/~cbauch/).
 
To apply, please send a CV, cover letter, and names of three references to
Prof. Madhur Anand, anand.madhur@gmail.com, at the Global Ecological Change &
Sustainability Laboratory, University of Guelph. Note that we cannot respond
to all enquiries. Review of applications will begin May 15, 2017 and will
continue until the position is filled. The start date is to be in Autumn 2017
or Winter 2018.


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From: John Jungck <jungck@udel.edu>
Date: Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 4:23 PM
Subject: Preceptors, University of Delaware

https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1349305/university-of-delaware-preceptor/

Two Preceptors (equivalent to a teaching post-doc but a renewable,
hard money appointment) are sought for working in the
Interdisciplinary Science Learning Laboratories at the University of
Delaware. The Preceptors work closely with faculty in Biology and
Chemistry in courses designed to integrate both subjects. The
Preceptors supervise Graduate Teaching Assistants in laboratory
education and run Problem Based Learning studios. There is an
opportunity for Preceptors to develop interdisciplinary STEM courses
where they are the primary instructor of record in Winter or Summer
terms. These are twelve month contracts. The Interdisciplinary Science
Learning Laboratories are designed to help improve student retention
and graduation in STEM, provide a more inclusive educational
experience, and to adopt, adapt, and implement research vetted
pedagogical practices designed to help student learning,
collaboration, quantitative reasoning, and scientific rigor. You can
visit our web site at: https://www.isll.udel.edu/ for more
information.


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From: Santiago Schnell <schnells@umich.edu>
Date: Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 4:55 PM
Subject: 21st Century Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and...

2017 21st Century Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and
Multi-scale Systems

The James S. McDonnell Foundation (JSMF) has posted updated guidelines for the
2017 21st Century Postdoctoral Fellowship in Understanding Dynamic and
Multi-scale 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 2017 or in 2018.
- 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
  15, 2017.
- The deadline to submit all application materials is June 26, 2017,
  15:59 CDT(20:59 UTC).

For complete program details and application guidelines visit:
https://goo.gl/yx1yV7 or www.jsmf.org/apply/fellowship.


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From: Henry Warchall <hwarchal@nsf.gov>
Date: Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 4:34 PM
Subject: New NSF funding opportunity: Improving and Supporting the Transition...

Dear Colleague:

The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human
Resources (EHR) and Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)
are collaborating to encourage proposals that would improve and support
student transition to and subsequent success in doctoral programs in the
mathematical sciences. Participating divisions within the two directorates are
the Divisions of Mathematical Sciences (DMS), Graduate Education (DGE),
Undergraduate Education (DUE), and Human Resource Development (HRD).

Please see:

  https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf17078

for details.


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From: Ellie Murcia <murciae@OD.NIH.GOV>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:54:05 +0000
Resent-from: Raymond Mejia <mejiar@helix.nih.gov>
Subject: New funding opportunities for NIH Director's Pioneer, ..., Awards

New funding opportunities for NIH Director's Pioneer, New Innovator,
Transformative Research, and Early Independence Awards

The NIH Common Fund announces FY 2018 funding opportunities for
the NIH Director's Pioneer, New Innovator, Transformative Research,
and Early Independence Awards in the High-Risk, High-Reward Research
program <https://commonfund.nih.gov/highrisk/index>. The program provides
unique opportunities for exceptionally creative scientists to pursue
highly innovative approaches to address major challenges in biomedical or
behavioral research* Any research topic relevant to the broad mission of
NIH is welcome. NIH especially encourages women and members of groups that
are underrepresented in NIH-funded research to apply.

2018 NIH Director's Pioneer Awards: RFA RM-17-005
<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-17-005.html>
* Open to scientists at any career stage
* Single PI applications only
* Up to $3.5 million in direct costs over a period of 5 years
* Application instructions and additional details are provided in the RFA
* For further information on the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, see the website
<https://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/index> and FAQs
<https://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/faq>
* For other questions, email pioneerawards@mail.nih.gov
* Application deadline: September 1, 2017

2018 NIH Director's New Innovator Awards: RFA RM-17-006
<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-17-006.html>
* Open to New Investigators (defined as those who have not received an NIH
R01 or similar grant and are within 10 years of completing their terminal
research degree or medical residency)
* Single PI applications only
* Up to $1.5 million in direct costs over a period of 5 years (multi-year
funded, funds for entire project period disbursed from FY 2018 appropriation)
* Application instructions and additional details provided in the RFA
* For further information on the NIH Director's New Innovator Award,
see the website <https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/index> and
FAQs <https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/faq>
* For other questions, email newinnovatorawards@mail.nih.gov
* Application deadline: September 8, 2017

2018 NIH Director's Transformative Research Awards: RFA RM-17-007
<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-17-007.html>
* Open to scientists at any career stage
* Single-PI applications and multi-PI applications welcome
* Flexible budgets, commensurate with scope of proposed research
* Application instructions and additional details provided in the RFA
* For further information on the NIH Director's Transformative
Research Award, see the website <https://commonfund.nih.gov/TRA> and
FAQs <https://commonfund.nih.gov/TRA/faq>
* For other questions, email transformative_awards@mail.nih.gov
* Application deadline: September 15, 2017

2018 NIH Director's Early Independence Awards: RFA RM-17-008
<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-17-008.html>
* Open to Early Stage Investigators who wish to 'skip the postdoc' and
begin an independent research career; complete their terminal research
degree or medical residency between June 1, 2016 and September 30, 2018;
are in a non-independent position at time of application; and have not
received an NIH R01 or similar grant
* Single-PI applications only
* Up to $1.25 million in direct costs over a period of 5 years
* Application instructions and additional details provided in the RFA
* For further information on the NIH Director's Early Independence Award,
see the website <https://commonfund.nih.gov/earlyindependence/index> and
FAQs <https://commonfund.nih.gov/earlyindependence/faq>
* For other questions, email EarlyIndependence@od.nih.gov
* Application deadline: September 22, 2017

The High-Risk High-Reward Research Program and other Common Fund programs
are managed by the Office of Strategic Coordination, Division of Program
Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives in the NIH Office of
the Director, in partnership with the component NIH Institutes, Centers,
and Offices. The NIH Common Fund <https://commonfund.nih.gov/> encourages
collaboration and supports a series of exceptionally high impact, trans-NIH
programs.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) "The Nation's Medical Research
Agency" includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal
agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational
medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments and cures
for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its
programs, visit the NIH website <https://www.nih.gov/>.


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