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Issue's Topics:    
  SMB and JSMB Announce Recipient of the 2017 Akira Okubo Prize
  Summer School in Computational Biology, 4-14 Sep, Coimbra
  Models in Population Dynamics, Ecology & Evolution, 9-13 Apr, Leicester
  7th Morphogenetic Engineering Workshop at ECAL, 4 Sep, Lyon
  CfA: RevBayes NIMBioS Tutorial: Bayesian Inference of Phylogeny, 7-11 Aug
  CfA: 2017 Modern Math Workshop, 18-19 Oct, Salt Lake City
  ToC: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, vol. 14, no. 5/6
  PhD & PostDoc positions: biophysics/soft-matter/fluid mechanics, Oslo
  Mathematical Biologist, CRREL, New Hampshire
  Chair and Director in Neural Computation Research Group, Nottingham
  Bi-Monthly News from NIMBioS
  SMBnet Reminders


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From: Santiago Schnell <schnells@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:59 AM
Subject: SMB and JSMB Announce Recipient of the 2017 Akira Okubo Prize

The Society for Mathematical Biology and the Japanese Society for Mathematical
Biology are pleased to announce that Professor Yoh Iwasa (Kyushu University)
is the recipient of the 2017 Akira Okubo Prize.

For over 40 years, Prof. Iwasa has advanced the field of mathematical biology
through a diverse array of highly original contributions. Since the mid 1970s,
Prof. Iwasa has worked in the field of theoretical evolutionary ecology. There
are many forces that may affect the evolution and development of biological
characteristics, and the interactions of these forces are important to the
evolutionary outcome. Prof. Iwasa has systematically investigated these forces,
particularly those affecting sexual evolution and the evolution of cooperation.
Another key contribution from his studies was the application of optimal
foraging theory to the entire life of an organism, ranging from life history
of parasitoids to growth strategies of plants. His rare combination of
biological knowledge and mathematical skills underpins the highly original
mechanistic frameworks that he has developed to provide elegant and convincing
interpretations of complex evolutionary processes. His innovative work has
attracted and inspired many students, sparking a large and steep increase of
scientists pursuing novel and original mathematical biology research in Japan.
In fact, many researchers in the Japanese Society of Mathematical Biology have
been brought up under his supervision and through his collaborations.

Not content with these achievements, Prof. Iwasa has continued developing
novel mathematical models of biological problems in diverse areas, including
genetics, immunology, ontology and cultural/social studies among many others.
His sheer number of publications (over 300) is outshone only by the high
quality, originality, and breadth of his work that has initiated numerous and
novel research fields in mathematical biology. Prof. Iwasa has also provided
extraordinary service to the mathematical biology community. He served as
President of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology, one of the largest
international bodies in the field. He has been serving as the
co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Theoretical Biology for over a decade,
and also serves on the editorial boards of numerous mathematical biology
journals, further enhancing his influence on research in the field.
 
For this array of lifetime achievements, it is with great pride that we bestow
upon Prof. Yoh Iwasa the 2017 Akira Okubo Prize. He will be honored at the 2018
Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology and Japanese
Society for Mathematical Biology, to be held in Sydney, Australia, from July
8-12, 2018.


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From: Armindo Salvador <armindo.salvador@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:53 PM
Subject: Summer School in Computational Biology, 4-14 Sep, Coimbra

The Computational Biology network at the University of Coimbra
(http://www.uc.pt/en/iii/initiatives/cbuc) is pleased to announce the 2017
Summer School in ComputationalBiology - from molecules to tissues, to be held
in Coimbra on 4th to 14th September 2017. This will be an introductory course
targeted to students from the M. Sc. to post-doctoral levels with either
biological or exact sciences backgrounds who wish to acquire skills in
Computational Biology. It will include introductory lectures, courses on
specialized Computational Biology topics, seminars on recent developments, and
mini-research projects. There will be two parallel tracks of introductory
lectures: A. Mathematics and physics for students with a life sciences
background; B. Biology for students with an exact sciences background.

In order to apply, please send a CV to computational.biology@uc.pt no later
than July 3, indicating also which introductory track you intend to follow.

The registration fee for the selected candidate is 50 euros. Accommodation at
discounted rates will be available. For further information please see
http://www.uc.pt/en/iii/initiatives/cbuc/CBSS3.


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