Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting - 2025

Edmonton, Canada


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Registration for the annual meeting is now open. Please click the button below to be redirected to the official registration form.

Submissions for posters are being received until June 1, 2025.

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Registration Info

Late Poster Submission



Edmonton Convention Center

July 13-18, 2025

The city of Edmonton is eager to invite you to participate in the Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology in the summer of 2025. Located in the northernmost metropolis in North America, the city of Edmonton will make a beautiful location for SMB 2025. Edmonton International Airport (YEG) offers non-stop flights from more than 50 major cities in Canada, the United States, and international destinations.

Picture of conference venue



Pre-conference

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Registration will be available from 10:00am - 5:00pm.


Early Career Workshop: 11:30am - 5:30pm
11:30am - 12:00pm How to get the most out of conferences Rebecca Everett
12:00pm - 12:30pm Thriving your way through grad school Angela Peace
12:30pm - 1:00pm Postdoccing outside the norm Lihong Zhao
1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm - 2:30pm Academic jobs at Liberal Arts Colleges Meredith Greer
2:30pm - 4:00pm How to get a tenure-track job Stacey Smith?
4:00pm - 5:00pm Non-academic career panel Farrah Sadre-Marandi, Malidi Ahamadi, Marissa Renardy


Conference Schedule

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

Times listed beside each block are the starting times for each activity.

Time
Day 1
Monday (July 14) 		Day 2
Tuesday (July 15) 		Day 3
Wednesday (July 16) 		Day 4
Thursday (July 17) 		Day 5
Friday (July 18)
8:30am Opening & welcome
9:00am Plenary 1
Mark Lewis		 Plenary 3
Fred Adler		 Plenary 6
Kathleen Curtius		 Plenary 7
Mary Myerscough		 Plenary 9
Mohit K Jolly
10:00am Coffee Break (20 minutes)
10:20am Minisymposium 1 Minisymposium 3 Minisymposium 5 Minisymposium 6 Minisymposium 8
12:00pm General Lunch or Mentor Lunch Lunch SMB General Meeting & Lunch Lunch
1:30pm Plenary 2
Marisa Eisenberg		 Plenary 4
Veronica Ciocanel (30 minutes)
Plenary 5
Simon Martina Perez (30 minutes) 		Edmonton Activities Plenary 8
Yang Kuang		 Plenary 10
Susanna Manrubia
2:30pm Break (10 minutes) Break (10 minutes)
2:40pm Panel on the future of publishing in quantitative life sciences Contributed talks 1 Contributed talks 2 Contributed talks 3
3:40pm Break (20 minutes) Break (20 minutes)
4:00pm Minisymposium 2 Minisymposium 4 Minisymposium 7 Minisymposium 9
6:00pm Poster session
(6-9:00pm)		 Free time Banquet Closing and Farewell




Organizers
  • Jay Newby, University of Alberta
  • Hao Wang, University of Alberta



Organizing committee
  • Thomas Hillen, University of Alberta
  • Dan Coombs, University of British Columbia
  • Mark Lewis, University of Victoria
  • Wylie Stroberg, University of Alberta
  • Gerda de Vries, University of Alberta
  • Ruth Baker, University of Oxford
  • Amber Smith, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Website
  • Jeffrey West
Scientific committee
  • Ruth Baker, University of Oxford
  • Mark Lewis, University of Victoria
  • Frederick R Adler, University of Utah
  • Jennifer Flegg, University of Melbourne
  • Jana Gevertz, The College of New Jersey
  • Jude Kong, University of Toronto
  • Kathleen Wilkie, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Wylie Stroberg, University of Alberta
  • Jay Newby, University of Alberta




We wish to acknowledge that we are located within Treaty 6 territory and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional home for many Indigenous Peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Metis, Nakota Sioux, Dene, Saulteaux, Anishinaabe, Inuit and many others whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our vibrant community.