Organizers:
Yangjin Kim (Brown University and Konkuk University), Magdalena Stolarska at University of St. Thomas
Description:
Cell motility is a crucial step in metastasis and other detrimental processes in cancer such as cell infiltration in glioblastoma. Cancer is a complex, multiscale process, in which genetic mutations occurring at a sub-cellular level manifest themselves as functional changes at the cellular and tissue scale. Because cell motility plays a large role in cancer regulation, understanding the interactions of individual cells with the tumor microenvironment would provide a foundation to generate new strategies in cancer treatments. In particular, understanding the effect of the microenvironment on the signal transduction pathways of individual cells can improve cancer therapies by allowing one to target the specific biochemical pathways that are associated with the disease. Therefore, the main aim of this session is to discuss recent advances and challenges in modelling cell motility, tumor growth, and the development of new therapeutic strategies. Specific goals of the session include: (i) analyzing both computational and analytical solutions to mathematical models of tumor growth and its interaction with the microenvironment, (ii) improving our biochemical/biomechanical understanding of fundamental mechanism of cell motility in the context of cancer progression, and (iii) comparing experimental data and projecting new experimental ideas that allow us to better understand cellular processes that lead to the design of data-driven platforms for clinical diagnosis.
Magda Stolarska
University of St. Thomas"A mathematical model of active cortical stress generation and its effect on cell movement"
Dumitru Trucu
University of Dundee"Advancements in multiscale modelling for glioblastoma: emergence of 'on-the-fly' non-local isotropic-to-anisotropic transition in cell population transport"
Padmini Rangamani
University of California San Diego"Modeling collagen fibril degradation as a function of matrix microarchitecture"
Noe Mercado
Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University"Impact of Cytomegalovirus on Glioblastoma progression"
