Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting - 2025

Edmonton, Canada



This schedule has most recently been updated on May 8, 2025.





How to navigate this schedule:

There are multiple ways to navigate the schedule. You may browse by subgroup, below:

  • CARD (Cardiovascular Modelling)
  • CDEV (Cell and Developmental Biology)
  • ECOP (Population Dynamics & Ecology)
  • EDUC (Education)
  • IMMU (Immunobiology and Infection)
  • MEPI (Mathematical Epidemiology)
  • MFBM (Methods for Biological Modeling)
  • NEUR (Mathematical Neuroscience)
  • ONCO (Mathematical Oncology)
  • OTHE (Other / Misc.)

Alternatively, click on any box in the full schedule below to view the full list of parallel tracks (e.g. click "Minisymposium 1" to view all minisymposia at that time).




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 4
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 Lunch
1:30pm Plenary 2
Marisa Eisenberg
SMB General Meeting Plenary 5
Veronica Ciocanel (30 minutes)

Plenary 6
Simon Martina Perez (30 minutes)
Plenary 8
Yang Kuang
Plenary 10
Susanna Manrubia
2:30pm Panel on the future of publishing in quantitative life sciences Contributed talks 1 Edmonton Activities Contributed talks 2 Contributed talks 3
3:30pm Break (20 minutes) Break (20 minutes)
3:50pm Minisymposium 2 Minisymposium 4 Minisymposium 7 Minisymposium 9
6:00pm Poster session
(6-9:00pm)
Free time Closing and Farewell
7:00pm Banquet





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.








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
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
Website
  • Jeffrey West




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