Submitted Minisymposia

All submitted minisymposia

  • 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.)
CARD-01:
Digital Twins in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Organized by: Ning Wei (Purdue University )

  1. Igor Vorobyov (University of California Davis)
    "Digital twins for cardiac safety pharmacology and neuromodulation"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. KARLI KAE GILLETTE (University of Utah)
    "The generation of cardiac digital twins of whole-heart electrophysiology during normal sinus rhythm"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Patrick Boyle (University of Washington)
    "  The Promise and Potential Peril of Digital Twins in Cardiac Electrophysiology"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Trine Krogh-Madsen (Cornell University)
    "Population modeling to explain heterogeneity and immaturity of single stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

CARD-02:
Novel multiscale and multisystem approaches to cardiovascular modeling and simulation (Part 1)

Organized by: Mitchel J. Colebank (University of South Carolina), Vijay Rajagopal, The University of Melbourne, Australia

  1. Mitchel J. Colebank (University of South Carolina)
    "“Effects of vasomotor tone on systemic vascular wave reflections”"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Alyssa Taylor-Lapole (Rice University)
    "A discontinuous Galerkin approximation for a 3D-1D advection-diffusion model to investigate liver perfusion."
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Stephen Payne (National Taiwan University & University of Oxford)
    "Multiscale models of cerebral blood flow and metabolism"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Karin Leiderman (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
    "A discrete platelet-bonding model for simulating platelet aggregation under flow"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Noelia Grande Gutiérrez (Carnegie Mellon University)
    "Multiscale modeling of thrombosis formation"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Mette Olufsen (North Carolina State University)
    "An uncertainty aware framework for generating vascular networks from imaging"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Pim Oomen (University of California, Irvine)
    "Systems biology modeling of sex hormone-driven cardiac remodeling"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Pak-Wing Fok (University of Delaware)
    "Effect of medial arterial calcification on hemodynamics: mechanisms and insights"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

CARD-03:
Novel multiscale and multisystem approaches to cardiovascular modeling and simulation (Part 2)

Organized by: Mitchel J. Colebank (University of South Carolina, United States), Vijay Rajagopal, The University of Melbourne

  1. Ishraq Ahmed (University of Sydney, Australia)
    "Free cholesterol toxicity and impaired cell recycling in a lipid-structured model of atherosclerosis"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Liam Murray (University of Melbourne, Australia)
    "Myofibril networks create torsion during contraction in sheep cardiomyocytes"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Simon-Walker Samuel, (University College London, United Kingdom)
    "Using physics-informed deep generative learning to model blood flow in the retina"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Pradeep Keshavanarayanan, (University College London, United Kingdom)
    "Combination of shear stress and hydrostatic pressure dictates the temporal behaviour of vasculature"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Laura Ellwein-Fix, (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
    "A closed-loop system-level model of cerebrovascular reactivity"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Sara Johnson (University of Puget Sound)
    "Modeling Microglial Response to MCAO-Induced Ischemic Stroke"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. N/A
    "N/A"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. N/A
    "N/A"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-01:
Mathematical and computational ophthalmology: insights from data-driven multiscale modelling of the eye

Organized by: Laura Wadkin (Newcastle University), Patrick Parkinson (Newcastle University)

  1. Patrick Parkinson (Newcastle University)
    "Optimising stem cell therapies for corneal damage: insights from clinical trial image analysis and mathematical modelling"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Katie Bentley (Francis Crick Institute)
    "Integrating agent-based modelling with patient OCT-A imaging to understand diabetic retinopathy vascular dynamics"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Joel Vanin (Indiana University Bloomington)
    "An Agent-Based Computational Framework for Simulating Corneal Biology: A Platform for Multi-Scale Investigation of Homeostasis and Wound Healing"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Patricia Lamirande (University of Oxford)
    "A mean first passage time approach to quantify ocular drug delivery and residence time"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-02:
Mechanistic modeling from inter- to intra-cellular phenomena

Organized by: Andreas Buttenschoen (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Calina Copos (Northeastern University)

  1. Eric Cytrynbaum (University of British Columbia)
    "Regulation of root division and elongation zones in plant development by the CLASP protein"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Mariya Savinov (NYU)
    "TBA"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Wei Wang (John's Hopkins University)
    "Statistics of fracture in collective cell migration"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Jupiter Algorta (University of British Columbia)
    "Modelling optogenetic experiments: Evidence for Rac inhibitor"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-03:
From data to mechanisms: advancement in modeling in cell and developmental biology

Organized by: Keisha Cook, Anna Nelson (Clemson University), Alessandra Bonfanti (Politecnico di Milano) Giulia Celora (University of Oxford) Kelsey Gasior (University of Notre Dame) Qixuan Wang (University of California, Riverside)

  1. Khanh Dao Duc (University of British Columbia)
    "Quantifying the organization and dynamics of cell morphology in Mycobacteria from Long-Term Time-Lapse Atomic Force Microscopy"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Peijie Zhou (Peking University)
    "Towards AI Virtual Cell Through Dynamical Generative Modeling of Single-cell Omics Data"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Amanda Alexander (University of Houston)
    "Persistence of plasmid DNA in spatially organized bacterial populations"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Grace McLaughlin (UNC Chapel Hill)
    "Modeling Asynchronous Nuclear Division in Fungal Cells"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Anna Nelson (University of New Mexico)
    "Modeling mechanisms of microtubule dynamics in living neurons"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Merlin Pelz (University of Minnesota)
    "Effect of compartmentalization: synchronization and symmetry-breaking of diffusively coupled cells in 2-D and 3-D"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Ying Zhang (Northeastern University)
    "Why do cells migrate collectively in different modes?"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Sharon Lubkin (North Carolina State University)
    "Differential growth in stomach bending: a continuum approach"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-04:
The unexpected consequences of stochasticity in cell biology

Organized by: James Holehouse (The Santa Fe Institute), Kaan Öcal (University of Melbourne) and Augustinas Sukys (University of Melbourne)

  1. Lucy Ham (University of Melbourne)
    "How cell-to-cell communication and spatial gene regulatory networks govern multicellular organization and pattern formation."
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Anish Pandya (UT Austin)
    "Causation vs. correlation in modelling the life of mRNA, from transcription to degradation."
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Arthur Genthon (MPI for the Physics of Complex Systems)
    "How cell populations exploit variations in cell size and growth rate to proliferate."
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Daniel Muratore (The Santa Fe Institute)
    "Stochastic macromolecular dynamics explain biogeographic patterns in the Pacific Ocean."
  8. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-05:
Protein Condensates in the Cell Nucleus

Organized by: Tharana Yosprakob (University of Alberta)

  1. Kelsey Gasior (Department of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, University of Notre Dame)
    "Untangling molecular interactions underlying intracellular condensate properties"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Michael Hendzel (Departments of Oncology and Cell Biology, University of Alberta)
    "Material states and their functions in genome organization and regulation"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Justin Knechtel (Department of Oncology, University of Alberta)
    "Single molecule tracking of KMT5C in heterochromatin compartments"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Tharana Yosprakob (Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta)
    "Spatial organization and dynamicsof nuclear proteins"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-06:
Modeling the Role of Geometry and Topology in Shaping Cell Behavior, Function, and Tissue Patterns

Organized by: Fabian Spill (University of Birmingham), Anotida Madzvamuse, University of British Columbia

  1. Alex Grigas (Syracuse University)
    "Modeling fluidity in stellate mesenchymal tissues"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Sharon Minsuk (Indiana University)
    "The role of embryo, tissue, and cell shape in morphogenesis: modeling the cellular dynamics of tissue deformation"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Margherita De Marzio (Harvard Medical School)
    "Understanding the Role of Surface Curvature on Epithelial Plasticity"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Padmini Rangamani (UCSD)
    "Nanoscale curvature of the plasma membrane regulates mechanoadaptation through nuclear deformation and rupture"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Gulsemay Yigit (Bahçeşehir University)
    "Analysis of reaction-diffusion systems in a bilayer region."
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Maryam Parvizi (University of Birmingham)
    "A phase field model for organelle dynamics"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Stephanie Portet (University of Manitoba)
    "Modeling of intermediate filaments"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Vijay Rajagopal (University of Melbourne)
    "Spatial Organisation in muscle cells affects calcium signalling, metabolism and cell mechanics"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-07:
Modeling cell migration at multiple scales

Organized by: Jared Barber (Indiana University Indianapolis), Luoding Zhu

  1. Anotida Madzavamuse
    "A mechanobiochemical model for 3D single cell migration"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Calina Copos
    "Breakdown of the Scallop theorem in confined single cell locomotion"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Emiliano Perez Ipina
    "Cell motility self-regulated by secreted footprints"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Yuehui Xu
    "Effects of the cytoskeleton on cell migration"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Yangjin Kim
    "Mathematical modeling of glioma cell migration on blood vessels via Cl- chanel-mediated cell deformation and biophysical interaction with astrocytes"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Sebastian Aland
    "How cell surface processes and patterns drive how cells choose their travel direction in channels"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Shubhadeep Sadhukhan
    "Modelling lamellipodia-driven single-cell migration and interaction with external barriers"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Jianda Du
    "The Effect of Curvature in Mathematical Models of Cell Migration"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

CDEV-08:
Agent-based modelling of cell cytoskeletal phenomena

Organized by: Eric Cytrynbaum (University of British Columbia), Tim Tian (University of British Columbia)

  1. Hannah Scanlon (Duke University)
    "Mechanisms of Microtubule Polarity Regulation in Neurons"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Calina Copos (Northeastern University)
    "Molecular underpinnings of a biphasic force response during cell stretching"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Tim Tian (University of British Columbia)
    "Organization of Plant Cortical Microtubules"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Taeyoon Kim (Purdue University)
    "Reconstituting the Mechanical and Dynamic Behaviors of the Actin Cytoskeleton"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-01:
Mathematical Models of Biofilm Processes

Organized by: Hermann Eberl (University of Guelph), John Ward

  1. John Ward (Loughborough University, UK)
    "An analysis of large time solutions in biofilm models of Wanner-Gujer type"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Rachana Manadal (University of Guelph, Canada)
    "Modelling and simulation  of biofilm growth in a counter-diffusion system, coupled with biozone formation in the aqueous phase by chemotactic bacteria"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Blessing Emerenini (Rochester Institute of Technology, USA)
    "Modeling Biofilm Induced Corrosion Inhibition - what do we know?"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Maria Rosaria Mattei (University of Naples, Federico II, Italy)
    "A modeling and simulation study of horizontal gene transfer in biofilms"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-02:
Advances in Spatial Ecological and Epidemiological Modeling and Analysis

Organized by: Daozhou Gao (Cleveland State University), Xingfu Zou, University of Western Ontario

  1. Carolin Grumbach (Osnabrück University)
    "Allee pits in metapopulations: When increasing dispersal can backfire"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Yun Kang (Arizona State University)
    "The complex dynamics of a diffusive prey–predator model with an Allee effect in prey"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Adrian Lam (Ohio State University)
    "A toxicant-taxis model with inhomogeneous robin boundary conditions"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Yijun Lou (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
    "Population dynamics with temporal and spatial heterogeneity: A quotient space approach"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Rachidi Salako (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
    "On the dynamics of a two-stage structured diffusive population model"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Sebastian Schreiber (UC Davis)
    "Pathogen persistence: Complex lifecycles in variable environments"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Wenxian Shen (Auburn University)
    "Front propagation dynamics in Fisher KPP equations on unbounded star graphs"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Xiao-Qiang Zhao (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
    "Spatial dynamics of a partially degenerate reaction-diffusion system with pair formation"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-03:
Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Bacteriophage

Organized by: Joshua S. Weitz (University of Maryland, Department of Biology & Physics and U of Maryland Institute for Health Computing), Asher Leeks, University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology

  1. Asher Leeks (Assistant Professor, UBC, Zoology)
    "Phage-phage interactions and the window of sociality"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Antoni Luque (Associate Professor, U of Miami, Biology and Physics)
    "Tipping points in the interaction of phage and bacteria in natural microbiomes"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Jaye Sudweeks (PhD candidate, Department of Mathematics, UBC)
    "Ecological feedback through host density leads to the maintenance of cooperation in bacteriophage phi6"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Nanami Kubota (PhD candidate, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh)
    "Cheater phages drive bacterial and phage populations to lower fitness"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-04:
Nonlinearity and Nonlocality: Complex Dynamics in Models of Animal Movement

Organized by: Alex Safsten (University of Maryland), Abba Gumel

  1. Chris Cosner (University of Miami)
    "The ideal free distribution in a predator-system"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Thomas Hillen (University of Alberta)
    "Pattern formation in non-local models of species interactions"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Mark Lewis (University of Victoria)
    "TBD (Mark has confirmed he can speak, but has not yet provided a title)"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Rebecca Tyson (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
    "Memory-guided foraging: The importance of learning and forgetting"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-05:
Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence: Honoring Yang Kuang’s Contributions to Mathematical Biology (Part 1)

Organized by: Tin Phan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Yun Kang (Arizona State University); Tracy Stepien (University of Florida)

  1. Jim Cushing (University of Arizona)
    "TBD"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Angela Peace (Texas Tech University)
    "Growth in the face of multiple constraints"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Clay Prater (University of Arkansas)
    "I get by with a little help from my friends: Adventures in stoichiometric modeling of a mathematically challenged empirical ecologist"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Rebecca Everett (Haverford University)
    "Stoichiometric ontogenetic development influences population dynamics: Stage-structured model under nutrient limitations"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-06:
Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence: Honoring Yang Kuang’s Contributions to Mathematical Biology (Part 2)

Organized by: Tin Phan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Yun Kang (Arizona State University); Tracy Stepien (University of Florida)

  1. Irakli Loladze (Bryan College of Health Sciences)
    "Stoichiometric Symbiosis: How Nitrogen and Phosphorus Shape the Biochemistry of Information Processing"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jiaxu Li (University of Louisville)
    "A Novel Framework for Modeling Delay Impacts of Intermittent Impulsive Interventions in Biological Systems"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Jianhong Wu (York University)
    "Applied 'Delay Differential Equations' of Kuang in Structured Populations"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Bingtuan Li (University of Louisville)
    "Invasion speeds for population models with Allee effects"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-07:
Coupled human and natural systems

Organized by: Frank M. Hilker (Osnabrück University), Rebecca C. Tyson (University of British Columbia Okanagan)

  1. Brian Beckage (University of Vermont, USA)
    "Why We Do What We Do: A Mathematical Framework for Modeling Human Behavior in Coupled Human-Environmental Systems"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jonas Wahl (Osnabrück University, Germany)
    "Evolutionary dynamics of constant and proportional harvest strategies in a coupled human-environment system with dynamic resources"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Amrita Punnavajhala (University of Waterloo, Canada)
    "Region-level mitigation in a coupled social-climate model"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Christina Cobbold (University of Glasgow, UK)
    "Mathematics for Rewilding"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-08:
Exploring Heterogeneity in Mathematical Models: Methods, Applications, and Insights (Part 1)

Organized by: Zhisheng Shuai (University of Central Florida), Junping Shi, College of William & Mary; Yixiang Wu, Middle Tennessee State University

  1. Christopher Heggerud (University of California, Davis)
    "The many mechanisms behind regime shifts and tools to predict them"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Sameras Pal (University of Kalyani, India)
    "The impact of microbial diseases of corals under macroalgal toxicity, overfishing and rising sea surface temperature (SST)"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Tao Feng (University of Alberta)
    "Modeling Foraging Dynamics of Social Insects in Stochastic Environments"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Xiunan Wang (University of Tennessee Chattanooga)
    "Modeling Hantavirus transmission under the impact of land use change"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Amy Veprauskas (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
    "Examining the impact of periodicity on population dynamics: with applications to agroecosystems and conservation science"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Tingting Tang (San Diego State University )
    "Exploring the impact of household size on COVID-19 with coupled SEAIR model"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Han Lu (University of Alberta)
    "Several classes of host-pathogen models in spatially heterogeneous environments"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Yixiang Wu (Middle Tennessee State University)
    "Analysis of a parabolic-hyperbolic hybrid population model: an integrated semigroup approach"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-09:
Exploring Heterogeneity in Mathematical Models: Methods, Applications, and Insights (Part 2)

Organized by: Zhisheng Shuai (University of Central Florida), Junping Shi, College of William & Mary; Yixiang Wu, Middle Tennessee State University

  1. Zhian Wang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
    "Global Dynamics of a Periodic Diffusive Consumer-Resource Model: Classification and Asymptotics"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Yuanwei Qi (University of Central Florida)
    "Traveling solutions in chemical reaction models"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Seoyun Choe (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
    "Mathematical Modeling and Investigation of Malaria Prevalence Changes with Vaccination"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Chris Cosner (University of Miami)
    "TBA"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-10:
Ecological aspects of vector-borne disease

Organized by: Abigail Barlow (The University of Bath), n/a

  1. Abigail Barlow (The University of Bath)
    "Integrated tick management strategies in fragmented peridomestic environments"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Folashade B. Agusto (The University of Kansas)
    "Modelling the effect of lethal and non-lethal predation on the dynamics of ticks and tick-borne ehrlichiosis disease"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Christina Cobbold (The University of Glasgow)
    "Modelling the impacts of adult mosquito age-structure on vector-borne disease risk"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Kyle Dahlin (Virginia Tech)
    "Mechanistically modelling the dynamics of mosquito biting, accounting for ecological factors driving contact rates"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-11:
Nonlocal Models: Progress and Challenges in Analysis, Applications and Numerics

Organized by: Valeria GIunta (Swansea University), Yurij Salmaniw - University of Oxford

  1. Raluca Eftimie (Université de Franche-Comté, France)
    "Nonlocal mathematical models for normal and abnormal wound healing"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Junping Shi (College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA)
    "Biological Aggregations from Spatial Memory and Nonlocal Advection"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Jun Jewell (University of Oxford)
    "From Chirality to Chase-and-Run: Nonlocal Mechanisms Driving Pattern Formation in Biology"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Sara Bernardi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
    "Emergent Chase-and-Run: How Nonlocal Interaction Ranges Drive Collective Motion"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-12:
Applications of Evolutionary Game Theory and Related Frameworks: From Cells to Societies

Organized by: Daniel Cooney (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Olivia Chu (Bryn Mawr College) and Alex McAvoy (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

  1. Jakub Svoboda (IST Austria)
    " Density amplifiers of cooperation for spatial games"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Haihui Cheng (University of Alberta)
    "Evolution of Cooperation in Spatio-Temporal Evolutionary Games with Public Goods Feedback"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Jeremy Van Cleve (University of Kentucky)
    "Linked selection and the evolution of altruism in family‐structured populations”"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Folashade Agusto (University of Kansas)
    "Exploring the Interplay Between COVID-19 and Drug Overdose Mortality"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Mari Kawakatsu (University of Pennsylvania)
    "A mechanistic model of gossip, reputations, and cooperation"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Garrett Mitchener (College of Charleston)
    "A Simulation approach to the evolution of communication"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Emerson Arehart (Princeton University)
    "A minimal model of learning: quantifying the cost and benefit of learning in changing environments"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Alex McAvoy (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
    "The coalescent in finite populations with arbitrary, fixed structure"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-13:
Information theory, fitness, and semantics in biological information processing

Organized by: Andrew Eckford (Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Toronto)

  1. Prof. Massimiliano Pierobon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
    "Fitness value of subjective information for living organism"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Dr. Alexander Moffett, Northeastern University
    "Minimal informational requirements for fitness"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Prof. Andrew W. Eckford, York University
    "Natural information processing and single-letter codes"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Prof. Peter J. Thomas, Case Western Reserve University
    "Capacity of Poisson-type signal transduction channels"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ECOP-14:
How environmental changes can impact spatial growth and spread: From the small to large scale

Organized by: Diana White (Clarkson University)

  1. Jody Reimer (Utah)
    "Population and community dynamics of sea ice ecosystems"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Susan Bailey
    "Modeling the impacts of spatial structure on (bacteria) population dynamics"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Diana White
    "Modeling Growth of Invasive Watermilfoil under differing lake conditions"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Anna Hargreaves
    "local adaptation and dispersal evolution at range edges in response to global8 change"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

IMMU-01:
New approaches to infectious disease immunity for model-informed vaccine development

Organized by: Terry Easlick (Univeristé de Montréal/Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine), Morgan Craig, Univeristé de Montréal/Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine

  1. Jane Heffernan (York University)
    "The Malaria Parasite Life-Cycle"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Cailan Jeynes-Smith (University of Tennessee Health Science Centre)
    "Cytokine Dynamics during Influenza Infection"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Jonah Hall (University of British Columbia/BC Children's Hospital Research Institute)
    "Optimization of Pertussis Immunization Using Mathematical Modeling"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Solène Hegarty-Cremer (Univeristé de Montréal/Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine)
    "Analysing Immune Dysregulation in Vitamin A Deficient Mice During Influenza A Infection"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Mélanie Prague (Université de Bordeaux/INRIA)
    "Contribution of Intra-Host Modeling of pre-clinical studies to Vaccine Development"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Stanca M. Ciupe (Virginia Tech)
    "Immune system onset and reaction against viral diseases"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Elizabeth Amona (Virginia Commonwealth University)
    "Studying Disease Reinfection Rates, Vaccine Efficacy and Timing of Vaccine Rollout in the Context of Infectious Diseases"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Terry Daniel Easlick (Unviersité de Montréal/Univeristé de Montréal/Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine)
    "Stochastic Methods for modelling antigen-specific cell-mediated immune response"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

IMMU-02:
In host Viral Dynamics

Organized by: Esteban A. Hernandez-Vargas (University of Idaho), Veronika Zarnitsyna, Emory University

  1. Joshua T Schiffer
    "Molnupiravir clinical trial simulation suggests that polymerase chain reaction underestimates antiviral potency against SARS-CoV-2"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Time-varying viral production in virus dynamics models
    "Hana Dobrovolny"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Lars Kaderali
    "A quantitative, dynamic model of the intracellular SARS-CoV-2 replication"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Lubna Pinky
    "Modeling viral-viral coinfections of the respiratory tract"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

IMMU-03:
Immune Responses to Viral Infections and Vaccines

Organized by: Veronika I. Zarnitsyna (Emory University), Esteban Hernandez Vargas, University of Idaho

  1. Carmen Molina-Paris (LANL)
    "Quantification of heterogeneity in human CD8+ T cell responses to vaccine antigens: an HLA-guided perspective"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jane Marie Heffernan (York University)
    "COVID-19 Vaccination in HIV+ Individuals"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Jason Edward Shoemaker (University of Pittsburgh)
    "Understanding sex differences in lung immunity using mathematical modeling"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Veronika Zarnitsyna (Emory University)
    "Challenges in Evaluating Vaccine-Induced Protection Against Severe Disease"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Grant Lythe (University of Leeds, UK)
    "Quantifying T cell cross-reactivity"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Elissa Schwartz (Washington State Univeristy)
    "From parameter estimation to vaccine strategies"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Alexis Erich Almocera (University of the Philippines Mindanao)
    "Hopf bifurcations of the COVID-19 with B cell model"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Reagan Johnson (Brigham Young University)
    "Innate Immune Response during coinfections"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

IMMU-04:
Multiscale modelling in infectious diseases

Organized by: Dr Macauely Locke (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Dr Jasmine Kreig, Dr Aurelien Marc, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  1. Dr Daniel Luque-Duque (Imperial College London)
    "Estimating the evolution of thymic output for $alphabeta$ and $gammadelta$ populations using TCR sequencing data."
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Professor Grant Lythe (University of Leeds)
    "Models of bursting and budding"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Dr Sarafa Iyaniwura (Fred Hutch)
    "Understanding the dynamics of chronic Hepititis B virus during therapy"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Dr Aurelien Marc (Los Alamos National Labratory)
    "Mechanistic modelling of clinical trials in HCV patients: evaluation of efficacy of Bemnifosbuvir and Ruzasvir"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Dr Mason Lacy (Queensland University of Technology)
    "Individual-based and continuum models for understanding ex vivo T cell expansion"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Dr Nathanael Hoze (IAME)
    "Integrating multiscale mathematical modeling and serology to unravel antibody dynamics and infection risk"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Dr Paolo Bosetti (Pasteur institute)
    "Statistical and mathematical methods to characterize disease transmission from incomplete epidemiological data"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Dr Quiyana Murphey (Virginia tech)
    "Antibody magnitude and durability following vaccination against SARS-CoV-2"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-01:
Modeling Complex Dynamics in Biological Processes: From Cellular Mechanics to Population-Level Dynamics

Organized by: Folashade B. Agusto (University of Kansas), Chidozie Williams Chukwu

  1. Yonatan Ashenafi (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
    "Capturing latent variables in acto-myosin dynamics"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Blessing Emerenini (Rochester Institute of Technology)
    "Synergy of triple combination therapy for bacteria infection"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Joan Ponce (University of Arizona)
    "P.vivax dynamics and DARC polymorphism frequency"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Olusegun Otunuga (Augusta University)
    "Stochastic Modeling and Distribution of the Age of Tumor, Remission Time, and Tumor Growth Barriers in a Random Environment"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Nourridine Siewe (Rochester Institute of Technology)
    "A mathematical model of obesity-induced type 2 diabetes and efficacy of anti-diabetic weight reducing drug"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Sahil Chindal (Virginia Commonwealth University)
    "Neural Network Approaches for predicting Dengue Incidence in Dominican Republic"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Daniel Cooney (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
    "Modeling Cross-Scale Evolutionary Dynamics"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Hewan Shemtaga (Auburn University)
    "Logistic Keller-Segel Chemotaxis models on compact graphs"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-02:
Scenario Modeling to Inform Public Policymaking

Organized by: Zhilan Feng (National Science Foundation), John W Glasser, The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

  1. John W Glasser (Centers for Disease Control)
    "Validating a SARS-CoV-2 transmission model"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Wendy S Parker (Virginia Tech)
    "Testing the adequacy-for-purpose of dynamical models"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Michael Li (University of Alberta)
    "Why do models calibrated with data need to be validated?"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Betsy Varughese (Institute of Health Economics)
    "Real-time validation of model projections of seasonal influenza in Alberta"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Junling Ma (University of Victoria)
    "Assessing the effectiveness of contact tracing during the early stage of a pandemic"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Sen Pei (Columbia University)
    "Addressing the challenge of imperfect observation processes in epidemic modeling"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Troy Day (Queens University)
    "How (not) to test models of the distribution of fitness effects of mutations"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Zhilan Feng (National Science Foundation)
    "Panel Discussion: Mechanistic Models are Hypotheses"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-03:
Recent advances in Epidemic theory

Organized by: Nir Gavish (Technion )

  1. Nir Gavish (Technion - IIT)
    "Optimal vaccination in seasonal epidemics"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Kyeongah Nah (Busan Center for Medical Mathematics, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences)
    "Age-structured modeling of tuberculosis in South Korea and insights for national control strategies"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Byul Nim Kim
    "Regional Contributions to COVID-19 Spread in South Korea: Insights from Reproduction Number Estimation and Mobility Data"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Amit Huppert (School of Public Health, Tel Aviv University)
    "Modeling density dependence predation in microbial systems"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-04:
Mathematical Modelling of Human Behaviour

Organized by: Iain Moyles (York University), Rebecca Tyson, University of British Columbia Okanagan

  1. Iain Moyles (York University)
    "Fear dynamics in a mathematical model of disease transmission"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Md. Mijanur Rahman (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
    "Multi-wave dynamics in a multi-type S opinion-structured epidemic model"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Bouchra Nasri (University of Montreal)
    "Mathematical Modelling of Pregnant Women Co-infected with HIV and ZIKV: A Case Study in Endemic Latin American and Caribbean Countries"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Hugo Martin (Université de Rennes)
    "What drives people to self-isolate in time of pandemics? A modeling study for the co-evolution of epidemics and compliance with no memory"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Monica Cojocaru (University of Guelph)
    "Modelling M-pox transmission in a MSM population with signal games"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Bryce Morsky (Florida State University)
    "Vaccination and collective action under social norms"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Azadeh Aghaeeyan (Brock University)
    "Characterizing the Decision-Making Strategies of Late COVID-19 Vaccine Adopters"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Sarah Machado-Marques (York University)
    "Considering the effects of pair formation dynamics on mpox and HIV co-infection in the gbMSM community"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-05:
Recent Advances in Dynamics of Human Behavior and Epidemics

Organized by: Abba Gumel (University of Maryland), Alex Safsten, Alice Oveson (both University of Maryland)

  1. Mallory Harris (University of Maryland)
    "Risk (Mis)estimation and Population Heterogeneity Shape"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jane Heffernan (York University)
    "Modelling Positive and Negative Behaviour Change"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Claus Kadelka (Iowa State University)
    "Adaptive human behavior and delays in information availability autonomously modulate epidemic waves"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Bryce Morsky (Florida State University)
    "Social Dynamics, Information Spread, and Behavioral Responses in Epidemic Modeling"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Navid Ghaffarzadegan (Virginia Tech)
    "Data-informed behavioral epidemic modeling"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Zitao He (University of Waterloo)
    "Homophily and Early Warning Signals: Bridging Behaviour-Disease Dynamics and Social Media Trends with Deep Learning"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Alice Oveson (University of Maryland)
    "Exploring the Feedback Loop Between Behavior and Public Health"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Binod Pant (Northeastern University)
    "Integrating human behavior data into epidemiological models"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-06:
Delayed and structured dynamics of infection and epidemic models

Organized by: Tyler Cassidy (University of Leeds), Tony Humphries (McGill University)

  1. Andrea Pugliese (University of Trento)
    "An epidemic model with immunity waning and boosting, based on within-host dynamics"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Wendy Wang (McGill University)
    "An immuno-epidemiological model with threshold delay"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. 3. San-Xing Wu (Lanzhou University, York University)
    "Global dynamics of a double infection- and age-structured epidemic model with diffusion"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Francesca Scarabel (University of Leeds)
    "Multi-stability in an infectious disease model with waning and boosting of immunity"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-07:
Recent Advances in Dynamics of Human Behavior and Epidemics

Organized by: Abba Gumel (University of Maryland), Alex Safsten, Alice Oveson (both University of Maryland)

  1. Christian Parkinson (Michigan State University)
    "Optimal Control of SIR Models with Noncompliant Behavior"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jaques Belair (University of Montreal)
    "Knowledge as an infection: incorporating behaviour in variable compliance to public health recommendations"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. TBD (invites sent)
    "Title to be determined."
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. TBD (invites sent)
    "Title to be determined."
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-08:
Recent Trends in Mathematics of Vector-borne Diseases and Control (Part 1)

Organized by: Abba Gumel (University of Maryland), Alex Safsten, Arnaja Mitra (both University of Maryland)

  1. Jackson Champer (Peking University)
    "Suppression gene drive for mosquito control: large scale spatial models and impact on disease transmission"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Lauren Childs (Virginia Tech)
    "Assessing the Impact of the Wolbachia-Based Control of Malaria"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Michael Robert (Virginia Tech)
    "Modeling Wolbachia-based mosquito control in a changing climate"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Alex Safsten (University of Maryland)
    "Leveraging inter-species competition to improve the effectiveness of the sterile insect technique"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Katherine Gurski (Howard University)
    "Building a Model for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention and Drug Resistance"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Kathleen Hoffman (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
    "Parameter Sensitivity, Identifiability, & Estimation for a Data-Driven Model of Malaria"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Arnaja Mitra (University of Maryland)
    "Impact of Age-Targeted Vaccination on Malaria Dynamics"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Zhoulin Qu (University of Texas San Antonio)
    "Multistage spatial model for informing release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes as disease control"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-09:
Recent Trends in Mathematics of Vector-borne Diseases and Control (Part 2)

Organized by: Abba Gumel (University of Maryland), Alex Safsten and Arnaja Mitra (both University of Marlyand)

  1. Salihu Musa (University of Maryland)
    "Climate-Driven Epidemiological Modeling of Lyme Disease Transmission in the United States: Spatial Insights and Dynamics"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jorge X. Velasco-Hernandez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
    "A multiscale model for a vector transmitted disease: the example of Dengue."
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Abba Gumel
    "Could Malaria be Eradicated Using Existing Control Resources?"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. TBD. Invitation sent.
    "Title to be determined."
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-10:
Modeling Complex Adaptive Systems in Life and Social Sciences (Part 1)

Organized by: Yun Kang (Arizona State University), Tao Feng, Yangzhou University & University of Alberta

  1. Zhisheng Shuai (U of Central Florida)
    "Impact of Incidence Functions on Epidemiological Model Dynamics: Mass Action vs. Standard Incidence"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Daniel B Reeves (Fred Hutch Cancer Center)
    "Adaptive immune selection during HIV infection both treated and untreated"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Xinfu Zou (University of Western Ontario)
    "Modelling the impact of precaution on disease dynamics and its evolution"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Elena Braverman (University of Calgary)
    "TBD (delay differential equation)"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Hermann Eberl (University of Guelph)
    "Quorum sensing induced oscillations in a simple biofilm reactor model"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Yaqi Chen (Harbin Institute of Technology)
    "Spatiotemporal patterns of predator-prey model with nonlocal perception"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Olav Rueppell (University of Alberta)
    "Food versus virus transmission across honey bee social networks"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Bo-Wei Qin (Fudan University)
    "Quantitative theories and computational methods for modulating frequency and amplitude of biological oscillations"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-11:
Modeling Complex Adaptive Systems in Life and Social Sciences (Part 2)

Organized by: Yun Kang (Arizona State University), Tao Feng, Yangzhou University & University of Alberta

  1. Joan Ponce (Arizona State University)
    "HIV, geographic inequalities, and medical deserts"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Zhilan Feng (National Science Foundation)
    "Complexities in mathematical epidemiological models suitable for evaluating alternative policy options"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Matthew Wheeler (University of Florida)
    "Linking Network Architecture to Dynamic Behavior: Advancing Ideas Beyond Boolean Networks"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Daozhou Gao (Cleveland State University)
    "Effects of behaviour change on HFMD transmission"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-12:
Integrating Health Economics and Infectious Disease Modelling: Methods and Examples for Informing Policy

Organized by: Dr. Marie Varughese (Institute of Health Economics and University of Alberta), Dr. Ellen Rafferty (erafferty@ihe.ca)– Institute of Health Economics and University of Alberta

  1. Dr. Ellen Rafferty (Institute of Health Economics and University of Alberta)
    "Introduction to Integrating Health Economics and Infectious Disease Model Methods."
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Dr. Marie Varughese (Institute of Health Economics and University of Alberta)
    "Preventing Tuberculosis in the Foreign-Born Population of Canada: A Mathematical Modelling Study"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Dr. Mike Paulden (University of Alberta)
    "Optimization of an Adult Immunization Program in Canada"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Dr. Weston Roda
    "Use of Bayesian Inference Ensemble MCMC algorithms in Health Economic Modelling"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-13:
A Mathematical Model of COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics in Kaduna State, Nigeria – Optimal Control Strategies with Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Organized by: Patrick Noah Okolo (Kaduna State University, Kaduna Nigeria), Abubakar S. Magaji, Kaduna State University, Kaduna Nigeria & Abraham Augustine Ahiaba,Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

MEPI-14:
Mathematical Epidemiology: Infectious disease modeling across time, space, and scale

Organized by: Meredith Greer, Prashant Kumar Srivastava, Michael Robert (Bates College), Prashant Kumar Srivastava (Indian Institute of Technology, Patna) and Michael Robert (Virginia Tech)

  1. Tinashe Byron Gashirai (University of Idaho)
    "A theory of risk perception in shaping human behavior to policy compliance during outbreaks"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Claudia Pio Ferreira (São Paulo State University)
    "Improving control strategies of infections by resistant pathogens in a hospital network"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Dongju Lim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology)
    "History-dependent framework of infectious disease dynamics"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Elizabeth Amona (Virginia Commonwealth University)
    "Simulating the Impact of Localized Intervention Strategies on Epidemic Dynamics with Agent Based Model"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Lihong Zhao (Kennesaw State University)
    "Modeling the Dynamics of Legionnaries' Disease and Management Strategies"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Jorge X. Velasco Hernández (Instituto de Matemáticas Unidad Juriquilla)
    "School reopenings and risk of contagion: effectiveness of media communication in an example from Queretaro, Mexico"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Konstantinos Mamis (University of Washington)
    "Modeling correlated uncertainties in stochastic compartmental models"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Iulia Martina Bulai (University of Sassari)
    "Modeling fast information and slow(er) disease spreading"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-15:
Advances in infectious disease modelling: towards a unifying framework to support the needs of small and large jurisdictions (Part 1)

Organized by: Amy Hurford (Memorial University), Michael Li, Public Health Agency of Canada

  1. Amy Hurford (Memorial University) and Michael Li (PHAC)
    "Integration of small jurisdictions into pandemic preparedness plans"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Sally Otto (University of British Columbia)
    "Source-sink dynamics and the reproductive number of a disease"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. James Watmough (University of New Brunswick)
    "Disease spread in structured communities"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Matt Betti (Mount Allison University)
    "Modeling Healthcare Demand & Length of Stay from Case Data"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Julien Arino (University of Manitoba)
    "Switching from introduction-driven to community-level spread"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Wade McDonald (University of Saskatchewan)
    "Use of Synthetic Data to Improve Wastewater-based Epidemiological Models in a Small Jurisdiction"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Richard Zhao (McMaster University)
    "Edge-based Modeling for Disease Transmission on Random Graphs – an Application to Mitigate a Syphilis Outbreak"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Amy Greer (Trent University)
    "The role of dairy cattle imports and domestic movement networks on the potential transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 among Canadian dairy farms"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-16:
Advances in infectious disease modelling: towards a unifying framework to support the needs of small and large jurisdictions (Part 2)

Organized by: Amy Hurford (Memorial University), Michael Li (Public Health Agency of Canada)

  1. Caroline Mburu (BC CDC)
    "Wastewater-based modelling for Mpox surveillance among gbMSM in BC"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Pouria Ramazi (Brock University)
    "Modeling and Identifying Vaccine Uptake Behaviors in Heterogeneous Populations"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Sayeda Irin Akter (York University)
    "Modeling the Effect of Social Distancing on the Spread and Control of Infectious Diseases Using Point Pattern Process"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Rachael Milwid (PHAC)
    "Arctic rabies in the Canadian north: Characterization of epidemiologic landscape in Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Churchill, Manitoba"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MEPI-17:
Incorporating control into infectious disease models

Organized by: Michael A. Robert (Virginia Tech)

  1. Stacey Smith? (University of Ottawa)
    "Could COVID-19 mask and vaccine mandates have made a difference if they were rolled out earlier?"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Indunil M. Hewage (Washington State University)
    "Controlling the spread of COVID-19 through double-dose vaccination"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Keoni Castellan (Virginia Tech)
    "Spatial Heterogeneity and its Effect on Infectious Disease Spread"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Carrie Manore (Los Alamos National Lab)
    "Designing Models and Forecasts with Non-Traditional Data to Assess Interventions and Prevention"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-01:
Methods for whole cell modelling

Organized by: Jennifer Flegg (University of Melbourne), Prof Mat Simpson, Queensland University of Technology

  1. Dr Michael Pan (University of Melbourne)
    "Energy-based modelling of integrated cardiac cell physiology"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Prof Ruth Baker (University of Oxford)
    "Parameter identifiability in biological models"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Prof Padmini Rangamani (University of California San Diego)
    "Modeling membrane curvature generation"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Prof Zaida Luthey-Schulten (University of Illinois)
    "Determining the rules of life for a minimal bacteria cell"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Prof Ramon Grima (University of Edinburgh)
    "Beyond simple models of stochastic gene expression"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. A/Professor Jean Wen (Australian National University)
    "Machine learning for whole cell modelling"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Yong See Foo (University of Melbourne)
    "Model distinguishability and parameter identifiability in dynamical systems"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Dr Alex Johnston (Queensland University of Technology)
    "An introduction to whole cell modelling"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-02:
Interaction laws to collective behaviour: Inferring population dynamics

Organized by: Rebecca Crossley, Stéphanie Abo (University of Oxford), University of Oxford

  1. John Nardini (The College of New Jersey)
    "Biologically-Informed Neural Networks enable the prediction and interpretation of agent-based models."
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Sui Tang (University of California, Santa Barbara)
    "Title to be determined."
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Seungwoong Ha (Santa Fe Institute)
    "Title to be determined."
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Ming Guo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
    "Title to be determined."
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-03:
Data-driven modeling in biology and medicine

Organized by: Kang-Ling Liao (University of Manitoba), Wenrui Hao, Pennsylvania State University

  1. Weitao Chen (University of California, Riverside)
    "A Mechanochemical Coupled Model to Understand Budding Behavior in Aging Yeast"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Harsh Jain (University of Minnesota Duluth)
    "Looking Beyond Data: Simulating Treatment Outcomes for Unobserved Heterogeneous Populations Using Preclinical Insights"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Leili Shahriyari (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
    "Data Driven QSP Modeling of Cancer: A Step Toward Personalized Treatment"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Nourridine Siewe (Rochester Institute of Technology)
    "Osteoporosis Induced by Cellular Senescence: A Mathematical Model"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Kang-Ling Liao (University of Manitoba)
    "Mathematical Modeling of Breast Cancer Treatment with Radiation, Anti-estrogen, and Immune Checkpoint"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Tracy Stepien (University of Florida)
    "Modeling Tumor-Immune Interactions in the Glioblastoma Microenvironment"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Wenrui Hao (Pennsylvania State University)
    "A Computational Framework for Exploring Parameter Identifiability in Data-Driven Modeling"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Negar Mohammadnejad (University of Alberta)
    "The Dynamics of Oncolytic Virus- Immune Interactions"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-04:
Using Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification to Develop or Improve Biomathematical Models

Organized by: Kelsey Gasior (University of Notre Dame)

  1. Nicholas G. Cogan (Florida State University)
    "Sensitivity analysis, identifiability and uncertainty in a model of bacterial persistence"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Erica Rutter (University of California, Merced)
    "Sensitivity of Thermal Stress on Symbiotic Relationship of the Bobtail Squid"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Nate Kornetzke (University of New Mexico)
    "Out of the Jungle: Using Global Sensitivity Analysis to Disentangle the Ecology of Yellow Fever in the Americas"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Kelsey Gasior (University of Notre Dame)
    "The Impact of Choices in Sensitivity Analysis when Understanding the Dynamics Underlying the Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-05:
Stochastic Methods for Biochemical Reaction Networks (Part 1)

Organized by: Hye-Won Kang (University of Maryland Baltimore County), Arnab Ganguly, Louisiana State University, aganguly@lsu.edu

  1. Ruth Williams (University of California San Diego)
    "Stochastic Analysis of Markov Chain Models for Chromatin Dynamics"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Grzegorz Rempala (Ohio State University)
    "Reverse Engineering Reaction Network from Time Series Data"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Mark Flegg (Monash University)
    "The Application of Chemical Reaction Algorithms to Infectious Disease Epidemics Through Household Network"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Hye-Won Kang (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
    "Stochastic Modeling of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions in Biology"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Suzanne Sindi (University of California Merced)
    "Bayesian Methods for Parameter and Model Inference in Stochastic Chemical Reaction Networks"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Riten Mitra (University of Louisville)
    "Bayesian Non-parametric Learning of Covariate-based Markov Jump-Processes"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Muruhan Rathinam (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
    "Stochastic Filtering of Reaction Networks"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Arnab Ganguly (Louisiana State University)
    "Multiscale Enzyme Kinetic Reactions: Stochastic Averaging and Statistical Inference"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-06:
Stochastic Methods for Biochemical Reaction Networks (Part 2)

Organized by: Hye-Won Kang (University of Maryland Baltimore County), Arnab Ganguly, Louisiana State University, aganguly@lsu.edu

  1. Joshua McGinnis (University of Pennsylvania)
    "Homogenization and Simulation of a Spatially Extended, Stochastic Ion Channel Model"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Radek Erban (University of Oxford)
    "Chemical Reaction Networks: Systematic Design, Limit Cycles and Spatio-Temporal Modelling"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Ying Zhang (Northeastern University)
    "Diffusive Transport on Dynamic Intracellular Networks"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. David Lipshutz (Baylor College of Medicine)
    "Methods for Comparing Sensitivities of Stochastic Neural Networks"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-07:
Mathematical methods for biological shape data analysis

Organized by: Wenjun Zhao (UBC/Wake Forest University), Khanh Dao Duc (UBC)

  1. Ashok Prasad (Colorado State University)
    "Signatures of cell fate in cell and nuclear morphology"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Felix Zhou (UT Southwestern)
    "Mapping cell dynamics to a canonical shape to quantitatively understand the causal interplay between morphology and cancer signaling"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Joe Kileel (UT Austin)
    "Method of moments for determining macromolecular shapes in cryo-EM"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Willem Diepeveen (UCLA)
    "Riemannian geometry for efficient analysis of protein dynamics data"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Qiyu Wang (UBC)
    "Mathematical and computational framework for heterogeneity analysis from large Cryo-EM 2D image data: Applications to SARS-CoV2 spike protein"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Adele Myers (UCSB)
    "Geodesic regression on brain surface shapes"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Laurent Younes (JHU)
    " ​​TBD"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Ben Cardoen (UBC)
    "Shape discovery of functional interaction between proteins and organelles in the presence of weak oracle distances in superresolution microscopy"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-08:
Bayesian Applications in Mathematical Biology

Organized by: Daniel Glazar (Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute), Renee Brady-Nicholls, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

  1. Ernesto Augusto Bueno Da Fonseca Lima (University of Texas at Austin)
    "Modeling Tumor Sensitivity and Resistance: A Bayesian Framework for Predicting Combination Therapies"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Franz Kuchling (Tufts University)
    "Uncertainty Minimization as an Adaptive and Evolutionary Imperative in Biology"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Nathanaël Hozé (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM))
    "A multi-scale modelling framework to assess the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 viral load and transmission in household studies"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Kathleen Wilkie (Toronto Metropolitan University)
    "A Method for Bayesian Inference in Models of Tumour Growth with Censored Data"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-09:
Probability & stochastic processes in biology: models, methods, and community (Part 2)

Organized by: Eric Foxall (UBC Okanagan), Jinsu Kim, POSTECH and Linh Huynh, Dartmouth College

  1. Eric Foxall (University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus)
    "Perturbation theory of reproductive value for branching Markov processes"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Samuel Isaacson (Boston University)
    "Mean-field limits of particle-based stochastic reaction-transport models"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Yangrui Xiang (University of Nottingham)
    "Mixing Properties and Quantitative Hydrodynamics of Interacting Particle Systems in Mathematical Biology"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Minjoon Kim (POSTECH)
    "Non-exponential ergodicity of stochastic reaction systems"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Chris Miles (University of California Irvine)
    "Modeling and inference of subcellular spatial heterogeneities in stochastic gene expression"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Clément Soubrier (University of British Columbia)
    "Stochastic modeling of spindle stability during meiosis"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Alan Lindsay (University of Notre-Dame)
    "A mean first passage time theory for velocity jump processes"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Hwai-Ray Tung (University of Utah)
    "k-th passage times under fast searcher immigration"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-10:
Probability & stochastic processes in biology: models, methods, and community (Part 1)

Organized by: Jinsu Kim (POSTECH), Eric Foxall (The University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus), and Linh Huynh (Dartmouth College)

  1. Jinsu Kim (POSTECH)
    "Stability of stochastic biochemical reaction systems"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Alexandru Hening (Texas A&M University)
    "Stochastic population dynamics in discrete time"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Jody Reimer (University of Utah)
    "Colored noise and the duration of transient ecological dynamics"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Anna Kraut (St. Olaf College)
    "Evolution across fitness valleys in a changing environment"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Si Tang (Lehigh University)
    "Number of critical points of biological systems"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Samantha Petti (Tufts University)
    "Learning genotype-phenotype maps with Gaussian process regression"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Ellen Baake (Bielefeld University)
    "Evolving genealogies in cultural evolution"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Linh Huynh (Dartmouth College)
    "Spin glasses in evolutionary biology"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-11:
Flow-Kick Dynamics in Population Biology: Bridging Continuous and Discrete Processes

Organized by: Sebastian Schreiber (University of California, Davis)

  1. Junping Shi (College of William and Mary)
    "Impacts of recruitment, temperature, cannibalism, and Hematodinium infection in a seasonal population model of the blue crab in Chesapeake Bay"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Kate Meyers (Cornell University)
    "Comparing the dynamics of flow-kick models to their fully continuous counterparts"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Punit Ghandi (Virginia Commonwealth University)
    "The impact of rainfall variability on resilience in a flow-kick model for dryland vegetation bands"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Rebecca Tyson (University of British Columbia Okanagan)
    "P-tipping in continuous and discrete resource-consumer systems'"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Alanna Hoyer-Leitzel (Mount Holyoak College)
    "Resilience to reinfection in an impulsive model of viral exposure"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Sebastian Schreiber (University of California, Davis)
    "Coexistence, extinction, and invasion graphs for flow-kick systems"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Vanja Dukic (University of Colorado, Boulder)
    "Weak-Form Inference for Hybrid Dynamical Systems in Ecology"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Jakob Karre-Rasmussen
    "Assessing the Impact of Drought on Tree Mortality Using Flow-Kick Models"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-12:
Women in Mathematical Biology

Organized by: Margherita Maria Ferrari (University of Manitoba), Daniel Cruz, University of Florida

  1. Morgan Craig (Université de Montréal)
    "Age-related differences in humoral responses after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination determine boosting strategies"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Margherita Maria Ferrari (University of Manitoba)
    "Discrete models for DNA-RNA complexes"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Lila Kari (University of Waterloo)
    "Machine Learning for Biodiversity Informatics"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Stacey Smith? (University of Ottawa)
    "The implications of micro-host--pathogen co-evolutionary outcomes on macro-epidemics"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-13:
Data-informed mathematical modeling in cancer and development

Organized by: Changhan He (University of California, Irvine), Chengyue Wu, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  1. Wenjun Zhao (Wake Forest University)
    "Dynamical GRN inference via optimal transport"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Qixuan Wang (University of California, Riverside)
    "Data-informed modeling on hair follicle cell fate regulation"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Axel Almet (University of California, Irvine)
    "Modeling the transcriptional dynamics of cellular senescence using single-cell transcriptomics"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Lifeng Han (Tulane University)
    "Mathematical modeling of cancer vaccines: how to model tumor-immune interaction"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-14:
Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence: Honoring Yang Kuang’s Contributions to Mathematical Biology (Part 1)

Organized by: Tin Phan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Yun Kang (Arizona State University); Tracy Stepien (University of Florida)

  1. Yun Kang (Arizona State University)
    "Yang Kuang’s 60 years of excellence in mathematical biology"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Erica Rutter (University of California Merced)
    "Modeling and Estimating Heterogeneity in Cancer"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Kevin Flores (North Carolina State University)
    "Modeling BK viral dynamics in renal transplant patients"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Eric Kostelich (Arizona State University)
    "Mathematical modeling of glioblastoma treatment and potential clinical applications"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-15:
Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence: Honoring Yang Kuang’s Contributions to Mathematical Biology (Part 2)

Organized by: Tin Phan (Los Alamos National Laboratory), Yun Kang (Arizona State University); Tracy Stepien (University of Florida)

  1. Tianxu Wang (University of Alberta)
    "TBD"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Lifeng Han (Tulane University)
    "Reduce drug resistance using a phenotype-structured population model"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Bruce Pell (Lawrence Technological University)
    "A wastewater-based dynamic model for multi-strain epidemiological inference"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Tin Phan (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    "The development and validation of a modeling framework for HIV treatment"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-16:
Methods and applications of data informed agent-based models for systems biology

Organized by: Annequa Sundus (Indiana University Bloomington), Elmar Bucher (Indiana University Bloomington), Paul Macklin (Indiana University Bloomington)

  1. Boris Aguilar, PhD(Institute of Systems Biology)
    "Integration of molecular data into multicellular models of solid tumors"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Dr. Marco Ruscone (Barcelona Supercomputing Center)
    "Multiscale Modeling in Cancer Research: Integrating Spatial Dynamics and Intracellular Regulation with Agent-Based and Boolean Network Approaches"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Eric Cramer (Oregon Health and Science University)
    "A spatiotemporal calibration approach for agent-based models with tumor spheroids"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Harsh Jain, PhD (University of Minnesota Duluth)
    "The SMoRe-verse: A novel method for ABM parametrization and uncertainty quantification"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-17:
Modern methods in the data-driven modeling of biological systems (Part 1 out of 2)

Organized by: Cody FitzGerald (Northwestern University), Rainey Lyons (CU Boulder), Nora Heitzman-Breen (CU Boulder), Susan Rogowski (NCSU)

  1. Ruth Baker (Oxford)
    "Learning about the cell cycle by combining models and data"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. David Bortz (CU Boulder)
    "Weak form Scientific Machine Learning"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Cody FitzGerald (Northwestern)
    "Physiological models of heterothermy"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. William Lavery (Uppsala University)
    "Biologically-Informed Neural Networks for cell models with minimal prior assumptions"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Nora Heitzman-Breen (CU Boulder)
    "The weak form is stronger than you think: Identifiability and unobserved variables"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Yue Lui (Purdue)
    "Bayesian parameter inference in agent-based models of zebrafish patterns using TDA"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Rainey Lyons (CU Boulder)
    "Learning Structured Population Dynamics from Data with WSINDy"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Alyssa Oswald (NCSU)
    "Topological Data Analysis-Based Model Selection for Agent-based Models of Collective Motion"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-18:
Modern methods in the data-driven modeling of biological systems (Part 2 out of 2)

Organized by: Cody FitzGerald (Northwestern University ), Rainey Lyons (CU Boulder), Nora Heitzman-Breen (CU Boulder), Susan Rogowski (NCSU)

  1. Susan Rogowski (NCSU)
    "Equation Learning for Agent Based Infectious Disease Models"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Alexandria Volkening (Purdue)
    "Combining different approaches to topological data analysis to quantify agent-based patterns"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Alasdair Hastewell (NITMB)
    "Discovering dynamical models from partial biological observations with degeneracy-robust algorithms."
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Arsalan Taassob (NCSU)
    "Biologically Informed Computational Models for Cellular Dynamics"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Dan Messenger (LANL)
    "Weak-form equation learning for hybrid and multiscale dynamical systems in cell biology and ecology"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Joshua Macdonald (Johns Hopkins)
    "Statistical Inference of Planktonic Interaction Networks"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Marisa Eisenberg (Michigan)
    " Models to inform wastewater-based epidemiology: opportunities and uncertainty?"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Seth Minor (CU Boulder)
    "TBD"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-19:
Advances in Optimal Control Methods for Diverse Modeling Frameworks

Organized by: Hannah Anderson (Moffitt Cancer Center), Kasia Rejniak, Moffitt Cancer Center

  1. Hannah Anderson (Moffitt Cancer Center)
    "Optimal control of adoptive T-cell therapy and gemcitabine in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Yangjin Kim (Konkuk University)
    "Specific optimal control of signaling networks in OV-bortezomib-NK therapy in GBM progression"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Xinyue Zhao (University of Tennessee Knoxville)
    "Optimal control of free boundary models for tumor growth"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Luis Maria Lopes da Fonseca (University of Florida)
    "Surrogate modeling and control of medical digital twins"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-20:
Multicellular Agent-Based Modelling - The OpenVT Project (Part 1)

Organized by: James Osborne (University of Melbourne ), James Glazier (Indiana University) Yi Jiang (Georgia State University)

  1. Yi Jiang (Georgia State University, USA)
    "Multicellular modelling of Collective cancer invasion"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jupiter Algorta (University of British Columbia, CANADA)
    "Using Morpheus for single cell motility and multicellular development"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Andreas Buttenschoen (University of Massachusetts, USA)
    "Robust Numerical Methods for cells invading extracellular matrix: Adaptive Time-stepping and preconditioning for reproducible multicellular models"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Rajendra Singh Negi (Syracuse University, USA)
    "Multicellular modeling of how myosin localization impacts symmetry-breaking in zebrafish embryonic development"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Claire Miller (Auckland Bioengineering Institute, NEW ZEALAND)
    "Multicellular modelling of endometrial cell invasion in endometriosis lesion onset"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Paul Macklin (Indiana University, USA)
    "Intuitive code-free tissue modeling in the cloud with PhysiCell"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Marco Ruscone (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, SPAIN)
    "Multiscale Modeling in Cancer Research: Integrating Spatial Dynamics and Intracellular Regulation with Agent-Based and Boolean Network Approaches"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Steve Runser (ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND)
    "PolyHoop & SimuCell3D: Efficient and Versatile Tissue Simulations in 2D and 3D"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-21:
Multicellular Agent-Based Modelling - The OpenVT Project (Part 2)

Organized by: James Osborne (University of Melbourne ), James Glazier (Indiana University) Yi Jiang (Georgia State University)

  1. James Glazier (Indiana University, USA)
    "Making Virtual Tissue Models FAIR - Opportunities and Challenges"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. TJ Sego (University of Florida, USA)
    "Quantitative Reproducibility at Scale: A Federated, Standardizable Approach"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Eran Agmon (University of Connecticut, USA)
    "Multicellular Schema with Vivarium"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. James Osborne (University of Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)
    "Multicellular Model Reproducibility: A case study, results from the Open VT hackathon"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-22:
Calibrating and Relating agent based models to spatial data

Organized by: Sydney Ackermann, Ramanarayanan Kizhuttil, Samrat Sohel Mondal (Wodarz lab) (University of California, San Diego)

  1. Katarzyna Rejniak (Associate Professor at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Institute, University of South Florida)
    "Using tumor histology to test cancer immunotherapies with agent-based micropharmacology model"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. David A Hormuth (Research Scientist at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (Oden), The University of Texas at Austin)
    "Leveraging longitudinal experimental data to parameterize mathematical models of tumor growth and response"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. David Basanta Gutierrez (Professor/Senior Member at Moffitt Cancer Center)
    "TBD"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Robert Noble (Senior Lecturer, School of Science & Technology, Department of Mathematic, City University of London)
    "TBD"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-23:
Mathematical Modelling in Disease and Therapy: Integrating Quantitative Frameworks for Deeper Insights

Organized by: Maria Kleshnina (Queensland University of Technology), Mason Lacy (Queensland University of Technology), Luke Filippini (Queensland University of Technology)

  1. Luke Filippini (Queensland University of Technology)
    "Data-informed stochastic modelling of anisotropic movement in the brain for improving insights into disease progression"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Moriah Echlin (Tampere University)
    "Using Single-Cell Data-driven Boolean Network Models to Analyze Prostate Cancer Dynamics"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Noa Levi (University of Melbourne)
    "Leveraging algebraic approaches to inform therapeutic intervention"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Louise Spekking (TU Delft)
    "Improving cancer therapy through migrastatics and estimating tumor composition"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-24:
Immune Digital Twins: Mathematical and Computational Foundations (Part 1)

Organized by: Tomas Helikar (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Juilee Thakar (Juilee_Thakar@URMC.Rochester.edu) - University of Rochester Medical Center James Glazier (jaglazier@gmail.com) - Indiana University

  1. Reinhard Laubenbacher (University of Florida)
    "Immune Digital Twins: Foundational Mathematical Challenges"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Yi Jiang (Georgia State University)
    "Immunogenic Cell Death Drives Synergistic Cancer Treatment: A Quantitative Study."
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Gary An (University of Vermont)
    "NASEM-compliant Critical Illness Digital Twins to cure sepsis"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Juilee Thakar (University of Rochester Medical Center)
    "Monocyte digital twin and vascular disease"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Josh Loecker (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
    "Adaptive Analysis of Mechanistic Models using Large Language Models"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Jason Shoemaker (University of Pittsburgh)
    "Network-based analyses in medical digital twins"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Esteban A. Hernandez Vargas (University of Idaho)
    "Adaptive Observers for Digital Twins of Respiratory Infections"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Heber L. Rocha (Indiana University)
    "Bridging Data and Uncertainty Quantification in Agent-Based Cancer Modeling."
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-25:
Immune Digital Twins: Mathematical and Computational Foundations (Part 2)

Organized by: Tomas Helikar (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Juilee Thakar (University of Rochester) James Glazier (Indiana University)

  1. Elsje Pienaar (Purdue University)
    " Partially-functional exhausted CD8+ T cells can contribute to short-term viral suppression in children with perinatal HIV"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. James Glazier (Indiana University)
    "Using ML/AI Methods to Provide Metrics to Compare Stochastic Images"
  4. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-26:
Emerging trends in quantitative pharmacometric modelling

Organized by: Stuart Johnston (The University of Melbourne), Matthew Faria

  1. Irina Kareva (EMD Serono Research Institute, USA)
    "From pre-clinical data to first in human dose projections: a different puzzle every time"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jae Kyoung Kim (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
    "Beyond the Michaelis-Menten: Accurate Prediction of Pharmakokinetics and Pharmakodynamics"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Thibault Delobel (Cancer Systems Pharmacology, Institut Curie, France)
    " Integrating glioblastoma plasticity into combination treatment design: a quantitative systems pharmacology and machine learning approach"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Stuart Johnston (School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia)
    "Quantifying biological heterogeneity in nano-engineered particle-cell interaction experiments"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Matthew Faria (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia)
    "Drug delivery kinetics - a path towards rational design"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Yunmin Song (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea)
    "TBC"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. TBC
    "(Waiting on final confirmation from two additional speakers, apologies)"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. TBC
    "Title to be determined."
  16. Abstract to be determined.

MFBM-27:

Organized by: Dhananjay Bhaskar (Yale University), Bernadette Stolz-Pretzer

  1. Jian Tang (Mila - Quebec AI Institute)
    "Geometric deep learning for protein design"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Katherine Benjamin (University of Oxford)
    "Topological methods for subcellular spatial transcriptomics"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Veronica Ciocanel (Duke University)
    "Unraveling actin filament aster and ring structures using topological data analysis"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Darrick Lee (University of Edinburgh)
    "Geometric aspects of lead-lag phenomena"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Nan Wu (University of Texas at Dallas)
    "Adaptive Bayesian regression on high dimensional data with low intrinsic dimensionality"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Eunbi Park (National Cancer Institute)
    "Topological data analysis of pattern formation of human induced pluripotent stem cell colonies"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Dhananjay Bhaskar (Yale University)
    "Mapping the landscape of protein conformations in molecular dynamics"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Bernadette Stolz (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry)
    "Relational persistent homology for multispecies data with application to the tumor microenvironment"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

NEUR-01:
Neurodynamics

Organized by: Richard Bertram (Florida State University), Yangyang Wang, Brandeis University

  1. Adam Stinchcombe (University of Toronto)
    "A Mathematical Model for the Role of Dopamine-D2 Self-Regulation in the Production of Ultradian Rhythms"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Amin Akhshi (McGill University)
    "From Chaos to Neural Code: Exploring the Role of Gamma Burst Oscillations in Sensory Pyramidal Cells"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Na Yu (Toronto Metropolitan University)
    "Exploring the Role of Noise and Coupling Strength in the Emergent Dynamics of Clustered Neural Motifs"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Richard Bertram
    "Dynamic Homeostasis in Relaxation and Bursting Oscillations"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

NEUR-02:
Modeling of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Organized by: Laurent PUJO-MENJOUET and Suzanne SINDI (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University (Lyon, FRANCE))

  1. Théo LOUREAUX (University of California, MERCED)
    "A New Data Augmentation Method: Synthetic Biological Images for Deep-Learning Models"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Ashish RAJ (University of California, SAN FRANCISCO)
    "Biophysical modeling of pathology progression in dementia and its implementation using physics-informed neural networks"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Human REZAEI (INRAE Center, Jouy-en-Josas)
    "The dynamics of prion spreading is governed by the interplay between the non-linearities of tissue response and replication kinetics"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Laurent PUJO-MENJOUET (Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University)
    "A multigroup approach to delayed prion production"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-01:
MathOnco Subgroup Mini-Symposium: At the Interface of Modeling and Machine Learning

Organized by: Jana Gevertz (The College of New Jersey), Thomas Hillen (University of Alberta), Linh Huynh (Dartmouth College)

  1. Thomas Yankeelov (University of Texas at Austin)
    "Integrating mechanism-based and data-driven modeling to predict treatment response in cancer"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Adam Maclean (University of Southern California)
    "Dynamic rewiring of cell-cell interaction networks in metastatic TMEs to empower checkpoint inhibitors"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Paul Macklin (Indiana University Bloomington)
    "Integrating high-throughput exploration and learning with agent-based models of cancer"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Venkata Manem (Université Laval)
    "Leveraging Bioinformatics and Machine Learning for the Discovery of Cancer Biomarkers"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Kit Gallagher (University of Oxford)
    "redicting Treatment Outcomes from Adaptive Therapy - A New Mathematical Biomarker"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. John Metzcar (University of Minnesota)
    "Mechanistic learning to understand tumor-immune dynamics and optimize therapies"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Lucas Gillewater (University of Colorado Denver)
    "Computational methods for subtyping through biologically informed integration of multi-omic data"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Lena Podina (University of Waterloo)
    "Universal Physics-Informed Neural Networks and their Applications"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-02:
Digital twins for clinical oncology and cancer research

Organized by: Guillermo Lorenzo (University of A Coruna (Spain)), Chengyue Wu (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US), Ernesto A. B. F. Lima (The University of Texas at Austin, US)

  1. Thomas E. Yankeelov (The University of Texas at Austin, US)
    "Imaging-based digital twins for clinical oncology"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Maximilian A. R. Strobl (Cleveland Clinic, US)
    "Bridging the gap: What can we learn from pre-clinical experiments about digital twins for personalized cancer treatment scheduling?"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Renee Brady-Nicholls (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, US)
    "Improving hormone therapy in African American prostate cancer patients using a multi-model approach"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Fatemeh Beigmohammadi (University of Montreal, Canada)
    "Efficient methods for generating virtual populations"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. David A. Hormuth II (The University of Texas at Austin, US)
    "Image-Based Habitat Dynamics in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Radiotherapy"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Pirmin Schlicke (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, US)
    "Digital Twin Calibration in Frequency Space with Clinical Routine Care Data"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Heber L. Rocha (Indiana University, US)
    "Sequential Parameter Inference of Agent-Based Models of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Using In Vitro Patient-Derived Organoid Experiments"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Marianna Cerasuolo (University of Sussex, UK)
    "Mathematical and Statistical Insights into Gut Microbiota–Phytocannabinoid–Diet Interplay in Prostate Cancer Progression in Mice"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-03:
Immune responses to cancer: from mathematics to clinics

Organized by: Raluca EFTIMIE (University of Marie & Louis Pasteur, France ), Dumitru TRUCU, University of Dundee, UK

  1. Svetlana Bunimovich (Ariel University, Israel)
    "Mathematical models to improve bladder cancer therapies"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Yangjin Kim (Konkuk University, South Korea)
    "Dynamics of tumor associated neutrophils-NK cells in tumor growth and control of radiotherapy-induced neutropenia in lung cancer treatment"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Haralampos Hatzikirou (Khalifa University, UAE & TU Dresden, Germany)
    "From cell patterns in biopsies to clinical predictions"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Vincent Lemaire (Genentech, USA)
    "To be decided"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-04:
Data-driven integration and modeling of cellular processes in cell motility and cancer progression: Experiments and mathematical models

Organized by: Yangjin Kim (Brown University and Konkuk University), Magdalena Stolarska at University of St. Thomas

  1. Hans G. Othmer (University of Minnesota)
    "Mathematical and Computational Problems in Cell Shape and Motility"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Padmini Rangamani (University of California San Diego)
    "Modeling collagen fibril degradation as a function of matrix microarchitecture"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. 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"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Magda Stolarska (University of St. Thomas)
    "A mathematical model of active cortical stress generation and its effect on cell movement"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Yangjin Kim (Brown University, Konkuk University)
    "The role of tumor-associated neutrophils and NK cells and cell mechanics in regulation of lung cancer: hybrid multiscale approach"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Ji Young Yoo (U of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)
    "Harnessing Viro-Immunotherapy for brain and breast cancer brain metastasis tumors"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Alexandra Shyntar (University of Alberta)
    "Mathematical Modelling of Microtube-Driven Regrowth of Glioma After Local Resection"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Donggu Lee (Konkuk University)
    "Asthma-controlled regulation of tumor growth in brain via primed T cells and microglia"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-05:
Dynamical modeling of cell-state transitions in cancer therapy resistance

Organized by: Mohit Kumar Jolly (Indian Institute of Science), Sarthak Sahoo (Indian Institute of Science)

  1. Rebecca Beckker (University of Southern California, USA)
    "Modeling Cell-State Dynamics to Unravel and Counteract Immune Suppression in Breast Cancer Immunotherapy"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. James Greene (Clarkson University, USA)
    "Understanding therapeutic tolerance through a mathematical model of drug-induced resistance"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Sara Hamis (Uppsala University, Sweden)
    "Growth rate-driven modelling of drug-induced phenotypic adaptation in BRAFV600E-mutant melanoma"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Sarthak Sahoo (Indian Institute of Science)
    "Mathematical modeling of multi-axis plasticity in breast cancer"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. David Cook (University of Ottawa)
    "Developmental constraints on cellular plasticity in ovarian cancer"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Jill Gallaher (Moffitt Cancer Center)
    "Selection for optimal evolvability during tumor growth and treatment"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Cordelia McGehee (Mayo Clinic)
    "Chemotherapy dosing as a driver of population evolution in models of intra-tumoral cell-cell competition in cancer"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Russell Rockne (City of Hope National Medical Center)
    "Leukemia is an eigenstate of the epigenome"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-06:
Decoding Drug-Induced Persistence: Experiments, Models, and Optimal Drug Scheduling

Organized by: Einar Bjarki Gunnarsson (Science Institute, University of Iceland), Maximilian Strobl (Cleveland Clinic, USA, stroblm@ccf.org)

  1. Michael Cotner (University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA)
    "Tracking resistance to targeted therapy in TNBC with cell barcodes"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Jana Gevertz (College of New Jersey, NJ, USA)
    "Mitigating non-genetic resistance to checkpoint inhibition based on multiple states of immune exhaustion"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Mattia Corigliano (FIRC Institute for Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy)
    "Can Lower Doses and Drug Holidays Improve Treatment of Cancer Persistence?"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Irina Kareva (EMD Serono Research Institute, MA, USA)
    "Dosing Strategies for Bispecifics with a Bell-Shaped Efficacy Curve: What Looks Like Resistance May Be Corrected Through Schedule Adjustments"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Raymond Ng (University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA)
    "The role of tumor transcriptional variability in evading CD8+ T cells"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Chenyu Wu (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN, USA)
    "A statistical framework for detecting therapy-induced resistance from drug screens"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Tatiana Miti (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, FL, USA)
    "ABM studies on the role of the drug-sheltering effects of stroma on the emergence of resistance"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Einar Bjarki Gunnarsson (University of Iceland)
    "Decoding drug-induced persistence: The need for integration of theory with experiments"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-07:
Mathematical Modeling of the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment to Advance Immunotherapeutic Strategies

Organized by: Tyler Simmons (Therapy Modeling and Design Center, University of Minnesota), John Metzcar and Sarah Anderson: Therapy Modeling and Design Center, University of Minnesota

  1. Katherine Lacy Owens (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA)
    "Insight from a spatiotemporal model for local delivery of CAR T cells"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Gabriel Côté (Sainte-Justine University Hospital Azrieli Research Centre / Université de Montréal)
    "The role of chronobiology on immunotherapies to prevent neutrophil infiltration into the tumour microenvironment in lung cancer"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Riley M. Manning (Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota)
    "Agent-based modeling of glioblastoma immunotherapy strategies"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Jason T. George, MD, PhD (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University Affiliated Faculty, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University Adjunct Faculty, Department of Hematopoietic Biology and Malignancy, MD Anderson Cancer Center)
    "Stochastic modeling of immunomodulation in the tumor-immune microenvironment"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

ONCO-08:
Systems Approaches to Cancer Biology

Organized by: Ashlee N. Ford Versypt (University at Buffalo, State University of New York), John Metzcar, University of Minnesota

  1. Aaron Meyer (UCLA)
    "Tensor-based/multilinear modeling for integrating cancer omics data"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Stacey Finley (University of Southern California)
    "Dynamics for cancer cell signaling and metabolic interactions"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Erzsébet Regan (The College of Wooster)
    "Boolean network modeling for cancer cell functions"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Julia B. Curd (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus)
    "Machine learning to infer targetable pathways and treatment options"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-01:
Recent perspectives on mathematical-biology education

Organized by: Stacey Smith? (The University of Ottawa)

  1. Kathleen Hoffman (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
    "Improvement of Quantitative Reasoning Skills in Transfer and Direct Entry Students Exposed to Cell Biology Modules"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Stacey Smith? (The University of Ottawa)
    "To pre-record or not to pre-record? Lessons learned from video instruction in a flipped classroom"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Angela Peace (Texas Tech University)
    "Teaching Mathematical Ecology across the disciplines"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Rebecca Everett (Haverford College)
    "Building an Applied Track at a Small Liberal Arts College: A Work in Progress"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Michael Kelly (Transylvania University)
    "Beyond an introduction: advanced interdisciplinary data science in the liberal arts."
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Meredith Greer (Bates College)
    "Assessment Strategies in the Teaching of Mathematical Biology"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Elissa Schwartz
    "Math bio education in Nepal vs the US"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Laura Strube
    "SMB Postdoc Cohort Communities: Providing support for the transition to independence in interdisciplinary research"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-02:
Mathematical frontiers in the analysis of biological systems with kinetic effects and spatial diffusion

Organized by: Fanze Kong (University of Washington), Michael Jeffrey Ward and University of British Columbia

  1. Fanze Kong (University of Washington)
    "Spike Dynamics in Several Keller-Segel Models with Logistic Growth"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Michael Jeffrey Ward (University of British Columbia)
    "Synchronous Oscillations for Dynamically Active Localized Compartments Coupled by a Bulk Diffusion Field in R^2 and R^3"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Thomas Hillen (University of Alberta)
    "Mean First Passage Times for Transport Equations"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Jack Hughes (University of British Columbia)
    "Pulses, Waves, and Mesas in Mass Conserved Activator-Inhibitor Media: From Theory to Actin Polymerization"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Chunyi Gai (University of Northern British Columbia)
    "An Asymptotic Analysis of Spike Self-Replication and Spike Nucleation of Reaction-Diffusion Patterns on Growing 1-D Domains"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Alan Lindsay (University of Notre Dame)
    "Asymptotic and Numerical Methods for Cellular Signaling and Directional Sensing"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Mohammad El Smaily (University of Northern British Columbia)
    "A Wolbachia Infection Model with Free Boundary"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Shuangquan Xie (Hunan University)
    "Spiky Patterns and Their Dynamics in a Three Component Food Chain System"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-03:
Panel Discussion on the Future of publishing in the quantitative life sciences

Organized by: Reinhard Laubenbacher (University of Florida)

  1. Marc Strauss (Springer-Nature)
    "n/a"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Mat Simpson (Queensland University)
    "n/a"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Ruth Baker (Oxford University)
    "n/a"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Jennifer Flegg (University of Melbourne)
    "n/a"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-04:
Research in Biomathematics: A Guide to Funding from the U.S. Army Research Office

Organized by: Luis Sordo Vieira (University of Florida), Reinhard Laubenbacher, University of Florida

  1. Luis Sordo Vieira (University of Florida)
    "NA"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Reinhard Laubenbacher (University of Florida)
    "NA"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Virginia Pasour (Army Research Office)
    "NA"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. NA
    "NA"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-06:
Design Principles of Biological Networks

Organized by: Kishore Hari and Pradyumna Harlapur (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics), Pradyumna Harlapur, PhD Candidate, Dept. of BioEngineering, Indian Institute of Science

  1. Jordan Rozum (Post Doctorate RA, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
    "Redundant structures and robust dynamics in biomolecular networks"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Claus Kadelka (Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University)
    "Canalization and Modularity in Biological Networks"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Chandrakala Meena (Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Thiruvananthapuram)
    "Emergent Stability in Complex Biological Networks"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Pradyumna Harlapur (PhD Candidate, Department of BioEngineering, Indian Insititute of Science)
    "Characterizing Regulatory Interactions and Dimensionality in Gene Networks Driving Cell-Fate Choices"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-07:
A New Wave of Mathematical Modeling in Medicine and Pharmacy

Organized by: Sungrim Seirin-Lee (Kyoto University/Graduate School of Medicine), Jaekyoung Kim (KAIST), So Miyoshi (Pfizer)

  1. Sungrim Seirin-Lee (Kyoto University)
    "Pathological State Inference System based on Skin Eruption Morphology for Personalized Treatments in Dermatology"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Adrien Hollows (University of Oxford)
    "TBA"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Sandy Anderson (Moffitt Cancer Center)
    "TBA"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Jaekyoung Kim (KAIST)
    "Math + AI + Wearables for Sleep & Mood Disorders"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. So Miyoshi (Pfizer)
    "Transforming Drug Research and Development: The Paradigm Shift Driven by Mathematical Models"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Nessy Tania (Pfizer)
    "Advancing Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Modeling for Inflammatory Bowel Disease for Clinical Efficacy Predictions in Ulcerative Colitis"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Eamonn Gaffney (University of Oxford)
    "Mathematical Modelling collaborations with the pharmaceutical sector: from pharmacokinetics to cellular kinetics"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Brian Corrigan (Metrum)
    "TBA"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-08:
Emerging Technologies in Biomedical Computational Modeling and Measurement

Organized by: Joanna Wares (University of Richmond), Luis Melara, Shippensburg University

  1. Luis Melara (Shippensburg University)
    "Optimal Bandwidth Selection in BioFET Measurements"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Olcay Akman (Illinois State University)
    "Quantum Mechanics for Population Dynamics: A New Approach to Population Dynamics, A Study of Immigration, Emigration and Fission via Quantum Mechanics"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Anthony Kearsley (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
    "On the Identification of Controlled Substances"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Joanna Wares (University of Richmond)
    "Comparison of Virtual Clinical Trial Techniques"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-09:
Bioinference: diverse approaches to inference and identifiability in biology

Organized by: Ioana Bouros (University of Oxford), Alexander Browning, University of Melbourne

  1. Ioana Bouros (University of Oxford)
    "A retrospective analysis of the robustness of existing compartmental models for modelling future pandemics"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Marisa Eisenberg (University of Michigan)
    "Identifiability, uncertainty, and model reduction in mathematical biology"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Dasuni Salpadoru (Queensland University of Technology)
    "Parameter estimation and identifiability analysis of bistable ecosystems"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Yurij Salmaniw (University of Oxford)
    "Structural identifiability of linear-in-parameter parabolic PDEs through auxiliary elliptic operators"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Tyler Cassidy (University of Leeds)
    "Parameter estimation and identifiability from clinical data in viral dynamics models"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Hyukpyo Hong (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
    "Inferring delay distributions in partially observed biological processes"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Hui Jia Farm (University of Oxford)
    "Importance of identifiable parameters within a cardiac cell model for reliable predictions"
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Liam O'Brien (Ohio State University)
    "Structural causes of pattern formation and its breakdown - through model independent bifurcation analysis"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-10:
Quantitative Systems Pharmacology: Linking mathematical biology to model informed drug development (MIDD) - Pharmacometrics Subgroup

Organized by: Marissa Renardy (Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, GSK), Kathryn G. Link, Quantitative Systems Pharmacology, Pfizer Inc.

  1. Olivia Walch (Arcascope)
    "Better drug discovery through circadian science: theoretical considerations for chronomedicine."
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Christian Michael (University of Michigan)
    "Regimen-ranking methodology influences outcomes in a multi-scale systems pharmacology model of tuberculosis treatment."
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Kathryn G. Link
    "Virtual Clinical Trial Simulations Using a Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) Model of Antibody Drug Conjugate (ADC) Therapy Disitamab Vedotin (DV) in Breast Cancer Patients."
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Angelica Davenport (Genmab)
    "Unraveling T cell Fate: Mapping the Road to Exhaustion with QSP Modeling and Pseudotime Analysis."
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Farrah Sadre-Marandi (qPharmetra)
    "Navigating Pediatric Dose Selection: Insights from Nifurtimox for Chugs Disease."
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Sarah Minucci (Certara)
    "A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Model of Alzheimer's Disease to Predict Optimal Dosing Regimens for Reducing Amyloid Plaque and Tau."
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Morgan Craig (Universite de Montreal)
    "Using virtual clinical trials for immunotherapy target identification and regimen optimization."
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Panel Discussion
    "Panelists: Farrah Sandre-Marandi, Angelica Davenport, Sarah Minucci, Marissa Renardy; Moderator: Kathryn G. Link"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-11:
Modeling Social and Political Ecosystems

Organized by: David Sabin-Miller (University of Michigan)

  1. Heather Zinn Brooks (Harvey Mudd College)
    "An opinion reproduction number for infodemics in a bounded-confidence content-spreading process on networks"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Olivia Chu (Bryn Mawr College)
    "Adaptive network models and the dynamics of political polarization and social activism"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Alexandria Volkening (Purdue University)
    "Forecasting U.S. elections with compartmental models of infection"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. David Sabin-Miller (University of Michigan)
    "Data-driven modeling of the US information-ideological ecosystem"
  8. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-12:
Emerging areas in Mathematical Biology: Celebrating research from the Mathematical Biosciences Institute

Organized by: Veronica Ciocanel (Duke University), Hye-Won Kang, University of Maryland Baltimore County

  1. Scott McKinley (Tulane University)
    "Microtubule Polarity Dynamics in Dendrites"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Pete Kramer (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
    "Molecular Mechanisms in Actively Driven Passively Crosslinked Microtubule Pairs"
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Yangyang Wang (Brandeis University)
    "A conceptual framework for modeling a latching mechanism for cell cycle regulation"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Wenrui Hao (Pennsylvania State University)
    "A Systematic Computational Framework for Practical Identifiability Analysis"
  8. Abstract to be determined.
  9. Grzegorz Rempala (The Ohio State University)
    "Modeling Epidemics on Networks"
  10. Abstract to be determined.
  11. Paul Hurtado (University of Nevada, Reno)
    "SIER-type ODE models with phase-type latent and infectious period distributions"
  12. Abstract to be determined.
  13. Deena Schmidt (University of Nevada, Reno)
    "Modeling network formation in ecological systems."
  14. Abstract to be determined.
  15. Katarzyna (Kasia) Rejniak (Moffitt Cancer Center)
    "Data-driven models for guiding adoptive cell therapies in bladder cancer"
  16. Abstract to be determined.

OTHE-13:
Emerging areas in Mathematical Biology: Celebrating research from the Mathematical Biosciences Institute

Organized by: Veronica Ciocanel (Duke University), Hye-Won Kang, University of Maryland Baltimore County

  1. Jae Kyoung Kim (Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST))
    "Math + AI + Wearables for Sleep and Mood Disorders"
  2. Abstract to be determined.
  3. Janet Best (The Ohio State University)
    "Energy Allocation and Sleep Homeostasis."
  4. Abstract to be determined.
  5. Punit Gandhi (Virginia Commonwealth University)
    "Using transformation information to characterize symmetry transitions"
  6. Abstract to be determined.
  7. Anastasios Matzavinos (Universidad Catolica de Chile)
    "Chemotaxis and Stochastic Gradient Ascent: Fractional Brownian Motion in Optimization and Biological Models"
  8. Abstract to be determined.






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





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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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