Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting - 2025

Edmonton, Canada




How to navigate this schedule:

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

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

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



Pre-conference

Sunday, July 13, 2025


Early Career Workshop

Note: the early career workshop will take place at the University of Alberta campus and not the convention center.

The Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) 1-140
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NW, Edmonton
University of Alberta

Early Career Workshop: 10:30am - 5:30pm
10:30am - 11:30am Coffee and Maud Menten Poster Presentation
11:30am - 12:00pm How to get the most out of conferences Rebecca Everett
12:00pm - 12:30pm Thriving your way through grad school Angela Peace
12:30pm - 1:00pm Postdoccing outside the norm Lihong Zhao
1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm - 2:30pm Academic jobs at Liberal Arts Colleges Meredith Greer
2:30pm - 4:00pm How to get a tenure-track job Stacey Smith?
4:00pm - 5:00pm Non-academic career panel Farrah Sadre-Marandi, Marissa Renardy


OpenVT Multicellular Modelling Workshop

2025 OpenVT Multicellular Modelling Workshop: 9:30am - 5:00pm.



Conference Schedule

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

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

Time
Day 1
Monday (July 14) 		Day 2
Tuesday (July 15) 		Day 3
Wednesday (July 16) 		Day 4
Thursday (July 17) 		Day 5
Friday (July 18)
8:30am Opening & welcome
9:00am Plenary 1
Mark Lewis		 Plenary 3
Fred Adler		 Plenary 6
Kathleen Curtius		 Plenary 7
Mary Myerscough		 Plenary 9
Mohit K Jolly
10:00am Coffee Break (20 minutes)
10:20am Minisymposium 1 Minisymposium 3 Minisymposium 5 Minisymposium 6 Minisymposium 8
12:00pm General Lunch or Mentor Lunch Lunch SMB General Meeting & Lunch General Lunch or Mentor Lunch or Community Lunch Lunch
1:30pm Plenary 2
Marisa Eisenberg		 Plenary 4
Veronica Ciocanel (30 minutes)
Plenary 5
Simon Martina Perez (30 minutes) 		Edmonton Activities

and

Workshop on Biomathematics Funding (2-5pm)		 Plenary 8
Yang Kuang		 Plenary 10
Susanna Manrubia
2:30pm Break (10 minutes) Break (10 minutes)
2:40pm Panel on the future of publishing in quantitative life sciences Contributed talks 1 Contributed talks 2 Contributed talks 3
3:40pm Coffee Break (20 minutes) Coffee Break (20 minutes)
4:00pm Minisymposium 2 Minisymposium 4 Minisymposium 7 Minisymposium 9
6:00pm Poster session
(6-9pm)

T-shirt contest reveal		 Free time Banquet
(Hall D, 6-11pm)


Other important events:

  • OpenVT Multicellular Modelling Workshop on Sunday from 9:30am - 5:00pm.
  • BMB Editorial Board Meeting on Tuesday from 12:00pm-1:30pm in Salon 2. Contact Matthew Simpson for questions.
  • Subgroup Leadership Meeting on Tuesday from 12:00pm-1:30pm in Salon 3. Contact Jessica Conway for questions.
  • Indigenous Market 1 on Tuesday from 10:00am-4:00pm in Assembly Foyer.
  • Indigenous Market 2 on Thursday from 10:00am-4:00pm in Assembly Foyer.
  • Subgroup business meetings are listed on each subgroup's page (click links below).



Navigating Edmonton Convention Center

Picture of ECC map

Pedway Level

  • Reception and Poster Session (Hall D)
  • Banquet (Hall D)

Assembly Level

  • Opening and Welcome Remarks (Hall A)
  • Plenary Talks (Hall A)
  • Panel on the Future of Publishing in Quantitative Life Sciences (Hall A)
  • Coffee Breaks (Foyer)
  • Lunch (Hall A)
  • SMB General Meeting (Hall A)
  • Registration Counter / Information Desk (Foyer)
  • Indigenous Market (Foyer)

Meetings Level

  • Business Meetings
  • Minisymposia
  • Contributed Talks
  • Workshop on Biomathematics Funding (Salon 2)





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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