The Society for Mathematical Biology
Annual Meeting and Conference, July 25-28, 2012
SMB 2012 Conference Overview Schedule
Detailed schedule
Contributed talks
Poster schedule
Author index
Instructions for Moderators for SMB Conference Sessions
| Wednesday, July 25 | |
| Registration opens at 7:00 a.m., Cumberland Concourse | |
| 7:30 a.m. Breakfast for all registrants, Cumberland Concourse | |
| Time/Room# | Session/Speakers |
|---|---|
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Plenary - Claire Tomlin: Insights gained from mathematical modeling of HER2 positive breast cancer |
| 9:40 - 11:20 a.m. SESSION A | |
| 301A | MS1: Electrostatics: Numerical Algorithms and Biological Applications (1) (Geng and Zhou, Organzers) Lorena Barba, Jaydeep Bardhan, Xiaolin Cheng, Weihua Geng |
| 301B | MS2: Modeling, Simulation, and Validation of the Biomechanics of Microbial Communities (Bortz, Organizer) Jason Hammond, Sarthok Sircar, Ranga Sudarsan, Scott Van Epps |
| 301C | MS3: First-year Mathematics Course Reform for Biology Majors (Eaton, Organizer) Erin Bodine, Hannah Callender, Timothy Comar, Sarah Hews |
| 301D | CS1: Epidemiology 1 Marleen Werkman, James Clarke, Eric Numfor, Ahmed Abdelrazec |
| 301E | CS2: Computational Biology 1 Srividhya Jeyaraman, Xujing Wang, Nicholas Flann, Cesar Flores |
| 300A | CS3: Ecology 1 Henriette Jager, Christina Cobbold, Andrew Allstadt |
| 300B | CS4: Developmental Biology Gregory Toole, Karen Page, Bruce MacLennan, Rebecca Chisholm |
| 11:40 -1:20 p.m. SESSION B | |
| 301A | MS4: Electrostatics: Numerical Algorithms and Biological Applications (2) (Geng and Zhou, Organzers) Yongchen Zhou, Yoichiro Mori, Shuwang Li, Michael Grabe |
| 301B | MS5: Multiscale Modeling of Biochemical Networks That Control Cell Polarization and Motility (1) (Jilkine and Allard, Organizers) Pavel Zhuravlev, Natasha Savage, Brian Drawert, Tyler Drake |
| 301C | MS6: Bridging Mathematical Models and Experiments (Jiang, Organizer) Cameron Harvey, Yi Jiang, Paul Macklin, Bridget Wilson |
| 301D | CS5: Epidemiology 2 Alex Perkins, Calistus Ngonghala, Suma Ghosh, Folashade Agusto |
| 301E | CS6: Ecology 2 Glenn Ledder, Dan Ryan, Andrew Bate, Ben Nolting |
| 300A | CS7: Immunology 1 Judy Day, Jae Kyoung Kim, Alan Rendall |
| 300B | CS8: Population genetics 1 Ori Sargsyan, Michael Robert, Sivan Leviyang, Michael Gilchrist |
| 1:20 - 2:20 p.m. | Luncheon for all registrants, Ballroom F-G |
| 2:20 - 3:20 p.m. | Plenary - Troy Day: Computability, Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem, and an inherent limit on the predictability of evolution |
| 3:40 - 5:20 p.m. SESSION C | |
| 301B | MS7: Multiscale Modeling of Biochemical Networks That Control Cell Polarization and Motility (2) (Jilkine and Allard, Organizers) Jun Allard, Bill Holmes, Alexandra Jilkine, Herb Levine |
| 301A | MS8: Trends and Innovations in Undergraduate Math Biology Curricula (Lenhart, Burke and Sturner, Organizers) John Jungck, Suzanne Lenhart, Glenn Ledder, Jason Miller |
| 301C | MS9: Recent Advances in Infectious Disease Modeling (Smith?,Organizer) Cameron Browne, Jane Heffernan, Elissa Schwartz, Robert Smith? |
| 301D | CS9: Epidemiology 3 Damian Kajunguri, Maira Aguiar, Tyler Massaro, Xueying Wang |
| 301E | CS10: Tumor Modeling 1 Evgeniy Khain, Jessica McGillen, Tina Anne Schuetz, Jill Gallaher |
| 300A | CS11: Cell Biology 1 Adam Sullivan, Jennifer Pascal, Hong Qin, Qixuan Wang |
| 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. | Poster Session with Reception, Cumberland Concourse |
| Thursday, July 26 | |
| 7:30 a.m. Breakfast for all registrants, Cumberland Concourse | |
| Time/Room# | Session/Speakers |
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Plenary - Alexander Anderson: An Integrative Approach to Cancer |
| 9:40 - 11:20 a.m. SESSION D | |
| 301A | MS10: Modeling and Computation of Macromolecular Structures and Interactions (1) (Zhao and Mitchell, Organizers) Jason Cantarella, Duan Chen, Oscar Gonzalez, Julie Mitchell |
| 301B | MS11: Agent-based Models of Biological Systems: Approximation and Control (1) (Lenhart and Tridane, Organizers) Rachael M. Neilan, Franziska Hinkelmann, Rene Salinas, Andrew Kanarek |
| 301C | MS12: Survey of Mathematical Modeling Techniques for Wound Healing (Segal, Organizer) Rebecca Segal, Angela Reynolds, Richard Schugart, Qi Mi |
| 301D | CS12: Epidemiology 4 Yijun Lou, Chad Wells, Brajendra Singh, K A Jane White |
| 301E | CS13: Computational Biology 2 Lauren Childs, Mykola Pinkevych, Edgar Delgado-Eckert, Adam Stinchcombe |
| 300A | CS14: Ecology 3 Nick Britton, Maria Leite, Meredith Greer, Marco Martinez |
| 300B | CS15: Tumor Modeling 2 Yao-Li Chuang, Maria Rodriguez Martinez, David Basanta, Eujung Kim |
| 11:40 -1:20 p.m. SESSION E | |
| 301A | MS13: Modeling and Computation of Macromolecular Structures and Interactions (2) (Zhao and Mitchell, Organizers) Christine Heitsch, Chun Liu, Guowei Wei, Shan Zhao |
| 301B | MS14: Agent-based Models of Biological Systems: Approximation and Control (2) (Lenhart and Tridane, Organizers) Catherine Beauchemin, Paula Federico, Matt Oremland, Xiaopeng Zhao |
| 301C | MS15: Honeybees and Pollination (Eberl, Organizer) Liam Callaghan, Herman Eberl, Mary Myerscough, Rebecca Tyson |
| 301D | CS16: Epidemiology 5 Nathan McClure, Shannon Collinson, Hana Dobrovolny |
| 301E | CS17: Computational Biology 3 Guangming Yao, Robert Rovetti, Oualid Kafi, Austin Baird |
| 300A | CS18: Population Biology 1 Jillian Stupiansky, Karly Jacobsen, Nina Alphey, Gesham Magombedze |
| 300B | CS19: Systems Biology Tae Lee, Seongho Kim (canceled), Tina Vu, Kimberly Fessel |
| 1:20 - 2:20 p.m. | Luncheon for all registrants and Careers in Mathematical Biology Panel, Ballroom F-G |
| 2:20 - 3:20 p.m. | Plenary - Michael Simpson, Footprints in the Noise |
| 3:40 - 5:20 p.m. SESSION F | |
| 301A | MS16: Mathematical Modeling of Immunization Programs (Cintron-Arias and Shim, Organizers) Frederick Chen, John McKay, Travis Porco, Tim Reluga |
| 301B | MS17: Molecular Motors (Xing, Organizer) John Fricks, Denis Tsygankov, Jianhua Xing, Jin Yu |
| 301C | MS18: Continuum Model Descriptions of Bacterial Biofilms (Sudarsan and Cogan, Organizers) Ben Vaughan, Herman Eberl, Fordyce Davidson, John Ward |
| 301D | CS20: Epidemiology 6 Basil Bayati, Thomas House, Jorge Alfaro-Murillo |
| 301E | CS21: Population Biology 2 Maeve McCarthy, Paul Armsworth, Elizabeth Councill |
| 300A | CS22: Evolutionary Biology 1 Joshua Weitz, Matt Michel, Xavier Thibert-Plante, Atsushi Yamauchi |
| 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. | Poster Session with Reception, Cumberland Concourse |
| Friday, July 27 | |
| 7:30 a.m. Breakfast for all registrants, Cumberland Concourse | |
| Time/Room# | Session/Speakers |
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Plenary - Lauren Ancel Meyers: Tracking and curbing the next pandemic |
| 9:40 - 11:20 a.m. SESSION G | |
| 301A | MS19: Intracellular Pattern Formation: Advances in Experiments and Modeling (1) (Chow and Dawes, Organizers) Rong Li, Yi Tau-Mu, Lani Wu, Ching-Shan Chou |
| 301B | MS20: Epidemiology of Multi-host Pathogens: Math and Biology Perspectives (1) (Manore, Agusto, Teboh-Ewungkem, Organizers) Zoi Rapti, Vrushali Bokil, Maia Martcheva, Robyn Nadolny |
| 301C | MS21: Mathematical Models of Stem-cell Driven Solid Tumors (Enderling, Organizer) Donghai Dai, Xuefeng Gao, Ignacio Rodriguez-Brenes, Jacob Scott |
| 301D | CS23: Population Biology 3 James Vance, Alan Hastings, Maria Clara Nucci, Siding Luo |
| 301E | CS24: Immunology 2 Stanca Ciupe, Jonathan Forde, Aaron Lim, Sarah Lukens |
| 300A | CS25: Evolutionary Biology 2 Michael Cortez, Johanna Hansen, Wes Maciejewski, Dorothy Wallace |
| 300B | CS26: Spatial Ecology Andrea Pugliese, Jeffrey Nichols, Ying Zhou |
| 11:40 -1:20 p.m. SESSION H | |
| 301A | MS22: Intracellular Pattern Formation: Advances in Experiments and Modeling (2) (Chow and Dawes, Organizers) Richard Allen, Adriana Dawes, Arpita Upadhyaya, Diana White |
| 301B | MS23: Epidemiology of Multi-host Pathogens: Math and Biology Perspectives (2) (Manore, Agusto, Teboh-Ewungkem, Organizers) Michael Robert, Carrie Manore, Maud Lélu, Ruijun Zhao |
| 301C | CS27: Epidemiology 7 Anna Mummert, Christopher Mitchell, Matthew Graham, Xi Huo |
| 301D | CS28: Immunology 3 Gregory Vogel, Hem Joshi, Jessica M. Conway, Tripti Dutta |
| 301E | CS29: Tumor Modeling 3 Heiko Enderling, Edward Flach, Mark Robertson-Tessi, Stefan Becker |
| 300A | CS30: Ecosystems Christopher Finn McQuaid, Toshiyuki Namba, Rosalyn Rael, Daisuke Takahashi |
| 1:20 - 2:20 p.m. | Luncheon for all registrants and Workshop: How to get a tenure track job, Ballroom F-G |
| 2:20 - 3:20 p.m. | Plenary - Michio Kondoh, Akira Okubo Prize Talk: Ecological complexity and biodiversity maintenance |
| 3:40 - 5:20 p.m. SESSION I | |
| 301A | MS24: Cancer Immunology (Wilkie, Organizer) Irina Kareva, Doron Levy, Ami Radunskaya, Kathleen Wilkie |
| 301B | MS25: Multiscale Modeling of Cell Movement (Wang & Xue, Organizers) Zhiliang Xu, Huijing Du, Alicia Prieto Langarica, Yangjin Kim |
| 301C | CS31: Epidemiology 8 Yimin Du, Nicole Mayo, Robert Reiner |
| 301D | CS32: Computational Biology 4 Majid Masso, M. Shel Swenson |
| 301E | CS33: Ecology 4 Luis Jover, Caner Kazanci, Antonio Golubski, Erika Asano |
| 300A | CS34: Evolutionary Biology 3 Bradford Greening, Silogini Thanarajah, Mauricio Gonzalez-Forero, Maciej Chudek |
| 300B | CS35: Education Jeff Denny, Joseph Mahaffy, Randy Heiland, Talitha Washington |
| 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. | SMB General Meeting |
| 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. | Barbeque Dinner and Contra Dance at World's Fair Park Amphitheater |
| Saturday, July 28 | |
| 7:30 a.m. Breakfast for all registrants, Cumberland Concourse | |
| Time/Room# | Session/Speakers |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Plenary - Lee Segel Prize for best student paper Speaker: Carrie Manore. Title of talk and winning paper: Spatiotemporal Model of Barley and Cereal Yellow Dwarf Virus Transmission Dynamics with Seasonality and Plant Competition |
| 9:40 - 11:20 a.m. SESSION J | |
| 301A | MS26: Data-Driven Modeling in Mathematical Oncology (Baydil, Organizer) Banu Baydil, Arnaud Chauviere, Katarzyna Rejniak |
| 301B | MS27: Modeling Gene Regulatory Networks (Hrozencik and Comar, Organizers) Tim Comar, Dan Hrozencik, Liliana Ironi, Winfried Just |
| 301C | MS28: Modeling and Simulations of Biopolymer Meshworks(MSBM) (Sfakianakis and Oelz, Organizers) Nikolaos Sfakianakis, Dietmar Oelz, Martin Bock, Stephanie Portet, Jan Fuhrmann |
| 301D | CS36: Epidemiology 9 Adnan Khan, Yingyun Shen, Michael Kelly |
| 301E | CS37: Computational Biology 5 Vanessa Venturi, Stephanie Wu, Alexander Bucksch, Angelean Hendrix |
| 300A | CS38: Biofluid Dynamics and Cellular Biology Nader El Khatib, James Benson, Blerta Shtylla |
| 11:40 - 1:20 p.m. SESSION K | |
| 301A | MS29: Mathematical Models in Cell Biomechanics and Intracellular Transport (Kim and Rejniak, Organizers) Eric Cytrynbaum, MunJu Kim, Magdalena Stolarska, Wanda Strychalski |
| 301B | MS30: Emergence of Resistance in Cancer and Bacteria - Can We Beat Them at Their Game? (Basanta and Scott, Organizers) Robert Bonomo, Daniel Nichol, Steffen Schaper, Benjamin Werner |
| 301C | MS31: Experimental Design for Dynamical System Models in Biology (Dukic, Organizer) H. T. Banks, David Bortz, Vanja Dukic, Leifur Thorbergsson |
| 301D | CS39: Neurobiology Dori Luli, Lisa Rogers, Brendan Fry, Lydia Bilinsky |
If you have questions, contact the meeting secretary, Chandra Eskridge (smb2012@nimbios.org).