Wednesday, July 15

MS41
Theoretical Population Biology: Examples at Multiple Scales

10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Room: Sidney Smith 2108

The study of biological processes takes place at many scales. When exploring population dynamics, whether it be a population of bacteria, or immune system cells, or human populations, mathematical techniques can span a broad range. When large numbers of cells and organisms are studied and long time scales considered, both partial and ordinary differential equations are the appropriate and primary tools. The speakers will describe new methods and tools of analysis, and applications of existing tools to population modeling in biology.

10:30 Optimal Control of PDE/ODE Systems Modeling Bioreactors

Suzanne Lenhart, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

11:00 Modeling B Cell Repertoire Shift

Ramit Mehr, Princeton University

11:30 Talking with Nonlinear Waves: Coordination in Cell Populations

James Sneyd, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

12:00 Function, Design and Evolution of Gene Circuitry

Michael Savageau, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor