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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
301AMS1: Electrostatics: Numerical Algorithms and Biological Applications (1) (Geng and Zhou, Organzers)
Lorena Barba, Jaydeep Bardhan, Xiaolin Cheng, Weihua Geng
301BMS2: Modeling, Simulation, and Validation of the Biomechanics of Microbial Communities (Bortz, Organizer)
Jason Hammond, Sarthok Sircar, Ranga Sudarsan, Scott Van Epps
301CMS3: First-year Mathematics Course Reform for Biology Majors (Eaton, Organizer)
Erin Bodine, Hannah Callender, Timothy Comar, Sarah Hews
301DCS1: Epidemiology 1
Marleen Werkman, James Clarke, Eric Numfor, Ahmed Abdelrazec
301ECS2: Computational Biology 1
Srividhya Jeyaraman, Xujing Wang, Nicholas Flann, Cesar Flores
300ACS3: Ecology 1
Henriette Jager, Christina Cobbold, Andrew Allstadt
300BCS4: Developmental Biology
Gregory Toole, Karen Page, Bruce MacLennan, Rebecca Chisholm
11:40 -1:20 p.m.   SESSION B
301AMS4: Electrostatics: Numerical Algorithms and Biological Applications (2) (Geng and Zhou, Organzers)
Yongchen Zhou, Yoichiro Mori, Shuwang Li, Michael Grabe
301BMS5: Multiscale Modeling of Biochemical Networks That Control Cell Polarization and Motility (1) (Jilkine and Allard, Organizers)
Pavel Zhuravlev, Natasha Savage, Brian Drawert, Tyler Drake
301CMS6: Bridging Mathematical Models and Experiments (Jiang, Organizer)
Cameron Harvey, Yi Jiang, Paul Macklin, Bridget Wilson
301DCS5: Epidemiology 2
Alex Perkins, Calistus Ngonghala, Suma Ghosh, Folashade Agusto
301ECS6: Ecology 2
Glenn Ledder, Dan Ryan, Andrew Bate, Ben Nolting
300ACS7: Immunology 1
Judy Day, Jae Kyoung Kim, Alan Rendall
300BCS8: 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
301BMS7: Multiscale Modeling of Biochemical Networks That Control Cell Polarization and Motility (2) (Jilkine and Allard, Organizers)
Jun Allard, Bill Holmes, Alexandra Jilkine, Herb Levine
301AMS8: Trends and Innovations in Undergraduate Math Biology Curricula (Lenhart, Burke and Sturner, Organizers)
John Jungck, Suzanne Lenhart, Glenn Ledder, Jason Miller
301CMS9: Recent Advances in Infectious Disease Modeling (Smith?,Organizer)
Cameron Browne, Jane Heffernan, Elissa Schwartz, Robert Smith?
301DCS9: Epidemiology 3
Damian Kajunguri, Maira Aguiar, Tyler Massaro, Xueying Wang
301ECS10: Tumor Modeling 1
Evgeniy Khain, Jessica McGillen, Tina Anne Schuetz, Jill Gallaher
300ACS11: 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
301AMS10: Modeling and Computation of Macromolecular Structures and Interactions (1) (Zhao and Mitchell, Organizers)
Jason Cantarella, Duan Chen, Oscar Gonzalez, Julie Mitchell
301BMS11: Agent-based Models of Biological Systems: Approximation and Control (1) (Lenhart and Tridane, Organizers)
Rachael M. Neilan, Franziska Hinkelmann, Rene Salinas, Andrew Kanarek
301CMS12: Survey of Mathematical Modeling Techniques for Wound Healing (Segal, Organizer)
Rebecca Segal, Angela Reynolds, Richard Schugart, Qi Mi
301DCS12: Epidemiology 4
Yijun Lou, Chad Wells, Brajendra Singh, K A Jane White
301ECS13: Computational Biology 2
Lauren Childs, Mykola Pinkevych, Edgar Delgado-Eckert, Adam Stinchcombe
300ACS14: Ecology 3
Nick Britton, Maria Leite, Meredith Greer, Marco Martinez
300BCS15: Tumor Modeling 2
Yao-Li Chuang, Maria Rodriguez Martinez, David Basanta, Eujung Kim
11:40 -1:20 p.m.   SESSION E
301AMS13: Modeling and Computation of Macromolecular Structures and Interactions (2) (Zhao and Mitchell, Organizers)
Christine Heitsch, Chun Liu, Guowei Wei, Shan Zhao
301BMS14: Agent-based Models of Biological Systems: Approximation and Control (2) (Lenhart and Tridane, Organizers)
Catherine Beauchemin, Paula Federico, Matt Oremland, Xiaopeng Zhao
301CMS15: Honeybees and Pollination (Eberl, Organizer)
Liam Callaghan, Herman Eberl, Mary Myerscough, Rebecca Tyson
301DCS16: Epidemiology 5
Nathan McClure, Shannon Collinson, Hana Dobrovolny
301ECS17: Computational Biology 3
Guangming Yao, Robert Rovetti, Oualid Kafi, Austin Baird
300ACS18: Population Biology 1
Jillian Stupiansky, Karly Jacobsen, Nina Alphey, Gesham Magombedze
300BCS19: 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
301AMS16: Mathematical Modeling of Immunization Programs (Cintron-Arias and Shim, Organizers)
Frederick Chen, John McKay, Travis Porco, Tim Reluga
301BMS17: Molecular Motors (Xing, Organizer)
John Fricks, Denis Tsygankov, Jianhua Xing, Jin Yu
301CMS18: Continuum Model Descriptions of Bacterial Biofilms (Sudarsan and Cogan, Organizers)
Ben Vaughan, Herman Eberl, Fordyce Davidson, John Ward
301DCS20: Epidemiology 6
Basil Bayati, Thomas House, Jorge Alfaro-Murillo
301ECS21: Population Biology 2
Maeve McCarthy, Paul Armsworth, Elizabeth Councill
300ACS22: 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
301AMS19: Intracellular Pattern Formation: Advances in Experiments and Modeling (1) (Chow and Dawes, Organizers)
Rong Li, Yi Tau-Mu, Lani Wu, Ching-Shan Chou
301BMS20: Epidemiology of Multi-host Pathogens: Math and Biology Perspectives (1) (Manore, Agusto, Teboh-Ewungkem, Organizers)
Zoi Rapti, Vrushali Bokil, Maia Martcheva, Robyn Nadolny
301CMS21: Mathematical Models of Stem-cell Driven Solid Tumors (Enderling, Organizer)
Donghai Dai, Xuefeng Gao, Ignacio Rodriguez-Brenes, Jacob Scott
301DCS23: Population Biology 3
James Vance, Alan Hastings, Maria Clara Nucci, Siding Luo
301ECS24: Immunology 2
Stanca Ciupe, Jonathan Forde, Aaron Lim, Sarah Lukens
300ACS25: Evolutionary Biology 2
Michael Cortez, Johanna Hansen, Wes Maciejewski, Dorothy Wallace
300BCS26: Spatial Ecology
Andrea Pugliese, Jeffrey Nichols, Ying Zhou
11:40 -1:20 p.m.   SESSION H
301AMS22: Intracellular Pattern Formation: Advances in Experiments and Modeling (2) (Chow and Dawes, Organizers)
Richard Allen, Adriana Dawes, Arpita Upadhyaya, Diana White
301BMS23: Epidemiology of Multi-host Pathogens: Math and Biology Perspectives (2) (Manore, Agusto, Teboh-Ewungkem, Organizers)
Michael Robert, Carrie Manore, Maud Lélu, Ruijun Zhao
301CCS27: Epidemiology 7
Anna Mummert, Christopher Mitchell, Matthew Graham, Xi Huo
301DCS28: Immunology 3
Gregory Vogel, Hem Joshi, Jessica M. Conway, Tripti Dutta
301ECS29: Tumor Modeling 3
Heiko Enderling, Edward Flach, Mark Robertson-Tessi, Stefan Becker
300ACS30: 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
301AMS24: Cancer Immunology (Wilkie, Organizer)
Irina Kareva, Doron Levy, Ami Radunskaya, Kathleen Wilkie
301BMS25: Multiscale Modeling of Cell Movement (Wang & Xue, Organizers)
Zhiliang Xu, Huijing Du, Alicia Prieto Langarica, Yangjin Kim
301CCS31: Epidemiology 8
Yimin Du, Nicole Mayo, Robert Reiner
301DCS32: Computational Biology 4
Majid Masso, M. Shel Swenson
301ECS33: Ecology 4
Luis Jover, Caner Kazanci, Antonio Golubski, Erika Asano
300ACS34: Evolutionary Biology 3
Bradford Greening, Silogini Thanarajah, Mauricio Gonzalez-Forero, Maciej Chudek
300BCS35: 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
301AMS26: Data-Driven Modeling in Mathematical Oncology (Baydil, Organizer)
Banu Baydil, Arnaud Chauviere, Katarzyna Rejniak
301BMS27: Modeling Gene Regulatory Networks (Hrozencik and Comar, Organizers)
Tim Comar, Dan Hrozencik, Liliana Ironi, Winfried Just
301CMS28: Modeling and Simulations of Biopolymer Meshworks(MSBM) (Sfakianakis and Oelz, Organizers)
Nikolaos Sfakianakis, Dietmar Oelz, Martin Bock, Stephanie Portet, Jan Fuhrmann
301DCS36: Epidemiology 9
Adnan Khan, Yingyun Shen, Michael Kelly
301ECS37: Computational Biology 5
Vanessa Venturi, Stephanie Wu, Alexander Bucksch, Angelean Hendrix
300ACS38: Biofluid Dynamics and Cellular Biology
Nader El Khatib, James Benson, Blerta Shtylla
11:40 - 1:20 p.m.   SESSION K
301AMS29: Mathematical Models in Cell Biomechanics and Intracellular Transport (Kim and Rejniak, Organizers)
Eric Cytrynbaum, MunJu Kim, Magdalena Stolarska, Wanda Strychalski
301BMS30: 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
301CMS31: Experimental Design for Dynamical System Models in Biology (Dukic, Organizer)
H. T. Banks, David Bortz, Vanja Dukic, Leifur Thorbergsson
301DCS39: Neurobiology
Dori Luli, Lisa Rogers, Brendan Fry, Lydia Bilinsky

If you have questions, contact the meeting secretary, Chandra Eskridge (smb2012@nimbios.org).