Babies, Bees, and Bieber Fever

Among Topics to be Addressed at International Mathematical Biology Conference

July 23, 2012

KNOXVILLE—Viruses, tumors, bumble bees and even "Bieber Fever" will undergo mathematical analyses at the 2012 annual meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, July 25-28, at the Knoxville Convention Center.

About 400 scientists, including undergraduate students, from 23 countries and 35 U.S. states are expected to attend the annual meeting and associated research and educational conference, which is co-hosted by the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Scheduled talks include the following:

• "A mathematical model of Bieber Fever: The most infectious disease of our time?"
• "Death of the bees: A mathematical model of colony collapse disorder in Apis mellifera"
• "Bugs, babies, and breast milk: A mathematical model"
• "Data-driven computational modeling of breast tumor aggressiveness"
• "Measles vaccine refusal and its effects on communities"

The conference includes talks from six plenary speakers, including Michio Kondoh from Ryukoku University in Japan. Kondoh won the Society's prestigious Akira Okubo Prize last year.

"SMB 2012 provides an excellent opportunity for researchers and educators at all levels of experience to share their enthusiasm for addressing important biological problems through the use of mathematics," said NIMBioS Director Louis Gross.

For more information and abstracts of speakers' topics, visit the SMB 2012 website at //SMB2012/

Media Coverage Highlights

Knoxville News Sentinel: Annual math conference under way in Knoxville
WATE-TV, Channel 6: Annual math conference under way in Knoxville

#

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) brings together researchers from around the world to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to investigate solutions to basic and applied problems in the life sciences. NIMBioS is supported by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

C O N T A C T : Catherine Crawley (865-974-9350, ccrawley@nimbios.org)

NIMBioS
1122 Volunteer Blvd., Suite 106
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-3410
PH: (865) 974-9334
FAX: (865) 974-9461
Contact NIMBioS

From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.