Conference Program
 
THEORETICAL BIOLOGY & BIOMATHEMATICS

June 6-11, 2004
Tilton School
Tilton, NH

Chairs:
Raymond Mejia & Timothy C. Elston

Vice Chair:
Paul C. Bressloff

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMotors and Biological Motion
Discussion Leader: Ed Pate (Washington State University)
Sean Sun (Johns Hopkins University)
Dynamics Of Myosin V Processivity
Roger Cooke (University Of California, San Francisco California)
Energetics Of Motor Proteins
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSpatial Components in the Modeling of Ecological Processes
Discussion Leader: Graciela Canziani (Universidad del Centro, Tandil)
Renato Casagrandi (Politecnico di Milano)
Persistence-Extinction Boundaries In Single Species Metapopulations With Discrete Individuals
Horst Malchow (Universität Osnabrück)
Reaction, Diffusion And Noise In Models Of Plankton Population Dynamics
Mike Neubert (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
Optimal Harvesting And Marine Reserves
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmInnovations in Theoretical Immunology
Discussion Leader: Ramit Mehr (Bar-Ilan University)
Can Kesmir (Utrecht University)
A Bioinformatics Approach To The Antigen Presentation And Processing Pathways
Nigel Burroughs (University of Warwick)
Spatial Temporal Issues In T Cell Signalling
9:30 pm Poster Session
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNeurobiology of Breathing, Whiskering and Electrolocation
Discussion Leader: Paul Bressloff (University of Utah)
Jeffrey C. Smith (NINDS)
Computational Models And Experimental Studies Of The Respiratory Oscillator
Andre Longtin (University of Ottawa)
Seeing And Hearing With Electric Fields: Lessons In Neural Computing From Electric Fish
Bard Ermentrout (University of Pittsburgh)
Roll Out The Barrels: Mathematical Insights Into Cortical Processing
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmEmergent Species/Diseases and Invasion
Discussion Leader: Carlos Castillo-Chavez (Arizona State University)
Joshua Plotkin (Harvard University)
Detecting Selection Using A Single Genome Sequence: Applications To Pathogen Evolution
Sally Blower (UCLA)
Predicting The Unpredictable: The Evolution Of Drug-Resistant HIV In The US And Africa
9:30 pm Poster Session
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSystems Biology
Discussion Leader: James Liao(UCLA)
Mark Goulian (University of Pennsylvania)
Circuit Science Of Two-Component Signaling Systems
Benno Schwikowski (Institut Pasteur)
Measurement Technology And Data Integration In Systems Biology
Isidore Rigoutsos (IBM Thomas J Watson Research Center)
Of Parts And Relationships: An Unending Quest
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmModeling Transcriptional Control in Gene Regulatory Networks
Discussion Leader: Jeff Hasty (UCSD)
John Reinitz (SUNY)
Systems Biology Of The Drosophila Blastoderm: What Can We Learn?
Terry Hwa (UCSD)
Combinatorial Control Of Gene Expression From Simple Molecular Interactions
9:30 pm Poster Session
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmBiofluids and Biological Gels
Discussion Leader: Aaron Fogelson (University of Utah)
Jim Keener (University of Utah)
The Dynamics Of Growing Biofilm
Robert Guy (University of Utah)
Computational Modeling Of Platelet Aggregation In Large Arteries
Kasia Rejniak (Mathematical Biosciences Institute)
Modeling Development Of Complex Tissues With Discrete Viscoelastic Cells
12:30 pmLunch
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmThe Future of Biomathematics and Theoretical Biology
Discussion Leader: Alan Hastings(UC Davis)
Lee Segel (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Extrapolating The Future Of Theoretical Biology
Kim Cuddington (Ohio University)
Education, Computation And The Communication Gap
9:30 pm Poster Session
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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