Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - PIMS

Grad Student Working Groups on Stochastic Modeling in Infectious Disease

Grad students from across North America will meet for one month in order to work on stochastic modeling in a number of aspects of infectious disease modeling. Following some introductory lectures, students will divide into teams and work on projects.   more››

University of British Columbia

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University of British Columbia

Mathematical Modelling of Host-Parasitoid Systems: Spatio-Temporal Dynamics

Parasitoids are a specialised class of predators that use a single prey or host for their juvenile development but unlike parasites kill the host as a result of this development. Within this lifestyle there are many variations in life history that   more››

University of Alberta

MITACS Math Biology Seminar 2007

As the systems approaches are actively adopted in biology, studies for revealing the link between physical dynamics and corresponding molecular mechanism will be crucial to better understanding of the inherent complexity and dynamics of biological   more››

University of British Columbia

Uncoupling Isaacs equations in two-player nonzero sum differential games. Conflict over parental care as an example.

University of Alberta

Habitat use and movements of plains zebra in response to predation

Prey species must adapt their behavior to avoid predation while meeting resource needs. In East Africa savannah, plains zebra are a key prey for lions. We study a population of 600 plains zebra in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya. We test how zebra mo   more››

University of Alberta

Mathematical models in radiation biology

In this talk, I will review concepts in radiation biology that allow us to model the effectiveness of radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer. In particular, I will focus on the Tumour Control Probability (TCP), which is the probability that   more››

University of British Columbia

Efficacy of Fertility control: ecological procees and sampling error

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University of Alberta

Modeling relapse in infectious diseases

An integro-differential equation is proposed to model a general relapse phenomenon in infectious diseases including herpes. The basic reproduction number Ro for the model is identified and a threshold property of Ro established. For the case of a   more››

University of British Columbia

Modelling individual to collective cell movement

Kevin Painter is with Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland Abstract: Cell migration plays a major role in both embryonic development (e.g. gastrulation, neural crest migration) and the normal physiological responses of an adult (e.g.   more››

University of Alberta

Wild fish, farmed fish and sea lice—a big-box model with spatial effects

The Anderson-May dynamical model for host-macroparasite systems is extended to include resource limitation and the distribution of both resource limitation effects and parasite pathogenicity over host mortality and natality. When the equilibrium h   more››

University of British Columbia

Epizootics of wild fish induced by farm fish

The continuing decline of ocean fisheries and rise of global fish consumption has driven aquaculture growth by 10% annually over the last decade. The association of fish farms with disease emergence in sympatric wild fish stocks remains one of the   more››

University of Alberta

Frontiers in Biophysics: Modelling and Experiment.

Frontiers in Biophysics: Modelling and Experiment is a weekend retreat that is being organized by graduate students and faculty in biophysics and mathematical biology at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. This event is   more››

University of British Columbia

Overview of a Methodology for Developing and Assessing Simulation Models of Complex Systems

in computer hardware, recent reviews have concluded that such models have generally not fulfilled their potential for advancing ecological understanding. This state of affairs is at least partially the result of little attention being given   more››

University of Alberta

Bridging the scales of disease dynamics 2006

The ongoing HIV pandemic, the brief SARS epidemic of 2003 and recurrent fears of a serious influenza outbreak have raised public consciousness of issues surrounding the behaviour and evolution of infectious diseases as they spread through a p   more››

University of British Columbia

Mathematical Analysis of the Neural Control of Hormone Secretion

The pituitary is one of the primary glands of the body. Many hormones are released from a variety of cells within the pituitary, and these hormones regulate the release of hormones from other glands and have direct actions on the brain, muscles, a   more››

University of British Columbia

Spatiotemporal patterns in models of biological invasion and epidemic spread

This seminar is intended to give an informal overview of my previous work and some recent ideas. I am especially interested in patterns of spatiotemporal dynamics that are induced by the joint interplay of spatial spread, demographics (e.g., Allee   more››

University of Alberta

System Level Mathematical Analysis of Mitosis

Mitotic spindle goes through distinct morphological states characterized by increasing spindle length and distances between chromosomes. A complete picture of how the spindle assembles is still lacking. We performed an In Silico model screen to id   more››

University of British Columbia

MITACS Math Biology Seminar 2006

A fundamental attribute of living cells is their ability to move. I will talk about two forms of biological motion driven by different physical mechanisms. The polymerization of the protein, actin, appears to be the source of the propulsive force   more››

University of British Columbia

A Reward Model for Mate Choice and Sexual Selection

Females are the choosy sex, their choice being made on the basis of the quality of the males. The benefits they receive from the males for the offspring are either indirect, for example good genes, or direct, such as territories, male parental care a   more››

University of British Columbia