UAlberta Math Bio Seminar: Thomas Hillen

  • Date: 01/16/2023
  • Time: 14:00
Lecturer(s):
Thomas Hillen, University of Alberta
Location: 

University of Alberta

Topic: 

Modelling Microtube Driven Invasion of Glioma

Description: 

Malignant gliomas are highly invasive brain tumors. Recent attention has focused on their capacity for network-driven invasion, whereby mitotic events can be followed by the migration of nuclei along long thin cellular protrusions, termed tumour microtubes (TM). Here I develop a mathematical model that describes this microtube-driven invasion of gliomas. I show that scaling limits lead to well known glioma models as special cases such as go-or-grow models, the PI model of Swanson, and the anisotropic model of Swan.

Numerical simulations are used to compare between the models.

 

(Joint work with N. Loy, K.J. Painter, R. Thiessen).

Other Information: 

Location: Hybrid

 

In-person: 3-25 SAB

 

Online: Join Zoom meeting (Meeting ID: 984 9769 5684; Passcode:32123)

 

Time: 3pm Mountain/ 2pm Pacific