UC Davis Mathematical Biology Seminar

Schedule for Spring 2009

Date/LocationPresenterTitle
Tuesday, April 14, 12:10PM
MSB 1147
Eva Strawbridge
UC Davis, Mathematics
Mechanics, Dynamics, and Structures of DNA
Tuesday, April 28, 12:10PM
MSB 1147
Graham Coop
UC Davis, Ecology and Evolution
A new method to identify loci underlying local adaptation
Friday, May 8, TBA
MSB 1147
Jim Keener
University of Utah, Mathematics
How cells make measurements
Saturday, May 9, TBA
MSB 1147
Lisa Fauci
Tulane University, Mathematics
Understanding swimming at low Reynolds numbers: successes and challenges
Tuesday, May 12, 12:10PM
MSB 1147
Kilian Koepsell,
UC Berkeley, Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience
Phase coupling estimation in coupled oscillator systems
Tuesday, May 19, 12:10PM
MSB 1147
William Ristenpart
UC Davis, Chemical Engineering & Food Sciences
Electrohydrodynamics and Epitrochoids: Dynamic Pattern Formation of Vesicles near Electrodes
Wednesday, May 27, 3:10PM
MSB 1147
Bard Ermentrout
University of Pittsburgh, Mathematics
A coupla ducks: slow currents, canards, clustering, and weak coupling
Tuesday, June 2, 12:10PM
MSB 1147
Saleet Jafri
George Mason University
Advances in the Computational Modeling of Contraction in the Heart

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Schedule for the UCD Math Biology Journal Club

General information about the 2008-2009 Math Biology RFG








Schedule for Winter 2009

Date/LocationPresenterTitle
Tuesday, January 6, 11:00AM
MSB 2112
Kevin Lin
University of Arizona, Mathematics
Reliability of Layered Neural Oscillator Networks
Friday, January 9, noon
MSB 1147
Ed Munro
University of Washington, Center for Cell Dynamics
Using agent-based models to explore the dynamics of cellular morphogenesis
Thursday, January 15, 11:00AM
MSB 2112
Anael Verdugo
Cornell, CAM
Dynamics of a Gene Network Model with Time Delay
Thursday, January 29, 11:00AM
MSB 2112
Wanda Strychalski
University of North Carolina, Mathematics
A Numerical Method to Investigate the Effects of Changing Cell Morphologies on Biochemical Signaling Networks
Tuesday, February 3 11:00AM
MSB 2112
Jim Sanchirico
UC Davis, Environmental Science and Policy
Economically Optimal Management of a Metapopulation
Thursday, February 19, 11:00AM
MSB 2112
Sukbin Lim
NYU, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Noise-induced transitions in slow wave neuronal dynamics
Wednesday, March 11, 3:10PM
MSB 1147
Bard Ermentrout
University of Pittsburgh, Mathematics
CANCELED (A coupla ducks: slow currents, canards, clustering, and weak coupling)







Schedule for Fall 2008

DatePresenterTitle
Tuesday, October 7 (noon)
Richard Gomulkiewicz
Washington State University
Neutral Evolution of Multivariate Quantitative Traits
Tuesday, October 21 (noon)
Charles Wolgemuth
University of Connecticut Health Center
The Shape and Dynamics of the Spirochetes
Thursday, October 23 (noon)
Tom Michoel
VIB, Ghent University
Identification of modules in biological networks
Tuesday, November 4 (noon)
Leonor Saiz
Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis
Modeling of biological networks
Monday, November 24 (3:10PM)
Utz-Uwe Haus
Universitat Magdeburg
Computing knock out strategies in metabolic networks
Tuesday, November 25 (12:10PM)
Eric Cytrynbaum
University of British Columbia
Force generation in bacterial cell division