PIMS Mathematical Biology Seminar Series
Winter 2003
| Date | Speaker / Topic |
Mon Jan 6 |
No seminar (First Day of Classes) |
| Monday, Jan. 13 | Dr. Marc Roussel Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Lethbridge Irregularly switched dynamical systems: Synchronization and enhanced wave propagation (partially funded by PIMS) |
| Monday, Jan. 20 | Dr. Chad Topaz Department of Mathematics Duke Unviversity A simple kinematic model for two-dimensional swarms |
| Monday, Jan. 27 | Dr. Erik Noonburg Department of Zoology Unviversity of Toronto Spatial scale and spatial dynamics in biological invasions |
| Monday, Feb. 3 | Dr. Bill Fagan Department of Biology Maryland University Rarity and spatial scale in desert fishes: quantifying the linkage between fragmentation and extinction risk across species (partially funded by PIMS) |
| Monday, Feb. 10 | Dr. Jack Tuszynski Department of Physics University of Alberta From the Structure of Tubulin to the Function of Microtubules |
| Monday, Feb. 24 | Dr. Sandy Anderson Department of Mathematics Dundee University Mathematical Modelling of Solid Tumour Growth: Angiogenesis and Invasion (partially funded by PIMS, BIO-X Speaker) |
| Monday, Mar. 3 | Dr. Thomas Hillen Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences University of Alberta Volume-Filling and Quorum-Sensing in Models for Chemotaxis |
| Monday, Mar. 10 | Dr. Christina Cobbold Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Sciences University of Alberta Spatial and temporal impacts of parasitoid emergence time on the forest tent caterpillar |
| Monday, Mar. 17 | Dr. Eirikur Palsson Department of Biological Sciences Simon Fraser University A 3-D model to study interplay of cell adhesion and chemotaxis in multicellular systems. |
| Monday, Mar. 24 | Dr. Alexei Potapov Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Sciences University of Alberta Climate and competition: the effect of moving range boundaries on habitat invasibility |
| Monday, Mar. 31 | Dr. Marjorie Wonham Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Sciences University of Alberta Invasion Model for West Nile Virus |
| Fall 2002 | |
Date |
Speaker/Topic |
| Thursday, Aug. 22 | Dr. Michael Ward Department of Mathematics University of British Columbia Pulse-Splitting and Oscillatory Instabilities of Localized Solutions to the Gierer-Meinhardt Model |
| Monday, Sept. 9 | Dr. Alex Mogilner Department of Mathematics and Center for Genetics and Development University of California How nematode sperm crawl (partially funded by PIMS) |
| Monday, Sept. 16 | Peter Schofield Department of Mathematics Dundee University Wolbachia Invasion Waves |
| Monday, Sept. 23 | Dr. Kelvin Jones Department of Bioengineering University of Alberta Input-Output Functions of Mammalian Spinal Motoneurons |
| Monday, Sept. 30 | Dr. Frithjof Lutscher Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences University of Alberta Survival in fragmented habitats |
| Monday, Oct. 7 | Dr. Elizaveta Pachepsky Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology University of California, Santa Barbara TBA |
| Monday, Oct. 14 | Thanksgiving - No seminar this week |
| Monday, Oct. 21 | Dr. Kelvin Jones Department of Bioengineering University of Alberta Input-Output Functions of Mammalian Spinal Motoneurons |
| Monday, Oct. 28 | Dr. Tomas Roslin Metapopulation Research Group University of Helsinki Five ways to measure insect dispersal |
| Monday, Nov. 4 | Dr. Rebecca Tyson Department of Mathematics and Statistics Okanagan University College A Minimal Mechanism of Bacterial Pattern Formation (partially funded by PIMS) |
| Monday, Nov. 11 |
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| Monday, Nov. 18 | Dr. Brian Leung Department of Biological Sciences University of Notre Dame Biological Invasions: Predictions, Risk, and Action |
| Monday, Nov. 25 | Dr. H.I. Freedman Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences University of Alberta A Model for the Spread of Cancer by Metastasis with Treatment by Chemotherapy |
| Monday, Dec. 2 | Yasmin Dolak Vienna University of Technology A Kinetic Theory Approach to Resolve the Chemotactic Wave Paradox |
Mathematical Biology Seminar Series
For more information, contact Mark Lewis
(mlewis@math.ualberta.ca,
492-0197)
