BioMath Days 2018

May 14 - 16, 2018, University of Ottawa

Location: 585 King Edward Ave, Ottawa, ON

Description

This three-day workshop for young researchers in BioMathematics will feature talks from five invited speakers as well as several presentations from young researchers (postdoctoral fellows, advanced graduate students) and will provide ample opportunities for informal discussion and conversation.

Confirmed Speakers

Christina Cobbold (University of Glasgow)
Felicia Magpantay (Queen's University)
Douglas Manuel (University of Ottawa)
Hal Smith (Arizona State University)

General Schedule

Arrive on Sunday. Talks begin Monday morning. The workshop ends with lunch on Wednesday.

Questions

For any further information, please email Frithjof (flutsche@uottawa.ca) or Robert (rsmith43@uottawa.ca).

Registration Instruction:

The registration fee for the BioMath Days is CAD 70. It covers lunches, coffee breaks, and the reception.

We have reserved accommodation on campus. Space is limited. The deadline to apply for accommodation (through your registration) is March 30th, 2018. Participants are responsible for their own travel cost.

If you want to present your work during the workshop, please submit an abstract with your registration. Abstracts submitted after March 30th can only be considered if there is space available.

Schedule

Monday, May 14th, 2018
08:30 to 08:45	Registration - room B05
08:45 to 09:00	Welcome and Information Frithjof Lutscher, University of Ottawa
09:00 to 10:00	How physicians think and how they use math when they see patients Doug Manuel, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
10:00 to 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 to 11:00	Modelling the transmission dynamics of Campylobacter in Ontario, Canada assuming that house flies are a mechanical vector of disease transmission Melanie Cousins, University of Guelph
11:00 to 11:30	A Metapopulation Model Incorporating Geographic Mobility Process to Study H1N1 in Hajj Mohammed Althubyani, York University
11:30 to 12:00	Resistance to Protease Inhibitors in HIV-1 Therapy Lauren McKenzie, University of Ottawa
12:00 to 14:00	Lunch
14:00 to 15:00	Do sheep cheat? Christina Cobbold, University of Glasgow
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 to 16:00	Dispersal Contribution Approximation Ali Beykzadeh, University of New Brunswick
16:00 to 16:30	The impact of edge behaviour on population persistence in a moving habitat model Jane Shaw MacDonald, University of Ottawa
16:30 to 17:00	Turing patterns in a predator-prey model with seasonality Xiaoying Wang, University of Ottawa
17:00	Reception

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
09:00 to 10:00	Some challenges in modeling imperfect vaccines Felicia Magpantay, Queen's University
10:00 to 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 to 11:00	A Mathematical Model of Viral Oncology as an Immunoncology Instigator Tyler Cassidy, McGill University
11:00 to 11:30	Do variable environments promote virulence? A bacteriophage model. Tyler Pattenden, Western University
11:30 to 12:00	Learning Boolean Network Dynamics from Data in Biological Systems Jie Sun, Clarkson University
12:00 to 14:00	Lunch
14:00 to 15:00	Niche Partitioning In a Continuous Environment Hal Smith, Arizona State University
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 to 16:00	Modelling Darwinian Algorithms and Evolutionary Trap Dynamics Josh LeClair, Western University
16:00 to 16:30	Multiple equilibria in a non-smooth epidemic model with medical-resource constraints Aili Wang, University of Ottawa
16:30 to 17:00	Survey on mathematical models and results arising from biological chemotaxis Yingjie Zhu, University of Ottawa

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
09:00 to 10:00	Exploration-exploitation models and the evolution of animal signals Tom Sherratt, Carleton University
10:00 to 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 to 11:00	Mathematical modeling of dispersal phenomenon in biofilms Maria Rosaria Mattei, University of Naples Federico II
11:00 to 11:30	Permanence and Stability of a Kill the Winner Model in Marine Ecology Daniel Korytowski, McMaster University
11:30 to 12:00	Nonspreading Solutions in an Integro-Difference Model Incorporating Allee and Overcompensation Effects. Garrett Otto, University of Ottawa
12:00 to 14:00	Lunch

Registered Participants

Name	Affiliation
Stéphanie Abo	University of Ottawa
Nazila Akhavan Kharazian	Queen's University
Aishah Albarakati	Clarkson University
Wasaif Alruwaele	University of Ottawa
Mohammed Althubyani	York University
Frederick Amoah-Darko	Clarkson University
Farida Ansari	Toronto Metropolitan University
Maddie Baker	Queen's University
Maryam Basiri	Carleton University
Ali Beykzadeh	University of New Brunswick
Michael Caneff	Western University
Tyler Cassidy	McGill University
Christopher Chow	Toronto Metropolitan University
Christina Cobbold	University of Glasgow
Melanie Cousins	University of Guelph
Ian Dewan	Carleton University
Samaneh Gholami	Toronto Metropolitan University
Feng Han	University of Ottawa
Marvin Hoti	University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Laurence Ketchemen Tchouaga	University of Ottawa
Daniel Korytowski	McMaster University
Josh LeClair	Western University
Chongming Li	Toronto Metropolitan University
Geneva Liwag	University of Toronto
Carol Lopuz	University of Ottawa
Jane Shaw MacDonald	University of Ottawa
Doug Manuel	Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Maria Rosaria Mattei	University of Naples Federico II
Lauren McKenzie	University of Ottawa
Tricia Morris	University of Ottawa
Phuc Ngo	Toronto Metropolitan University
Garrett Otto	University of Ottawa
Tyler Pattenden	Western University
Tom Sherratt	Carleton University
Hal Smith	Arizona State University
Jie Sun	Clarkson University
Eric Takyi	Clarkson University
Aili Wang	University of Ottawa
Xiaoying Wang	University of Ottawa
Nazanin Zaker	University of Ottawa
Yingjie Zhu	University of Ottawa