Multi-Scale Models of Infectious Disease Dynamics and Validating with Data The bidirectional feedback induced through population and individual-level infectious disease and host immune dynamics requires development of innovative multi-scale models. …
Modelling Microtube Driven Invasion of Glioma 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 …
Modeling the effects of Aedes aegypti's larval environment on population and disease spread Mosquitoes vector harmful pathogens that infect millions of people every year, and developing approaches to effectively control …
Modeling Mesenchymal Cell Motion - Force, Speed and the Role of Focal Adhesion Lifetimes In this talk I will present a force based mathematical model of mesenchymal cell motion where …
Tumor Composition and the Host Environment on Cancer Treatment Strategies The one-size-fits-all approach is not effective at treating cancer and tumor heterogeneity plays an important role in patient response. Current …
Estimating the Long-term Behavior of Biologically Inspired Agent-based Models An agent-based model (ABM) is a computational model in which the local interactions of autonomous agents with each other and with …
Challenges and Opportunities for Translational Research: The Power of Data Integration With increased regulatory burden and high expectations from prescribers and patients, it is no longer cost- nor time-effective to …
Optimizing Biofilm Removal Bacterial biofilms are consortia of bacteria enmeshed in a self-produced polymer network. Biofilms occur in a wide variety of settings and impact health, water quality, manufacturing, and …
Mathematical modeling of diabetes Diabetes is the leading endocrine disease affecting socioeconomic development and has multiple pathogenic pathways. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is the most common type of diabetes primarily …
Modeling of Drosophila Egg Chamber: Chemical Distribution, Force Balance, and Clustered Cell Migration The Drosophila melanogaster egg chamber provides an accessible biological model for clustered cell dynamics in development, metastasis, …