Colleagues,
in the Fall 2015 I am offering a journal club (listed as Micro 606
course) to discuss recent advances in mathematical modeling in biology.
Mathematics has been widely used in biology, and mathematical modeling
of biological processes/systems is a well accepted tool of studying
complex phenomena. However, not always mathematical modeling brings
deeper understanding of biological processes and it is often hard to
determine appropriate uses or misuses of mathematical modeling. This
journal club will aim at bringing together researchers, interested in
mathematical modeling, to discuss recent advances in mathematical
biology and to learn from each other what makes mathematical modeling
useful and impactful. Participants will choose papers on mathematical
modeling in biology (according to their interests) and present major
findings of a given study, with discussion/critique of those.
Presentation of examples of both good and poor mathematical modeling
papers will be encouraged. I would like to encourage graduate students,
interested in mathematical modeling, to register for the course (Micro
606 Journal Club in Microbial Ecology). I also would like to ask faculty
and post-docs who are interested in participating to join our discussions.
Please consider this as a possibility to meet your colleagues at UT who
are also interested in mathematical/statistical approaches to
understanding complex biological systems. Some of us have strongly
benefited from the presence of NIMBioS on the campus and we should
capitalize on currently available resources to build even stronger and
more united mathematical modeling community; such community may be well
suited to apply for other highly competitive project/center grants.
Please reply if you are interested in participating. Also, please spread
this work in your departments and among NIMBioS-affiliated faculty and
post-docs.
Time and place will be determined as enough students are registered for
the course but currently, the proposal is to meet on Fridays
12:20-1:10pm at NIMBioS (Claxton building). An alternative possibility
is to have meetings on Tuesdays, an hour before the NIMBioS seminar
(2:30-3:20pm).
Vitaly Ganusov
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Vitaly V. Ganusov
Assistant Professor
M409 Walters Life Sciences
Department of Microbiology
Department of Mathematics
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0845
USA
Phone: +1 865 974-4547
FAX: +1 865 974-4007
http://web.bio.utk.edu/ganusov/
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