Colleagues, I would appreciate if you could advertise this course in
your departments/program/center. Many thanks in advance,
Vitaly
Colleagues,
in the Spring 2018 I am offering a journal club in computational biology
(listed as Micro 607) 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 607 Journal Club in Computational
Biology). I also would like to ask undergraduate students, post-docs,
and faculty who are interested in participating to join our discussions.
I plan to discuss best practices in mathematical/computational biology,
discussion of how scientific method is applied in modeling. I also would
like to suggest to discuss papers which are not yet published - e.g.,
deposited in archives such as bioArxiv or arXiv, so we can provide
constructive feedback to the authors.
Time and place will be determined as enough students are registered for
the course but currently, the class is scheduled to Wednesdays
1:25-2:15pm at WLS M401. I will try to find a bit better location,
perhaps at NIMBioS.
Vitaly Ganusov
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Vitaly V. Ganusov
Associate 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
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