Spring: Cardiovascular Physiology and Biofluids
Welcome to the spring quarter page for the Special Year in
Mathematical Biology. The educational program comprises a full year
course `Mathematical Modeling in Biology', a
weekly seminar series, two three day minisymposium( Cardiac,Biofluids) and an informal student/post
doc seminar. Visitors remaining only the winter quarter are visiting graduate students.
As part of the Special Year in Mathematical Biology,
the department
of Mathematics will host a course given by visiting lecturers.
For more information,
contact Hans Othmer.
Schedule of Lecturers for Course 675-3
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March 25- April 5
E. Pate
MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF MOTOR PROTEIN
FUNCTION
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April 8 - April 19
L. Glass
RESETTING AND ENTRAINING NONLINEAR
BIOLOGICAL OSCILLATIONS
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April 22- May 3
W. Krassowska
MODELING THE INTERACTION OF CARDIAC MUSCLE WITH STRONG ELECTRIC FIELDS
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May 6 - May 17
C. Peskin
FLUID DYNAMICS AND FIBER ARCHITECTURE OF THE HEART AND ITS VALVES
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May 20 - May 31
N. Hill
MODELLING THE INDIVIDUAL AND COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOUR OF SWIMMING MICRO-ORGANISMS
Organizers: Robert L. Lux, CVRTI and Hans G. Othmer, Mathematics
April 12 and 13
Those interested in attending the minisymposia
please send enquiries to mathbio@math.utah.edu. To see a schedule for the symposium click here.
Speakers for Minisymposium
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Bruno Taccardi
MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF CARDIAC POTENTIAL FIELDS
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Robert S. MacLeod
VISUALIZING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS: SEEING IS BELIEVING?
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Robert L. Lux
ELECTRPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FROM CARDIAC POTENTIAL FIELDS
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Mike Sanguinetti
MEASUREMENT, INTERPRETATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF IONIC CURRENTS
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Roger Barr
ELECTRIC FIELD STIMULATION OF CARDIAC TISSUE
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Silvia Veronese
3-D MODELING OF PROPERTIES AND COMPONENTS OF UNIPOLAR ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS
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Quan Ni
REPRESENTATION OF ECG WAVEFORMS
Minisymposium:
Biofluid Dynamics
Organizers: Lisa Fauci (Tulane) and Aaron Fogelson (Utah)
May 16-18
Those interested in attending the minisymposia
please send enquiries to mathbio@math.utah.edu. To see a schedule for the symposium click here.
Speakers for Minisymposium
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Danniel Grunbaum
THE HYDRODYNAMICS OF SUSPENSION FEEDING IN A MARINE
BRYOZOAN: ECOLOGICAL TRADEOFFS IN COLONY ARCHITECTURE
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Charlie Peskin
NANOHYDRODYNAMICS
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Tim Pedley
SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUID DYNAMICS
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Chris Jordan
MODELING INTERMEDIATE REYNOLDS NUMBER ANGUILLIFORM
SWIMMING BY COUPLING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MECHANICS
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Lisa Fauci
To Be Announced
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Nick Hill
GYROPHOTOTAXIS - COMBINING THE RESPONSES OF SWIMMING
MICRO-ORGANISMS TO GRAVITY AND LIGHT
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Bob Dillon
A MICROSCALE MODEL OF BACTERIAL SWIMMING,
CHEMOTAXIS, SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT, AND BIOFILM FORMATION
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Aaron Fogelson
To Be Announced
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Mimi Koehl
To Be Announced
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Bruce Pitman
To Be Announced
Schedule of Talks
| April 19 | Leon Glass | McGill University | COMPLEX DYNAMICS IN HIGH DIMENSIONAL NEURAL AND GENE NETWORKS |
| April 26 | Wanda Krassowska | Duke University | THE ROLE OF SPATIAL INTERACTIONS IN CREATING THE DISPERSION OF
TRANSMEMBRANE POTENTIAL BY PREMATURE ELECTRIC SHOCKS |
| May 9 (2:15) | George Oster | University of California Berkeley | HOW CELLS CRAWL |
| May 10 | Charlie Peskin | New York University | HOW KINESIN WALKS ALONG MICROTUBULES |
| May 24 | Nick Hill | Leeds University | ORIENTATION OF SWIMMING MICRO-ORGANISMS SUBJECT TO EXTERNAL TORQUES IN A VISCOUS FLOW |
| May 31 | Craig Henriquez | Duke University | BIDOMAIN MODELING OF STIMULATION AND ACTIVATION OF CARDIAC MUSCLE |
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Ray Carroll (University of Florida)
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Won-Suk Cho (University of California, Los Angeles)
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Derrick Head (Vanderbilt University)
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Rok Hren (Dalhousie University)
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Xianfeng (Dave) Meng (Tulane University)
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Julio Mosquera-Losada (University of Santiago de Compeostela)
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Elizabeth Penades (University of California, San Francisco)