BACTERIA, BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOPHYSICS
PS1: Bacterial biofilm formation: Experiment, Model and Sensitivity Analysis
Manu Aggarwal* (maggarwa@math.fsu.edu, Florida State University), Nick Cogan
PS2: Bacterial Persistence, Mathematical Modeling, Experimental Validation
and Parameter Estimation
Sepideh Ebadi* (s.ebaadi@gmail.com, Florida State University), Nick Cogan,
PS3: Generalized theory on the mechanism of DNA renaturation : Stochastic
Nucleation and Zipping
Gnanapragasam Niranjani* (Indian Institute of Technology), R. Murugan
PS4: Residue interaction network metrics suggest commonalities among
amyloidogenic proteins
Jeddidiah Griffina* (griffinjw@etsu.edu, East Tennessee State University), Patrick C. Bradshaw
PS5: Transport of Particles in a Biofilm-lined Hot Spring Effluent Channel
Benjamin Jackson* (Walla Walla University)
PS6: BioSimulator.jl: Stochastic Simulation in Julia
Alfonso Landeros* (alanderos@mednet.ucla.edu, University of California Los Angeles), Alexander Alekseyenko, Kevin L. Keys,
Kenneth Lange, Mary E. Sehl
CANCER
PS7: Quantifying the Immune Response Emanating from Prostate Cancer
Treatments
Johnna Barnaby*, Harsh V. Jain
PS8: Characterisation of Macrophage Infiltration into Solid Tumours
Joshua Bull* (bull@maths.ox.ac.uk, University of Oxford), Sarah Waters, Vicente Grau
Tom Quaiser, Franziska Mech, Helen Byrne;
PS9: Differential dynamics of p53 in response to ionizing and ultraviolet
radiation
Elizabeth Fedak*, Frederick R. Adler, Joshua Schiffman
University of Utah
PS10: A tumor induced angiogenesis model calibrated with in vivo MRI data
David. A. Hormuth* (david.hormuth@austin.utexas.edu, The University of Texas at Austin), II, Angela M. Jarrett, Xinzeng Feng, Thomas E. Yankeelov
PS11: A spatiotemporal model of breast cancer using patient specific MRI data
Angela M. Jarrett* (ajarrett@utexas.edu, The University of Texas at Austin), Stephanie L. Barnes, David. A. Hormuth, II, Xinzeng
Feng, Wei Huang, Thomas E. Yankeelov
PS12: Mathematical modeling of brain tumor abrogation by immunotherapy with
T11 target structure
Subhas Khajanchi*, Sandip Banerjee
Bankura University
PS13: The legacy of necrosis in tumour response to
fractionated radiotherapy
Thomas Lewin* (lewint@maths.ox.ac.uk , Oxford University), Helen Byrne, Philip Maini,
Heiko Enderling
PS15: Mathematical Model of HPV and the Disruption of Tissue Homeostasis
Anna K. Miller* (amiller@math.utah.edu, University of Utah), Karl Munger, Frederick R. Adler
PS16: Cell Repair Mechanisms Responsible for Chemotherapy Resistance in
Brain Tumors.
Inmaculada Sorribes*, Harsh Jain
PS17: Evolution of treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancer
Khoa Dang Ho, Paige N. Mitchell, William J. Baker, Jonathan Trautman*,
Chandler M. Grant, Alaina E. Daum, and John D. Nagy
Arizona State University
PS18: Emergence of Chemotherapeutic Resistance in a Evolutionary Game
Theoretic Model
Drew Williamson* (dfw36@case.edu, Case-Western Reserve University), Nara Yoon, Artem Kaznatcheev, Andriy Marusyk,
David Basanta, Jacob Scott
CELL BIOLOGY
PS19: A space-jump derivation for non-local models of cell-cell adhesion.
Andreas Buttenschoen* (abuttens@ualberta.ca, University of Alberta), T. Hillen, A. Gerisch, K. J. Painter
PS21: Cytosolic Liquid-Liquid Phase Transitions in Multinucleate Cells
Kelsey Gasior* (kgasior@email.unc.edu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Jia Zhao, Jay Newby, Erin Langdon, Greg Forest, Amy Gladfelter
PS22: Modelling persistence in motion in cell migration at multiple scales
Enrico Gavagnin* (e.gavagnin@bath.ac.uk, University of Bath), Christian A. Yates
PS23: Length distribution dynamics of intermediate filaments
Marine Jacquier* (marine.jacquier@umanitoba.ca, University of Manitoba), Norbert Mucke, Stephanie Portet
PS24: Numerical investigation of skin burn injuries with cell regeneration
using wavelet method
Pappu Kumar* (pkumar.rs.apm12@itbhu.ac.in, Indian Institute of Technology), K. N. Rai
PS25: Modeling the effects of Aβ on calcium signals through IP3 receptors.
Joe Latulippe*, Joe Minicucci
Norwich University
PS26: Understanding zebrafish pigmentation patterns through mathematical
modelling
Jennifer Owen* (
University of Bath)
PS27: Modeling Actin Regulations by Cofilin in Motility Structures of Cancer
Cells
Nessy Tania* (ntania@smith.edu, Smith College)
PS28: A mathematical model of DNA methylation dynamics in somatic cells
Kiersten Utsey* (utsey@math.utah.edu, University of Utah), James P. Keener
PS29: Chemotactic Cell Migration Models for the Zebrafish Posterior Lateral
Line Primordium
Leif Zinn-Bjorkman* (lzinnbj@math.utah.edu, The University of Utah), Frederick R. Adler
COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
PS30: MET Transition in Somite Formation using Cellular Potts Model
Priyom Adhyapok* (padhyapo@iu.edu, Indiana University Bloomington), Sherry G Clendenon, J. Scott Gens , James A Glazier
PS31: Forecasting Influenza Incidence with CDC Web Traffic Data
Wendy K. Caldwell* (Wendy.Caldwell@asu.edu, Arizona State University), Geoffrey Fairchild, Sara Y. Del Valle
PS32: Application of the Immersed Boundary Method to Epithelial Bending
Fergus Cooper* (fergus.cooper@maths.ox.ac.uk, University of Oxford), Ruth Baker, Alexander Fletcher, Jeremy Green
PS33: Feedback Analysis in the Kidney
Irina Cristali* (irina.cristali@duke.edu, Duke University), Anita Layton
PS34: Bayesian Estimate of the Parameters of a Stochastic Differential
Model of HIV Incidence in the United States
Renee Dale* (rdale1@lsu.edu, Louisiana State University), BeiBei Guo
PS35: Synchronization hubs may arise from rhythmic inhibition in gamma
oscillations
Stefanos Folias* (sfolias@alaska.edu, University of Alaska Anchorage), Shan Yu, Abigail Synder, Danko Nikolić, Jonathan Rubin,
PS36: Using Mixed Effects Modeling to Analyze Patients with Diabetic Foot
Ulcers
Rachel French* (rachel.french786@topper.wku.edu, Western Kentucky University), Rachel Turner*, Jacob Menix, Richard Schugart
PS37: A continuum model of growth with active patterning
Teemu Häkkinen* (teemu.hakkinen@aalto.finna.fi, Aalto University), Jukka Jernvall
PS38: Modeling nucleosomal DNA in living yeast: Nucleolus dynamics
and structure
Caitlin Hult* (chult@live.unc.edu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), David Adalsteinsson, Paula Vasquez,
Josh Lawrimore, Kerry Bloom, Greg Forest,
PS39: Identifying Optimal Sampling Distributions for Individual Patients
Nigar Karimli* (nigar.karimli042@topper.wku.edu, Western Kentucky University), Ayush Prasad, Richard Schugart
PS40: Organoid3D: the role of microenvironmental heterogeneity on the
development of breast tumor spheroids elucidated with computational
modeling
Aleksandra Karolak*, Branton Huffstutler, Zain Khan, Dmitry A.
Markov, Lisa J. McCawley, Katarzyna A. Rejniak
Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
PS41: Decomposing leaf hydraulic conductance with a hybrid numerical method
Frank H. Lynch* (lynch@ewu.edu, Eastern Washington University), Gretchen B. North
PS42: Modeling the Effect of Perfluorooctanic Acid on the Survival of
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Cells
Jocylin D. Pierro†*, Angela L. Peace, Sarah J. Webb,
Céline A.J. Godard-Codding
Texas Tech University
PS43: Quantifying the Impact of Trypsin on In Vitro Viral Infections
Thalia Rodriguez*, Hana Dobrovolny
PS44: MeshmerizeMe: A Tool for the Creation of Curvilinear Meshes for Immersed
Boundary Simulations
Michael Senter*, Laura Miller
PS45: Optimal control of vaccination rate in an epidemiological model of
Clostridium difficile transmission
Brittany Stephenson* (bstephenson@math.utk.edu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Cristina Lanzas, Suzanne Lenhart, Judy Day
PS46: Defective Interfering Particles: Intracellular interference in
Poliovirus
Jakub Voznica* (jakub.voznica@ucsf.edu, University of California, San Francisco), Elsa Rousseau, Yuta Shirogate, Igor Rouzine,
Simone Bianco, Raul Andino
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS
PS47: Mechanical constructs of population survival dynamics
Tim Eakin* (eakin@austin.utexas.edu, The University of Texas at Austin), Tarynn Witten
PS48: Particle Diffusion and Competitive Receptor Binding
Gregory Handy
Alla Borisyuk, Gregory Handy* (handy@math.utah.edu, University of Utah), Sean Lawley
PS49: Modeling Daphnia growth under concurrent stoichiometric and
toxicological constraints
Md Nazmul Hassan*, Kelsey Thompson, Gregory Mayer, Angela Peace
Texas Tech University
PS50: A Study of Pharmacokinetic Model
Qianning Liu* (qianning@nmsu.edu, New Mexico State University), Robert Smits
PS51: How should behavior be treated in coupled contagion models?
Matthew T. Osborne* (osborne.334@0osu.edu, The Ohio State University), Joseph Tien
PS52: Ecotoxicological Models under Stoichiometric Constraints
Angela Peace*, Md Nazmul Hassan, Kelsey Thompson, Gregory Mayer
Texas Tech University
PS53: Data-Based Modeling and Implications of Within-Host Dynamics of Barley
Yellow Dwarf Virus
Bruce Pell* (pell1@stolaf.edu, St. Olaf College), Amy Kendig, Elizabeth Borer and Yang Kuang
PS54: Infectious viral dynamics of cellular coinfection in human respiratory
tract
Lubna Pinky* (lubna.pinky@tcu.edu, Texas Christian University), Hana M. Dobrovolny
PS55: Stochastic simulations of HIV persistence
Daniel B Reeves* (dreeves@fredhutch.org, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center), Elizabeth R Duke, Adam R Spivak, Joshua T Schiffer
PS56: Two types of nonlocal diffusions and
the convergence to the random/normal diffusion
Xiaoxia Xie* (xiexia2@isu.edu, Idaho State University), Wenxian Shen
PS57: Modelling on Coral Reefs Ecological System
Yepeng Xinga* (ypxing@shnu.edu.cn, Shanghai Normal University), Pei Yub
PS58: Oscillations in epidemic models with spread of awareness
Winfried Just, Joan Saldana, Ying Xin* (yx123812@ohio.edu, Ohio University)
ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
PS59: Numerical Methods on Irregular Domains for Animal Movement Models
Arjun Ayyangar* (yyangar@mines.sdsmt.edu, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology), Martha Garlick, James Powell
Arjun.A
PS60: Competitive advantage of starvation driven diffusion on strong
competition system
Wonhyung Choi*,Inkyung Ahn,
Korea University
PS61: Testing Animal Motility Estimation Methods Using Simulations
Shaina Colombe* (Shaina.Colombe@mines.sdsmt.edu, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology), Martha Garlick, James Powell
PS62: The impacts of ecosystem engineering and sea-level rise on spread of
invasions
Robin R Decker* (rrdecker@ucdavis.edu, University of California, Davis), Alan Hastings
PS63: How Competing Causes of Cellular Damage Shape the Evolution of Aging
Benjamin Hardisty
University of Utah
PS64: Associational Resistance and Optimal Foraging
Samantha Hill* (hill@math.utah.edu, University of Utah), Fred Adler
PS65: Comparing optimal and feedback control of the yellow fever mosquito
(A. aegypti)
K. Harrison Holmes* (khholmes@huskers.unl.edu, University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Richard Rebarber
PS66: Artificial selection for dispersal in experimental metapopulations of
Tribolium
Adam T. Hrabovsky* (ahrabovs@asu.edu, Arizona State University), Sarah H. Ung, Michele V. Moreno,
Kerry J. Calhoun, Perry Olliver, John D. Nagy
PS67: Human behavior change in terms of the addictive behavors
Jae Hun Jung*
(jaehun@pusan.ac.kr, Pusan National University)
PS68: Competing Barnacle species with time dependent reproduction rate
E.Kadaub* (exk150230@utdallas.edu, University of Texas at Dallas), Dmitry Rachinskii, Maxim Arnold
PS69: A Juvenile-Adult Model for an Amphibian Population with Distributed
Birth and Metamorphosis Rates
Baoling Ma* (baoling.ma@millersville.edu, Millersville University of Pennsylvania), Azmy Ackleh, Qihua Huang
PS70: Invasion by competing types in a discrete heterogeneous habitat
Judith Miller* (Judith.Miller@georgetown.edu, Georgetown University), Camille Hankel
PS71: When to expect predator-prey coevolutionary arms races
Mark Zimmerman* (mzimmer2@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University), R. Brian Langerhans
EDUCATION
PS72: A “Rule-of-Five” Framework for Models & Modeling to Improve Student
Learning
Richard Schugart* (richard.schugart@wku.edu, Western Kentucky University), Carrie D. Eaton, Hannah C. Highlander, Kam D. Dalquist,
M. D. LaMar, Glenn Ledder
PS72a: Mathematical modeling and analysis using
MATLAB and SimBiology to support drug development
Fulden Buyukozturk* (Fulden.Buyukozturk@mathworks.com, MathWorks), Christina Friedrich
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PS73: The use of transmissible, vectored vaccines in disease management
Andrew J. Basinski*, Scott L. Nuismer, Tanner J. Varrelman,
Mark Smithson, Ryan H. May, Christopher H. Remien
PS74: Optimal Intervention Strategies for the Spread of Obesity
Oh Chunyoung* (cyoh@jnu.ac.kr, Chonnam National University), Masud Ma
PS75: Staged Progression and Retrogression Model of Influenza
Willa Del Negro Skeehan* (delnegroskeehan.1@osu.edu, The Ohio State University), Joe Tien, Marisa Eisenburg, Kyle Bagshaw
PS76: A novel mathematical model of HIV and malaria epidemiology
Clayton A. Grubb* (claytongrubb1@gmail.com, Scottsdale Community College), Ryan S. Maziarz, Michele V. Moreno, Chandler Grant,
Aleesa Monaco, Nicholas Roberts, John D. Nagy
PS77: Estimating Disease Transmission Coupling from Spatio-Temporal Epidemic
Data
Karsten Hempel* (hempelkr@math.mcmaster.ca, McMaster University), David Earn
PS78: Yield to the Resistance: The Impact of Nematode Resistant Varieties on
Alfalfa Yield
Scott Jordan* (scottjordan@aggiemail.usu.edu, Utah State University), Luis F. Gordillo
PS79: Impact of dengue infection on feeding behavior of Aedes aegypti
Byul Nim Kim* (air1227@gmail.com, Kyungpook National University), M A Masud, Yongkuk Kim, Won Gun An
PS80: Mathematical model and control strategies for 2009 A/H1N1 influenza in
Korea
Soyoung Kim* (soykim211@gmail.com, Konkuk University), Jonggul Lee, Eunok Jung
PS81: Analysis of a vector-bias effect in the spread of malaria between two
different incidence areas
Sungchan Kim*, M. A. Masudb, Giphil Choa, Il Hyo Junga,
Pusan National University
PS82: The Role of HCWs in a Trade-off Model between Contact and Transmission
for EVD.
Eduan Martinez-Soto* (martinez.eduan@gmail.com, The Ohio State University), Joseph Tien.
PS83: Co-infection dynamics in a novel model of HIV and malaria
Ryan S. Maziarz, Nicholas Roberts* (nicholas.j.roberts@hotmail.com Arizona State University), Michele V. Moreno, Aleesa Monaco,
Chandler Grant, Clayton A. Grubb, and John D. Nagy
PS84: Do pathogens promote invasion of alien species?
Kengo Nagata* (grsa777@gmail.com, Kyushu University), Yoh Iwasa
PS85: Tajima’s D & site-specific nucleotide frequency of pathogen during its
outbreak
Ryosuke Omori* (omori@czc.hokudai.ac.jp, Hokkaido University), Jianhong Wu
PS86: Modeling the mitigation of Zika and dengue fever by infecting mosquitoes
with Wolbachia
Zhuolin Qu* (zqu1@tulane.edu, Tulane University), Ling Xue, James Mac Hyman
PS87: Using Cellular Automata to Model the Epidemic of Gun Violence in
Chicago, IL
Shelby M. Scott*
(sscott41@vols.utk.edu, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
PS88: The Effects of Domestic Animals on Human African Trypanosomiasis
Transmission
Sagi Shaier* (sshaier@students.kennesaw.edu, Kennesaw State University), Meghan Burke
PS89: A Multi-Group Model to Describe The Transmission of
Healthcare-Associated Infections
Thomas Nogueira Vilches* (thomvilches@gmail.com, Universidade Estadual Paulista), Cláudia Pio Ferreira
PS90: Optimal control strategies depending on interest level for the spread of
rumor
Yong Dam Jeong* (wde0539@hanmail.net, Pusan National University), Kwang Su Kim, Il Hyo Jung
FLUIDS & PHYSIOLOGY
PS91: Sensitivity Analysis of a Cardiovascular-Respiratory System Model under
Constant Workload
Pio Gabrielle B. Calderon, Aurelio De los Reyes* (adlreyes@math.upd.edu.ph, University of the Philippines Diliman), Franz Kappel
PS92: Modelling plant growth: what are the limitations to carbon allocation?
Bethany Holland* (bholland1@sheffield.ac.uk, The University of Sheffield), Richard Clayton, Nick Monk, Colin Osborne,
PS93: Exploring the Effect of Membrane Curvature on Lipid Flow
Ross E. Magi* (ross.magi@wallawalla.edu, Walla Walla University), James P. Keener
PS94: Optimizing Flow in Branching Lymphatic Vessels
Anne Talkington*, Laura Miller
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PS95: Cell swimming driven by cortical tension gradients
Hao Wu* (wuxx1798@umn.edu, University of Minnesota Twin Cities), Hans G. Othmer
IMMUNOLOGY, PHARMACOLOGY & SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
PS96: Using dynamic rna-seq gene expression to model flu vaccine immune
response
Bryan A Dawkins⋆(bryan-dawkins@utulsa.edu, University of Tulsa), Brett A McKinney
PS97: Mathematical model of hematopoietic system with myeloid bypass
Shoya Iwanami*, Ryo Yamamoto, Hiroshi Haeno, Shingo Iwami
Kyushu University
PS98: Does Exhaustion Explain Low T-cell Functionality in the Mycobacterium
tuberculosis Granuloma?
Louis Joslyn*, Eileen Wong, JoAnne Flynn, Denise Kirschner
University of Michigan Medical School
PS99: A mathematical model explaining the effect of Raphanus Sativus on cancer
diseases
Angelyn Lao* (angelyn.lao@dlsu.edu.ph, De La Salle University), Jan Marie Claire Edra, Kathleen Dane Talag,
Maria Carmen Tan, Marissa Noel, Ma. Luisa Enriquez
PS100: Multiscale modelling of drug transport in systems pharmacology
Joseph Leedale*, Steven D. Webb, Rachel N. Bearon
PS101: Modeling Antibody-Mucus-HIV Kinetics
Timothy Wessler*, Alex Chen, Scott A. McKinley, Richard Cone, M. Gregory Forest, Samuel K. Lai
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill