Conference: Biology and Medicine through Mathematics; Virginia Commonwealth University; May 20-22, 2016

该奖项用于资助将于2016年春季在弗吉尼亚联邦大学举行的为期3天的会议--《数学中的生物学和医学》。会议的主要议题是生态学、进化论、流行病学、医学、神经科学和流体动力学。全体演讲将由国际知名演讲者、亚利桑那大学的吉姆·库欣、不列颠哥伦比亚大学的莉亚·埃德尔斯坦-凯舍特、匹兹堡大学的巴德·埃门特劳特和犹他大学的詹姆斯·基纳主持。他们的专业知识涵盖了数学理论在解决和模拟源于生命科学和医学应用的问题方面的广泛应用。在会议上，他们的演讲将提供研究的亮点，涵盖人口动力学、细胞生物学、神经科学、伤口愈合以及心脏的化学和物理行为等主题。本次会议将提供一个亲密的会议环境，让各级与会者有机会展示海报或发表演讲。会议期间将安排活动，为初级和高级研究人员提供交流机会。将颁发旅行奖励，以促进初级参与者的出席，并特别注意为妇女和数学和科学领域任职人数不足的少数群体提供参加的机会。这次会议将由弗吉尼亚联邦大学主办。这次会议的目标是：i)提供一个交流生物数学研究的场所，这些研究突出联邦战略利益领域(健康、医学、全球和环境变化)以及数学生物学方法的研究；ii)促进初级研究人员(研究生、博士后研究员和初级教员)的研究；iii)通过为初级和高级研究人员之间建立良好的网络环境来帮助培训下一代数学生物学研究人员。数学生物学广阔领域的新发展将被介绍给不同的学生、博士后研究人员和教职员工。本次会议得到了数学科学部数学生物学项目的支持。有关这次会议的详情，请浏览会议网站：go.vcu.edu/bamm。

This award assists with funding the 3-day conference, Biology and Medicine through Mathematics, to be held in Spring 2016 at the Virginia Commonwealth University. The main topics of the conference are Ecology, Evolution, Epidemiology, Medicine, Neuroscience and Fluid Dynamics. Plenary lectures will be given by internationally renowned speakers, Jim Cushing of the University of Arizona, Leah Edelstein-Keshet of the University of British Columbia, Bard Ermentrout of the University of Pittsburgh, and James Keener of the University of Utah. Their expertise covers a broad representation of the application of mathematical theory to the solution and modeling of problems originating in life science and medical applications. At the meeting their talks will provide highlights of research encompassing topics in population dynamics, cell biology, neuroscience, wound healing and the chemical and physical behavior of the heart. This meeting will provide an intimate conference environment with opportunities for participants at all levels to present a poster or give a talk. There will be scheduled events during the conference to provide networking opportunities between junior and senior researchers. Travel awards will be given to promote the the attendance of junior participants with particular attention to providing opportunities for attendance by women and underrepresented minorities in mathematics and science. This conference will be hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University. The goals of this conference are to: i) provide a venue for the exchange of biomathematics research that highlights research in areas of federal strategic interest (health, medicine, and global and environmental changes), as well as, methods in mathematical biology; ii) promote the research of junior investigators (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty); and iii) help train the next generation of researchers in mathematical biology by providing a good environment for networking between junior and senior researchers. New developments in the broad field of mathematical biology will be introduced to a diverse group of students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty. This meeting is supported by the Mathematical Biology program of the Division of Mathematical Sciences. Details for this conference can be found at the conference website go.vcu.edu/bamm.