Frontiers of Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Computation and Analysis

国际会议“数学生物学前沿：建模，分析和计算”将于2018年5月2日至4日在佛罗里达奥兰多的中央佛罗里达大学举行。这次会议由NSF数学生物学计划支持，将汇集数学和生物科学的研究人员，传播他们在利用数学研究癌症和神经科学，生态学和化学反应等学科方面的最新进展。该项目鼓励研究生和早期职业研究人员的参与。与会者将包括领先的国际研究人员以及博士后和研究生。该计划包括由高级研究人员提供的六次全体会议，七十次邀请和贡献的会谈（包括早期职业参与者的二十次），以及为年轻研究人员提供的指导活动。将作出特别努力，吸引最近获得博士学位的人和研究生参加会议活动，特别是代表人数不足的少数民族和女科学家。会议将有助于建立新的合作以及更新现有的合作。会议的广泛主题是使用微分方程来研究生物学中的时间和时空动态的数学模型分析。专题包括：原发性乳腺癌组织和细胞系中的癌症干细胞以及非线性生长动力学的作用;偶联细胞网络中的模式形成;化学反应中空间扰动的扩散和发展过程中导致结构和着色的图灵模式形成;以及描述化学信号传导和生命系统构建所依赖的控制的大规模微分方程偶联系统的系统方法。会议将通过来自不同数学学科和生物学家的研究人员之间的合作，促进新思想和创新工具的发展。本次会议将促进新一代美国数学家与数学和生物学领域领先的高级研究人员之间的科学互动，并通过会前辅导活动加强。全体会议的发言者将被鼓励接触更广泛的受众，对各自领域的当前研究进行非技术性调查，并提出新的研究方向。更多信息请访问会议网站： http://sciences.ucf.edu/math/mathbioThis奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

The international conference "Frontiers of Mathematical Biology: Modeling, Analysis and Computation" will take place at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, on May 2-4, 2018. The meeting, supported by the NSF Mathematical Biology Program, will bring together researchers in mathematical and biological sciences to disseminate their most recent progress on using mathematics to study subjects ranging from cancer and neural sciences to ecology and chemical reactions. This project encourages the participation of graduate students and early career researchers. Participants will include leading international researchers as well as postdocs and graduate students. The schedule includes six plenary talks given by senior researchers, seventy invited and contributed talks (including twenty by early career participants), and mentoring activities for younger researchers. Special effort will be made to attract recent PhD recipients and graduate students to participate in conference activities, particularly underrepresented minorities and female scientists. The conference will help to establish new collaborations as well as to refresh existing collaborations.The broad theme of the conference is the analysis of mathematical models using differential equations to study temporal and spatiotemporal dynamics in biology. Special topics include: cancer stem cells in primary breast cancer tissues and cell lines and the role of non-linear growth kinetics; pattern formation in coupled cell networks; spread of spatial disturbances in chemical reactions and Turing pattern formation leading to structure and coloration during development; and systematic approaches to large-scale coupled systems of differential equations which describe the chemical signaling and control upon which life systems are constructed. The conference will foster development of new ideas and innovative tools through collaboration between researchers from different mathematical disciplines and biologists. This conference will facilitate scientific interactions between a new generation of US mathematicians and leading senior researchers in mathematics and biology, enhanced by mentoring activities before the meeting. Plenary speakers will be encouraged to reach a broader audience, give non-technical surveys of current research in their field, and suggest new research directions. More information is available on the conference website: http://sciences.ucf.edu/math/mathbioThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.