Mini-symposium on Immunology and Infectious Diseases at BIOMATH2019

该项目将为参加2019年6月在波兰贝德勒沃举行的BIOMATH19会议期间作为暑期班一部分的国际小型研讨会“免疫学和传染病建模的数学方法”的早期美国研究人员提供支持。该会议是一年一度的国际活动，致力于生命科学中最近的研究突破和新的数学挑战。职业生涯早期的美国研究人员将接触到生物学、生态学、医学、生物技术、生物工程和环境科学方面的广泛国际研究社区。拟议的小型研讨会将是BIOMATH19的一个卫星活动，旨在发展复杂动力学、统计学和计算科学之间的专业知识。所提供的数学技术不仅与免疫学和传染病有关，而且在化学、神经科学、物理学、社会学、心理学、生物计量学、国土安全和国防中有多种应用。美国小型研讨会的与会者将与国际同行建立有价值的联系，包括一个专注于预防病媒传播疾病的跨学科联盟的成员。小型研讨会将包括由私人投资机构向20-30名参与者发表的几次演讲，以及美国早期职业研究人员的简短演讲。该活动的目标是：1)介绍数学和统计工具的最新进展和数学流行病学的新发展；2)增加美国研究人员的国际参与，特别是对数学生物学感兴趣的初级教师和博士后研究员。15名职业生涯早期、在美国的参与者将得到支持。申请将在数学生物学社区广泛征求；妇女和代表人数不足的群体的成员将特别受到鼓励。美国与会者还将有机会与一个由欧洲研究人员组成的跨学科联盟进行互动，该联盟专注于通过蚊子纳米技术驱避剂(IMAAC)对前卫疾病控制的调查和数学分析。会议细节可以在website:https://www.impan.pl/en/activities/banach-center/conferences/19-biomathThis奖项上找到，该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will support early-career US researchers participating in an international mini-symposium titled "Mathematical Methods in Immunology and Infectious Disease Modeling" to be held as part of the summer school during the BIOMATH19 conference in Bedlewo, Poland in June 2019. The conference is an annual international event devoted to recent research breakthroughs and new mathematical challenges arising in life sciences. Early-career US researchers will be exposed to a broad international research community in biology, ecology, medicine, biotechnology, bioengineering, and environmental science. The proposed mini-symposium will be a satellite event of BIOMATH19 designed to develop expertise at the interface of complex dynamics, statistics, and computational science. The mathematical techniques presented have relevance beyond immunology and infectious diseases, with multiple applications in chemistry, neuroscience, physics, sociology, psychology, biometrics, homeland security and national defense. US mini-symposium attendees will establish valuable contacts with international peers, including members of an interdisciplinary consortium focusing on the prevention of vector borne diseases. The mini-symposium will include several talks delivered by the PIs to 20-30 participants, as well as short presentations by US early-career researchers. The objectives of the activity are to: 1) Present an up-to-date review of mathematical and statistical tools and new developments in mathematical epidemiology, and 2) Increase international participation by US-based researchers, especially junior faculty and post-doctoral fellows interested in mathematical biology. Fifteen early-career, US-based participants will be supported. Applications will be solicited broadly across the mathematical biology community; women and members of underrepresented groups will be particularly encouraged to apply. The US attendees will also have an opportunity to interact with an interdisciplinary consortium of European researchers focusing on the Investigation & Mathematical Analysis of Avant-garde Disease Control via Mosquito Nano-Tech-Repellents (IMAAC). BIOMATH19 conference details may be found on the website:https://www.impan.pl/en/activities/banach-center/conferences/19-biomathThis 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.