May 24-25, 2023
The main goal of the conference is to offer a platform for national and international researchers to share recent advances on mathematical modelling in biology, with a focus on cancer research. As biological processes typically happen on different scales in either time or space, the mathematical focus of the conference will be on multiple-scale analysis and perturbation theory.
The conference will be held in person over two days, on Wednesday May 24th and Thursday May 25th, in the Bayes Centre (room G.03) of the University of Edinburgh. It will consist of 14 invited talks and a poster session. See below for a detailed programme.
Dr. Nikola Popovic & Dr. Tatiana Filatova (School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
For any further information, please email Tatiana Filatova at tfilatov@ed.ac.uk
Registration for the conference is free. There are limited spaces for attendees.
Registration now closed.
We are pleased to announce the following confirmed speakers:
Professor Mark Chaplain University of St. Andrews "Mathematical Modelling of Cancer Invasion and Metastatic Spread"
Professor Philip Gerlee Chalmers University "Weak selection and time scale separation in ecological and evolutionary dynamics"
Professor Sebastian Wieczorek University College Cork "Rate-induced tipping to Zombie fires: Crossing quasi-thresholds in multiple timescale systems"
Professor Pavol Bokes Comenius University in Bratislava "Effects of large distributed delays on noisy genetic feedback circuits"
Professor Anne Skeldon University of Surrey "The fast-slow dynamics of sleep regulation"
Professor Jonathan Adam Sherratt Heriot-Watt University "An Impulsive PDE Model for Semi-Arid Vegetation"
Dr. Maximilian Engel Freie Universität Berlin "A geometric singular perturbation approach to the Brusselator"
Dr. Lucy Martin University of Edinburgh "Modelling the spread of senescence"
Dr. Noemi Picco Swansea University "Protective niches and the emergence of drug resistance in cancer"
Dr. Svitlana Braichenko University of St. Andrews "PoMo: Inferring Phylogenies and Disentangling Modes of Natural Selection"
Dr. Lyndsay Kerr University of Edinburgh "Cluster mean-field theory accurately predicts statistical properties of large-scale DNA methylation patterns"
Dr. Jochen Kursawe University of St. Andrews "Emergence and consequences of transcription factor dynamics during development"
Rodrigo García-Tejera University of Edinburgh "Investigating regulation strategies of stem cell populations through stochastic modelling"
Dr. Fiona Ruth Macfarlane University of St. Andrews "Bridging the gap between individual-based and continuum models of growing cell populations"
Viktoria Freingruber Heriot-Watt University "Modelling the collective migration of Neural crest cells/ How cells work together to migrate more efficiently"
Toyo Vignal Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh "Vegetation stripes in Scotland: self-organisation of heather (Calluna vulgaris) in regular bands"
Elizabeth Howell Heriot Watt University "Using model systems to understand infection dynamics in a reservoir host: a case study of squirrelpox in red and grey squirrels"
Iain Souttar University of Edinburgh "Piecewise deterministic models for collective navigation: a multiscale analysis"
Sofie Verhees Heriot-Watt University & University of Edinburgh "Modelling intracellular signalling processes and elasticity"
Alex Richardson University of Edinburgh "Neural Cellular Automata: a modelling framework for emergence"
Xiaoyuan Liu University of York "Adaptive Dynamics in Switching Environments: Modelling the Evolution of Sex"
Dr. Giuseppe Torrisi University of Edinburgh "Gene interaction networks inferred from activation and inhibition perturbations"
Dr. Teresita Suarez Noguez Roslin Institute "Data-driven predictions of disease outbreaks in the UK pig industry"
Andrew Mair The Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences "Modelling the influence of preferential flow and root architectural traits on drought resistance in plants"
Here you will find additional information about the conference and the schedule of talks and posters.
Please click here to download the book of abstracts.
| 9:00-9:45 | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 9:45-10:00 | Opening Ceremony | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Plenary talk by Professor Mark Chaplain | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Talk by Dr. Fiona Ruth Macfarlane | |
| 11:45-12:30 | Talk by Dr. Lyndsay Kerr | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break & Coffee | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Talk by Dr. Maximilian Engel | |
| 14:45-15:30 | Talk by Professor Anne Skeldon | 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-16:45 | Talk Professor Philip Gerlee | |
| 16:45-17:30 | Talk by Dr. Svitlana Braichenko | |
| 17:30-19:30 | Poster Session & Wine Reception | |
| 9:15-10:00 | Breakfast | |
| 10:00-11:00 | Plenary Talk by Professor Pavol Bokes | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Talk by Dr. Jochen Kursawe | |
| 11:45-12:30 | Talk by Dr Noemi Picco | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break & Coffee | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Talk by Rodrigo García | |
| 14:45-15:30 | Talk by Dr. Lucy Martin | 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-16:45 | Talk by Professor Sebastian Wieczorek | |
| 16:45-17:30 | Talk by Professor Jonathan Sherratt | |