Biomathematics Seminar Spring 2017 Tuesday or Thursday, 3:30 pm Chem 107 or Math 16 Wednesday, 11am Math 10 (Video Presentations, National Mathematical Biology Colloquia, MBI) The Biomathematics Seminar schedule will be updated periodically. SCHEDULE: January 24, Tuesday, Biomathematics Colloquium: Wenjing Zhang, Chem 107, 3:30 pm February 2, Thursday, Biomathematics Colloquium: Rebecca Everett, Chem 107, 3:30 pm February 9, Thursday, Biomathematics Colloquium: Naveen Vaidya, Chem 107, 3:30 pm February 15, Wednesday, National Mathematical Biology Colloquium, Math 10, 11-11:50 am Joel Cohen, Professor of Populations & Head of Laboratory, Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller & Columbia Universities Title: The variation is the theme: Taylor's law from Chagas disease vector control to tornado outbreaks Abstract: Darwin and Mendel discovered key roles of variation in biology. Some useful tools for quantifying, understanding, and exploiting variation are not sufficiently widely known among biologists. Taylor's power law of fluctuation scaling describes a relationship between the variance and the mean of a positive quantity. Examples of Taylor's law include the population density of bacteria, rice, wheat, potatoes, trees, triatomine bugs that transmit Chagas disease, fish, rodents, and humans; the numbers of cells per mammalian organ, parasites per host, cancer metastases, and single nucleotide polymorphisms; and non-biological quantities such as the prime numbers, the number of tornadoes per outbreak, and the volumes of currency exchanges and stock trades. Taylor's law results from a wide variety of processes, so inferences based on Taylor's law require care. This talk will be partly a tutorial addressed to the question: What can Taylor's law do for you? February 21, Tuesday, Colloquium: Gou Wei, Chem 107, 3:30 pm February 23, Thursday, Colloquium: Youngioon Hong, Chem 107, 3:30 pm February 28, Tuesday, No Biomathematics Seminar March 7, Tuesday, Please attend another Seminar March 15, Wednesday, National Mathematical Biology Colloquium, 11:00-11:50 am (OPTIONAL, login to MBI website, Spring Break) Uri Alon, Professor, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, MBI Website Title: Design Principles in Biology March 21, Tuesday, Biomathematics Seminar: Lourdes Juan, Title: "Space/time evolutionary stoichiometric model for the algae- Daphnia ecosystem", Math 16, 3:30 pm March 28, Tuesday, Biomathematics Seminar: Lourdes Juan, Title: "Space/time evolutionary stoichiometric model for the algae- Daphnia ecosystem, Part II", Math 16, 3:30 pm Abstract of Talk: ABSTRACT April 12, Wednesday, National Mathematical Biology Colloquium, Math 10, 11-11:50 am. James Keener, Professor, Dept of Math, University of Utah Title: "Cell Physiology: Making Diffusion Your Friend" MBI Website April 18, Tuesday, Biomathematics Seminar, Math 16, 3:30 pm Aadrita Nandi, Title: "Stochastic models of superspreading in epidemics" and Krystin Steelman, Title: "Modeling the early stages of a within-host infection" April 28, Friday, West Texas Applied Math Graduate Minisymposium, WTAMGM website MBI National Mathematical Biology Colloquium TTU Biological Sciences Biology Seminar Series Back to math home page