ICBW04
9 December 2001 to 15 December 2001
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together experimentalists and theoreticians working in Immunology, Ecology and Epidemiology with the aim of fostering interaction and research.
In this time of unprecedented environmental change it is crucial for scientists to formulate a mechanistic description of the change based on underlying ecological processes. For example, the spatial spread of introduced exotic organisms, many of which are pest species, can have a devastating effect on the indigenous flora and fauna; species ranges shift in response to abiotic factors (such as climate), biotic factors (such as new competitors/parasites) or evolutionary adaptions; new diseases spread spatially; and competitive plant communities can change drastically in composition when disturbed by fire and clear cutting.
Approaches using classical deterministic mathematical models have had some limited success in describing these spatial ecological processes. However, there is a growing realization, amongst ecologists and theoreticians alike, that stochastic factors, both demographic and environmental, play a fundamental role in determining ecological outcomes.
Because of new technology the quantification of cellular populations is now routine in immunology laboratories. This has led to a steadily increasing stream of kinetic data on the population dynamics of various types of immune cells. With this accumulation of data comes a realisation that a proper understanding of the underlying dynamical systems will only be achieved when the data are considered within the organising framework of a formal theoretical model. Mathematical immunologists have energetically responded to this newly felt need, forming a growing number of close collaborations between theoretical and laboratory immunlogists. Some of these collaborations have been rich sources of new insights; not only into biological processes, but also in showing the usefulness of mathematical modelling to large tranches of a biological community.
As outlined above fundamental to such interactions is the question of how one manages the wealth of molecular detail, and where appropriate, how this detail might be incorporated into a macroscopic or population level description.
In seeking answers to these questions a major objective is to attempt to identify mathematical and computational methods common to these areas, whether the individuals are molecules, cells or organisms.
The workshop will provide a forum in which to identify problems, to understand what has been accomplished in various areas and to seek new directions of research.
Scientific enquiries may be addressed to Professor Brian Sleeman.
Monday 10th December 2001 | |||
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08:30 to 09:50 | No Room Required | ||
09:50 to 10:00 | No Room Required | ||
10:00 to 11:00 |
Lee Segel University of California, Irvine and Weizmann Institute of Science |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
11:30 to 12:30 |
D Wodarz Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:30 to 15:30 | Room 1 | ||
15:30 to 16:00 | No Room Required | ||
16:00 to 17:00 |
Rustom Antia Emory University |
Room 1 | |
17:00 to 18:00 | No Room Required | ||
19:00 to 00:00 | No Room Required |
Tuesday 11th December 2001 | |||
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09:00 to 10:00 |
Alan Hastings University of California, Davis |
Room 1 | |
10:00 to 11:00 |
Charles Godfray |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
11:30 to 12:30 |
Julian Lewis |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:30 to 15:30 |
Yoh Iwasa Kyushu University |
Room 1 | |
15:30 to 16:00 | No Room Required | ||
19:00 to 00:00 | No Room Required |
Wednesday 12th December 2001 | |||
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10:00 to 11:00 |
Extensive MHC polymorphism requires frequency-dependent selection by coevolving pathogens |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
11:30 to 12:30 |
C Bangham |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
14:30 to 15:30 |
Akira Sasaki Kyushu University |
Room 1 | |
15:30 to 16:00 | No Room Required | ||
16:00 to 17:00 |
Nigel John Burroughs University of Warwick |
Room 1 | |
19:00 to 00:00 | No Room Required |
Thursday 13th December 2001 | |||
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09:00 to 10:00 |
Andrew Peter Dobson |
Room 1 | |
10:00 to 11:00 |
The roles of chance and spatial structure within host evolution of HIV |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
11:30 to 12:30 |
Waves and sparks in the spatio-temporal dynamics of microparasitic infections |
Room 1 | |
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
15:00 to 15:30 | Room 1 | ||
15:30 to 16:00 | No Room Required | ||
16:00 to 17:00 |
David Rand University of Warwick |
Room 1 | |
20:00 to 00:00 |
Conference Dinner at Christ's College (No Dinner at Wolfson Court) |
No Room Required |
Friday 14th December 2001 | |||
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09:00 to 10:00 |
Shigui Ruan Dalhousie University |
Room 1 | |
10:00 to 11:00 |
Modified mean-field models and self-organisation in spatial systems for antagonistic interactions |
Room 1 | |
11:00 to 11:30 | No Room Required | ||
11:30 to 12:30 | Room 1 | ||
12:30 to 13:30 | No Room Required | ||
19:00 to 00:00 | No Room Required |
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