Mathematical Modeling Of Cell Processes Tutorials
September 2003– August 2004

Tutorial on the Cell Cycle (September 2-5, 2003):

Topics include physiology and molecular biology of the cell cycle, computational models of cell cycle control, cancer biology, and basic principles of chemotherapy.

 

Tutorial on Signal Transduction (January 5-9, 2004)
Organizer: James Sneyd

Topics include the physiology of calcium dynamics, calcium oscillations and waves, photorecepter physiology, odoreceptor physiology, and physiology of neurosecretory cells.

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Tutorial on Synapses and Muscles (March 1-4, 2004)
Organizer: James Sneyd

Topics include physiology of synapses, models of synapses, muscle physiology, and models of muscles.

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Tutorial on Immunology Models (May 6-7, 2004)
Organizer: Denise Kirschner and Thomas Kepler

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Speaker: Thomas Kepler, Departments of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University
Schedule:

5/6 Thursday
9:00-10:00am	Host-microbe interactions, parasitism and pathogenecity. Components of the immune system: molecules, cells, and tissues.
10:00-10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30-11:30am	Antigen receptors, somatic diversification and signaling; immune phenomenology: tolerance, immune response, memory, vaccination.
11:30-2:00pm	Lunch
2:00-3:00pm	Discussions
5/7 Friday
9:00-10:00am	Pathogen evasion of immune defenses. Autoimmunity. Evolutionary and comparative aspects.
10:00-10:30am	Coffee Break
10:30-11:30am	Immunological essays, statistical and mathematical models in immunology.
11:30-2:00pm	Lunch
2:00-3:00pm	Discussions

 

Tutorial on Host-pathogen Interactions (June 15-16, 2004)
Organizer: Denise Kirschner

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Speaker: Denise Kirschner, University of Michigan Medical School
Schedule:

Tuesday, June 15
10:30am - 12:00pm	Introduction to host-pathogen dynamics.
12:00pm - 2:00pm	Discussion and lunch
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Obligate steps for pathogens when they interact with the host.
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Discussions
Wednesday, June 16
9:00am - 10:00am	Model 1: Using mathematics to model infectious diseases.
10:15am - 11:30am	Examples of modeling immune-viral interactions*
11:30am - 1:00pm	Discussion and lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm	Model 2: Examples of modeling immune-bacterial interactions#
2:30pm - 3:00pm	Discussions

*See paper hand-out- Perelson, Kirschner, DeBoer

#See paper hand-out-Kirschner and Blaser