Institute for Mathematics and its Applications

University of Minnesota

114 Lind Hall

207 Church Street S.E.

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Web: http://www.ima.umn.edu | Email: ima-staff@ima.umn.edu | Telephone: (612) 624-6066 | Fax: (612) 626-7370
Schedules available at http://www.ima.umn.edu/happening

Sunday, May 11, 2008

All Day Introductory lectures

SW5.11-13.08
12:00p-1:00p Registration and coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
1:00p-1:15p Chehrzad Shakiban, University of Minnesota
Welcome and introduction

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
1:15p-2:15p Michael C. Reed, Duke University
Opening plenary talk: Stochastic analysis is the fundamental tool for understanding biological function

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
2:15p-2:30p Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
2:30p-3:30p John Yin, University of Wisconsin
Intracellular models and single-cell measures of virus growth

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
3:30p-4:00p Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
4:00p-5:00p Thomas G. Kurtz, University of Wisconsin
Analyzing stochastic models

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
5:00p-5:30p Second chances

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
6:30p-8:30p Workshop dinner

Caspian Bistro
2418 University Ave SE Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-623-1133
SW5.11-13.08

Monday, May 12, 2008

8:30a-9:00a Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
9:00a-10:00a Samuel Kou, Harvard University
Subdiffusion and reaction networks in biophysics

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
10:00a-10:30a Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
10:30a-11:30a Johan Paulsson, Harvard Medical School
Fundamental limits on the suppression of randomness in biology

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
11:30a-1:15p Lunch

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
1:15p-2:45p Peter W. Glynn, Stanford University; Peter J. Haas, IBM Research Division
An introduction to discrete-event simulation

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
2:45p-3:15p Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
3:15p-3:45p Gheorghe Craciun, University of Wisconsin
Part I: Local and global stability of biochemical reaction network dynamics

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
3:50p-4:20p Ruth J. Williams, University of California, San Diego
Part II: Homotopy methods for counting reaction network equilibria

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
4:20p-4:50p Second chances

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
4:50p-5:00p Group photo

SW5.11-13.08
5:00p-6:30p Reception and Poster Session

Lind Hall 400 SW5.11-13.08
Yiannis N. Kaznessis, University of Minnesota:
  Stochastic models for intracellular reaction networks
Mónica F. Bugallo, SUNY; Petar M. Djuric, SUNY:
  Solutions to inverse problems of biochemical networks using stochastic methods
Melissa Vellela, University of Washington:
  Stochastic modeling of bistable chemical systems: Schlogl's model
David F. Anderson, University of Wisconsin:
  Product form stationary distributions for deficiency zero chemical reaction networks
Hye-Won Kang, University of Wisconsin:
  Multiscale methods in a heat shock response model
Kyung Hyuk Kim, University of Washington:
  Stochastic control analysis for biological reaction systems
Anilkumar Devarapu, University of Louisville:
  Stochastic simulations of reaction-diffusion models
Ioana Cipcigan, University of Maryland Baltimore County; Muruhan Rathinam, University of Maryland Baltimore County:
  Interlaced Euler scheme for stiff stochastic differential equations
Rishi Srivastava, University of Wisconsin:
  Stochastic modeling of vesicular stomatitis virus(VSV) growth in cells: An application of order statistics to predict replication delays
Arnab Ganguly, University of Wisconsin:
  Simulating discrete biochemical reaction systems
Howard Salis, University of California:
  Predicting translation rate from sequence
Richard Yamada, University of Michigan:
  Biochemical and network modeling of the mammalian suprachiasmatic nucleus

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

8:15a-8:45a Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
8:45a-9:45a Lev S. Tsimring, University of California, San Diego
Stochastic oscillations in small genetic networks

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
9:45a-10:45a Yiannis N. Kaznessis, University of Minnesota
Multiscale models for synthetic biology

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
10:45a-11:15a Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
11:15a-12:15p Hans G. Othmer, University of Minnesota
Stochastic aspects of actin filament dynamics

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
12:15p-1:45p Lunch

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
1:45p-2:45p Darren James Wilkinson, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Bayesian inference for stochastic intracellular reaction network models

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
2:45p-3:45p Grzegorz A. Rempala, University of Louisville
Inferring an underlying reaction network from the data

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
3:45p-4:15p Coffee

EE/CS 3-176 SW5.11-13.08
4:15p-4:45p Second chances

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08
4:45p-5:45p James C. Liao, University of California
Closing plenary talk: Metabolic engineering and metabolic modeling: where do we go from here?

EE/CS 3-180 SW5.11-13.08

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

11:15a-12:15p Howard A. Levine, Iowa State University
Some mathematical issues arising in single and multiple target SELEX

Lind Hall 409 MMCB

Thursday, May 15, 2008

2:00p-3:00p Peter R. Kramer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Theoretical framework for microscopic osmotic phenomena

Lind Hall 409 WS-STM

Friday, May 16, 2008

No events scheduled.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

No events scheduled.

Legend:

MMCB: Mathematics of Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar; SW5.11-13.08: Stochastic Models for Intracellular Reaction Networks; WS-STM: Working seminar — Stochastic techniques in microbiology;