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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Friday, May 16, 2008

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

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