Issue's Topics:
Mentoring Program at the 2004 SMB Meeting
SMB 2004 Reminder
Simon Levin Awarded 2004 Heineken Prize
Master Class 2004/2005 Stochastics in Molecular Biology and Genetics
ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms - CFP Deadline
Link to video - Nonlinear dynamics and chaos: Lab demonstrations
Content of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering's First Issue
HHMI Guide to Scientific Management
Postdoc, Computational Neuroscience - Neuronal Network Modeling
Faculty Positions at National University of Singapore
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From: Gerda de Vries <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:31:48 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Mentoring Program at the 2004 SMB Meeting
MENTORING PROGRAM FOR JUNIOR SCIENTISTS ATTENDING
THE 2004 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/SMB2004/
Objective
The Society for Mathematical Biology recognizes the importance of mentoring
in the development of a successful career in mathematical biology. Following
the successful mentoring program at previous annual meetings, we are again
offering a mentoring program for the benefit of junior scientists attending
the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, to be held
at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, July 25-28, 2004. The
goal of this program is two-fold:
- to optimize the educational and professional experience of mentees
attending the conference;
- to assist the mentees' socialization into the field of mathematical
biology.
How does it work?
Anyone attending the annual meeting can sign up, either as a mentee, a
mentor, or both. Junior scientists can request to be matched with a senior
scientist. Junior scientists include students (both undergraduate and
graduate), postdoctoral fellows, research assistants, newly appointed faculty
members, etc. Senior scientists include postdoctoral fellows, research
assistants, faculty members, etc. Because of the overlap in our definitions
of junior and senior scientists, some individuals may sign up both as a
mentee and a mentor.
If you would like to participate, contact the coordinator of the mentoring
program (see below). The coordinator will find suitable matches, based on
research interests and/or special requests.
How do I sign up?
Please contact the coordinator of the mentoring program by June 1, 2004:
Gerda de Vries
Department of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2G1
CANADA
email: [log in para visualizar]
fax: (780) 492 - 6826
For more information on the mentoring program, please visit the SMB web page
at http://www.smb.org (you can find the link to the mentoring program under
the Resources menu item).
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From: Patrick Nelson <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 14:16:18 -0400
Subject: SMB 2004 Reminder
SMB 2004 reminder that early registration is quickly approaching its
deadline. Please register before May 15, 2004 at the lower rate. Rates do
include dinner on Sunday and Tuesday; lunch on Monday and Wednesday.
The conference schedule has been tentatively set. Please check out the
website at
See http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/SMB2004/SMBindex.html
for more updated information.
Regards, SMB2004 organizers
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From: Amy Bordvik <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:36:16 -0400
Subject: Simon Levin Awarded 2004 Heineken Prize
Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences 2004 awarded to Simon Levin
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded the Dr A.H.
Heineken Prize for Environmental Sciences 2004 (USD 150,000) to Professor
Simon A. Levin, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton
University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States, for 'his insights into the
effects of scale on ecosystems'.
For further information regarding the prestigious award please see following
site
http://www.knaw.nl/heinekenprizes/index.html
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From: Eduard Belitser <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:04:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Master Class 2004/2005 Stochastics in Molecular Biology and Genetics
Master Class 2004/2005,
"Stochastics in Molecular Biology and Genetics",
Mathematical Research Institute, the Netherlands
The Master Classes occupy an important place in the programme of studies
offered by the nation-wide Mathematical Research Institute (MRI)
http://www.math.uu.nl/mri/ in The Netherlands. These activities are open to
anyone in his/her final year of undergraduate studies in mathematics,
theoretical physics, or a related field with a comparable mathematical
background, as well as to graduate students.
In the one-year-long Master Class, some topic in contemporary mathematics is
studied intensively and in depth. In 2004/2005, this topic will be
"Stochastics in Molecular Biology and Genetics", for details see
http://www.math.uu.nl/mri/pagina/vervolg_education_master.html
The Master Class programme runs from September through June and includes two
full days of lectures and seminars per week and individual work on a test
problem. Students who successfully complete the courses of the Master Class
will be awarded a Master Class certificate. In general, a Master Class may
form a substantial preparation for a PhD programme in The Netherlands or
elsewhere, possibly even contributing to one.
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From: Kirsten Wilden <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 11:38:00 -0400
Subject: ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms - CFP Deadline
Conference Name: ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms
Location: Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia
Dates: January 23-25, 2005
The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/DA05/
Submission Deadline: July 5, 2004
For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference Department at
[log in para visualizar]
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From: Steven Strogatz <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 09:46:58 -0400
Subject: Link to video - Nonlinear dynamics and chaos: Lab demonstrations
A video, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos: Lab demonstrations, is now online
and publicly accessible at:
http://dspace.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/97
It's a video I made some years ago with the help of several colleagues. It's
intended for use as a supplement in courses on nonlinear dynamics, to show
students some real phenomena in the lab, and to save teachers the bother of
having to set up these demos for themselves.
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From: kuang <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:29:41 -0700
Subject: Content of Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering's First Issue
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (ISSN 1547-1063)
Volume 1, Number 1, June, 2004
From the Editors. pp. i-ii. PDF (27K)
G. F. Webb, M. J. Blaser, H. Zhu, S. Ardal and J. Wu, Critical Role of
Nosocomial Transmission in the Toronto SARS Outbreak. pp. 1-13. PDF (244K)
H. T. Banks, C. E. Cole, P. M. Schlosser, and H. T. Tran, Modeling and
Optimal Regulation of Erythropoiesis Subject to Benzene Intoxication. pp.
15-48. PDF (312K)
F. S. Vannucchi and S. Boccaletti, Chaotic spreading of epidemics in complex
networks of excitable units. pp. 49-55. PDF (810K)
A. Korobeinikov and P. K. Maini, A Lyapunov function and global properties
for SIR and SEIR epidemiological models with nonlinear incidence. pp. 57-60.
PDF (89K)
M. S. Olufsen and A. Nadim, On deriving lumped models for blood flow and
pressure in the systemic arteries. pp. 61-80. PDF (218K)
B. H. Singer and D. E. Kirschner, Influence of backward bifurcation on
interpretation of R_0 in a model of epidemic tuberculosis with reinfection.
pp. 81-93. PDF (367K)
Urszula Ledzewicz and Heinz Schättler, Controlling a model for bone marrow
dynamics in cancer chemotherapy. pp. 95-110. PDF (249K)
Martin Baurmann, Wolfgang Ebenhöh, and Ulrike Feudel, Turing instabilities
and pattern formation in a benthic nutrient-microorganism system. pp.
111-130. PDF (1311K)
Zhilan Feng, Robert Swihart, Yingfei Yi, and Huaiping Zhu, Coexistence in a
metapopulation model with explicit local dynamics. pp. 131-145. PDF (352K)
H. G. E. Hentschel, A. Fine and C. S. Pencea, Biological Computing with
Diffusion and Excitable Calcium Stores. pp. 147-159. PDF (499K)
V. S. Anishchenko, T. E. Vadivasova, G. I. Strelkova, G. A. Okrokvertskhov,
Statistical properties of dynamical chaos. pp. 161-184. PDF (639K)
B. Spagnolo, D. Valenti, and A. Fiasconaro, Noise in ecosystems: A short
review. pp. 185-211. PDF (1403K)
[Editor - use http://math.asu.edu/~mbe/ to access content.]
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From: "Patel, Arti (NIH/NCI)" <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:43:48 -0400
Resent-From: Raymond Mejia <[log in para visualizar]>
Subject: HHMI Guide to Scientific Management
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has published a collection of advice,
experiences and opinions from seasoned biomedical investigators and other
professionals as a practical guide for postdocs and new faculty. The
publication, Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific
Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, may be read on-line or downloaded at
http://www.hhmi.org/labmanagement.
The document is 250 pages, therefore you may want to scroll through it first
or pick and choose as you like. Chapter titles are: obtaining and
negotiating a faculty position and planning for tenure; the scientific
investigator within the university structure; defining and implementing your
mission; staffing your laboratory; mentoring and being mentored; time
management; project management; data management and laboratory notebooks;
getting funded; getting published and increasing your visibility;
understanding technology transfer; setting up collaborations; and course in
scientific management.
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From: Jaap van Pelt <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 13:39:37 +0200
Subject: Postdoc, Computational Neuroscience - Neuronal Network Modeling
POSTDOC M/F (Computational Neuroscience)
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
http://www.neurodynamics.nl
Research in the workgroup Neurons & Networks of the Netherlands Institute for
Brain Research (NIBR) is focused on plasticity and information processing in
cortical neuronal networks. Experimental and computational approaches are
integrated.
The workgroup participates in the research project Computational Analysis of
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Activity in Neuronal Networks (CASPAN), a project
supported by the NWO Program Computational Life Sciences. Within the CASPAN
research team there is a vacancy for a 3-year Postdoc position.
Project description:
The project aims at describing and understanding the patterns of activity of
nerve cells synaptically connected in neuronal networks. The project builds
on recent developments in experimental techniques within the participating
research groups for simultaneously recording neuronal activity from a large
number of neurons in the network (e.g. in cortical brain slices and cultured
neuronal networks). To be able to analyze and interpret the flood of data
these new techniques produce, we intend to develop (i) mathematical and
statistical methods for analyzing spatiotemporal patterns of neuronal
activity, and (ii) computational models of neuronal networks to simulate
these patterns and understand them in relation to structural and functional
connectivity within the network. The methods and models will be validated
with the extensive data we have on spatiotemporal patterns in cortical brain
slices and cultured neuronal networks.
The CASPAN project builds on a close collaboration between the Neurons &
Networks research group at the NIBR, the Experimental Neurophysiology
Research Group at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and the Statistics
Research Group of the Institute for Mathematics at the Vrije Universiteit.
The three subprojects carried out by these groups concentrate on (a)
macroscopic neural network models, (b) detailed cortical microcircuit models,
and (c) statistical methods for analyzing spatiotemporal activity patterns,
respectively.
Postdoc job description for subproject (a):
Development of a large scale neuronal network model with realistic functional
and structural connectivity to simulate neuronal activity in cortical brain
slices and cultured neuronal networks. The research includes (1) the
development of a stochastic model for generating network structure,
replicating the neuronal composition and connectivity in cortical brain
slices and in cultured neuronal networks; (2) modeling studies of the
neuronal activity and spatiotemporal patterns of activity within these model
networks, and (3) validation and comparison with the experimental data from
cortical brain slices and cultured neuronal networks.
Requirements:
Ideally, the candidate should have a PhD in computational neuroscience.
Proven experience in computer programming and in modeling activity in
neuronal networks, for example with the computer package NEURON, is
required.
Job conditions:
Full time postdoc position for a period of three years. Place of research:
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
Inquiries:
Additional information can be obtained from the project WEBsite
http://www.neurodynamics.nl, or directly from Dr. J. van Pelt, (T)
+31-20-5665481; (F) +31-20-6961006; (E) [log in para visualizar], or from Dr.
A. van Ooyen, (T) +31-20-5665483; (F) +31-20-6961006; (E)
[log in para visualizar] Written applications, including a curriculum vitae,
can be sent to: Dr. J. van Pelt, Netherlands Institute for Brain Research,
Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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From: Bao Weizhu <[log in para visualizar]>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:29:25 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Faculty Positions at National University of Singapore
Tenure Track Faculty Position
Department of Computational Science, National University of Singapore (NUS),
invites applications for full-time tenure track faculty positions at all
levels. Applications are invited for faculty appointments in the following
areas:
Computational Biology/Bioinformatics
Computation Fluid Dynamics
Computational Electrodynamics
Computational Chemistry
Computational Materials Science
Numerical Method/Scientific Computing/Parallel Computation
The Department of Computational Science is one of the few departments
worldwide that offers an interdisciplinary programme leading to an
undergraduate degree awarded in computational science. Beside the teaching
programme, the department is also very active in research. The research areas
includes computational biology and computer aided drug, nonlinear dynamics,
complex systems, and computational finance, computational condensed matter
physics and statistical physics, computational quantum chemistry, reaction
dynamics and molecular modeling, computational fluid dynamics, general
numerical methods and computational mathematics.
The Department and the University provide strong research support with some
of the most extensive and modern facilities available, such as an IBM PowerPC
computer cluster.
We especially want to attract applicants doing research in Computational
Biology and Bioinformatics, although we will consider applications in any of
the above areas. Successful candidates are expected to teach undergraduate
and graduate courses, supervise master and doctoral students, establish
strong research programmes that generate external funding and intellectual
output, and perform some amount of administrative work. Besides appointments
on normal 3-year contracts, visiting appointments for one or two years may
also be considered. Salary would be commensurate with qualifications and
ample benefits will be provided.
Outstanding individuals with strong commitment to teaching and research are
encouraged to send their applications supported by a curriculum vita,
research plan, and three letters of recommendations to:
Faculty Search Committee
Department of Computational Science
National University of Singapore
3 Science Drive 2
Singapore 117543
Facsimile: (+65) 6774 6756
E-mail: [log in para visualizar]
Visit our web-site at http://www.cz3.nus.edu.sg for more information on the
Department. For more information on the university, visit
http://www.nus.edu.sg
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