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    UCR Land Acknowledgement


    UCR Native American Student Programs Full Statement:
    Related to our mission of being a global leader in developing and creating a transformative experience for current and future world-class change agents, we have a responsibility to continually self-educate, reflect, and listen to the histories and people in our areas.

    Including Tribal land acknowledgments in practice, and understanding and acknowledging history, is not only respectful and educational, it is the justice-oriented advocacy necessary for continuing the work of dismantling the devastating effects of settler colonialism in our society.

    As an institution physically located in Southern California, we at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, and air: the Cahuilla [ka-wee-ahh], Tongva [tong-va], Luiseño [loo-say-ngo], and Serrano [se-ran-oh] peoples and all of their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands. Please take a moment to acknowledge and reflect on the Native, Aboriginal, and Indigenous peoples of your area from which you are physically joining us today. If you are unfamiliar with the original and current caretakers of the land, water, and air from your area, we highly encourage you to take the time to self-educate, reflect, and listen to these histories.

Predictive Modeling Biology and Medicine Conference

predictive modeling conference

November 17th - 19th, 2023 - University of California, Riverside

Conference Poster Link
 

LocationTalks were held in Alumni & Visitors Center

There were 182 participants in attendance and 85 researchers participated on zoom. 

The conference focused on recent progress in mathematical and computational modeling of biological systems, model translational predictions in biology and medicine and data-driven and machine learning methodologies in biology. The conference brought together researchers at different stages of their career to exchange ideas and novel approaches as well as to promote interdisciplinary collaborations with the special focus on promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). Special sub-workshop on the development of DEI in Education and Research was held on the first day, November 17th, 2023.

 

National Science Foundation

The  Conference is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF DMS 2331170), by the UCR Interdisciplinary Center for Quantitative Modeling in Biology (ICQMB), UCR Office of Research and Development, UCR Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, UCR College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS), UCR Department of Mathematics, UCR Biophysics Graduate Program as well as by City of Hope.

 

Awards for the Best Poster Presentation

Mayesha Mim, University of Notre Dame

Sashiel Vagus, San Diego State University

Yi Fu, University of California, San Diego

Navaira Sherwani, University of California, Riverside

Parsa Ghadermazi, Colorado State University

Reagan Hsu, University of California, Irvine

Shannon McFadden (Huntington Beach High School/UCI) and Andrew Rusli (St. Margaret’s Episcopal School/UCI)

Co-Organizers

Mark Alber, Chair of the Organizing Committee, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Weitao Chen, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Heyrim Cho, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Uduak George, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University

Jia Gou, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Mykhailo Potomkin, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Yiwei Wang, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Riverside

Roya Zandi, Department of Physics, University of California, Riverside

 

Plenary Speakers

Sunčica Čanić, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley - Title/Abstract

Alexander Hoffmann, Thomas M. Asher Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG), Director, Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences (QCB), University of California, Los Angeles - Title/Abstract

Reinhard Laubenbacher, Professor, Director of the Laboratory for Systems Medicine, University of Florida - Title/Abstract

Philip K. Maini, Fellow of the Royal Society, Director, Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, UK (online lecture) - Title/Abstract

Roeland Merks, Professor, Director of the Lorentz Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands - Title/Abstract

Padmini Rangamani, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego - Title/Abstract

Suzanne Sindi, Professor and the Chair of Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced - Title/Abstract

Amber Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and the Institute for the Study of Host-Pathogen Systems at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Title/Abstract

 

Invited Speakers

Belinda S. Akpa, Senior Staff Member and Associate Professor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,  University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Title/Abstract - Title/Abstract

Paul Atzberger, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara - Title/Abstract

Mikahl Banwarth-Kuhn, Assistant Professor, California State University at East Bay - Title/Abstract

Arif Badrou, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside; Mona Eskandari, Assistant Professor; BREATHE, University of California, Riverside - Title/Abstract

William Cannon, Senior Staff Member, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Title/Abstract

Maria D’Orsogna, Professor, Department of Mathematics, California State University, Northridge - Title/Abstract

German Enciso, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine - Title/Abstract

Uduak George, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University - Title/Abstract

Marcella Gomez, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Cruz - Title/Abstract

Nan Hao, Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, University of California, San Diego - Title/Abstract

Brittany Bannish Laverty, Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Central Oklahoma - Title/Abstract

Chris Miles, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine - Title/Abstract

Lisette de Pillis, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College - Title/Abstract

Russell Rockne, Associate Professor and Director, Division of Mathematical Oncology and Computational Systems Biology, City of Hope - Title/Abstract

 

Schedule

Friday, November 17th
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Refreshments Alumni & Visitors Center
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks

Rodolfo H. Torres, Vice Chancellor for Research & Economic Development, University of California, Riverside

Estela Gavosto, Acting Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, University of California, Riverside

Peter W. Atkinson, Interim Dean of the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

Stefano Vidussi, Divisional Dean, Physical Sciences & Mathematics, College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences

Session Chair 9:00 - 11:45 a.m. Reinhard Laubenbacher
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Plenary Talk Philip Maini (online) - Combining theory and experiment to move forward in understanding collective cell migration
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Plenary Talk/Public Lecture Sunčica Čanić - A Mathematical and Computational Approach to the Design of a Bioartificial Pancreas
11:00 - 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break  
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Invited Talk Russell Rockne - Applications of function regression to predictive modeling in oncology
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Alumni & Visitors Center
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Poster Session Poster Presenters, Titles and Abstracts
Session Chair 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Sunčica Čanić
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Plenary Talk Amber Smith - Modeling Immune Responses to Influenza Infections and Coinfections
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Plenary Talk Roeland Merks - Hybrid cellular Potts modeling of cell-extracellular matrix interactions driving cell shape, cell migration and collective cell behavior
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break Alumni & Visitors Center
4:15 - 5:15 p.m.

Panel Discussion

Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Mathematical and Computational Biology - Moderator: Amber Smith
5:15 - 6:15 p.m. Panel Discussion Career Paths in Mathematical and Computational Biology - Moderators: Mark Alber & Weitao Chen
6:15 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner Reception Alumni & Visitors Center
Saturday, November 18th
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Refreshments Alumni & Visitors Center
Session Chari 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Amber Smith
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Plenary Talk Alexander Hoffman - Nongenetic heterogeneity of B-cells and antibody affinity maturation
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Invited Talk Paul Atzburger - Strategies and tools for data-driven modeling and simulation of biological soft materials and stochastic non-linear dynamics
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Invited Talk William Cannon - Predicting Cellular Regulation from Natural Selection, Thermodynamics and Control Theory
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break Alumni & Visitors Center
Session Chair 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Uduak George
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Invited Talk Brittany Bannish Laverty - Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Blood Clot Degradation
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Invited Talk Marcella Gomez - Data-driven approaches to quantifying states and driving outcomes of complex biological systems
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Alumni & Visitors Center
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Poster Session Poster Presenters, Titles and Abstracts
Session Chair 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Alexander Hoffman
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Plenary Talk Reinhard Laubenbacher - Multi-scale modeling of the early immune response to respiratory infections
3:00 - 3:30 p.m. Invited Talk Belinda S. Akpa - Start with the end in mind: systems modeling to inform molecular design
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Invited Talk German Enciso - Stochastic Chemical Reaction Modeling of Shadow Enhancers
4:00 - 4:15 p.m. Coffee Break Alumni & Visitors Center
4:15 - 5:45 p.m. Session Chair Weitao Chen
4:15 - 4:45 p.m. Invited Talk Lisette de Pillis - Mathematical Modeling of Immune Activity in Human Disease
4:45 - 5:15 p.m. Invited Talk Chris Miles - Decoding spatial stochastic RNA dynamics from static imaging data with point process inference
5:15 - 5:45 p.m. Invited Talk Mikahl Banwarth-Kuhn - What is actually the point?
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner On Your Own Suggested Restaurants
Sunday, November 19th
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Refreshments Alumni & Visitors Center
Session Chair 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Roeland Merks
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. Plenary Talk Padmini Rangamani - Mechanochemical modeling of YAP/TAZ-circadian coupling
9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Plenary Talk Suzanne Sindi - Mathematical Modeling as a tool for Biological Discovery: Stories from Blood Coagulation and Protein Aggregation
10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break Alumni & Visitors Center
Session Chairs 10:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Mark Alber & Heyrim Cho
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. Invited Talk Uduak George - Mechanical perturbations and branching morphogenesis: findings from mathematical modeling and laboratory experiments
11:15 - 11:45 a.m. Invited Talk Nan Hao - Engineering Longevity – Computationally-Guided Reprogramming of Single-Cell Aging
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Invited Talk Maria D'orsogna - Analyzing past and forecasting future drug overdose mortality in the United States
12:15 - 12:45 p.m. Invited Talk Arif Badrou & Mona Eskandari - Towards Predictive Breathing Lung Model: Bridging Experimental Data and Finite Element Models Using Inverse Techniques
12:45 - 1:00 p.m. Closing Remarks  

 

Contacts

Mark Alber, UC Riverside

Weitao Chen, UC Riverside