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A workshop was held in July 2010 with talks covering various forms of multi-scale modelling.

Multi-scale modelling of Biological Systems
5-6th July 2010
University of Stirling
Sponsored by EPSRC

Computational and mathematical modelling of biological systems is now commonplace and indeed essential to many projects. A particular problem faced by modellers is that of choosing the most appropriate scale, or level of abstraction, for their model, especially given that there may be different important features at each scale. For example, in an epidemiological model, we might wish to describe the way in which individuals interact. Alternatively, we might be more interested in the analysis of population level features, making ordinary differential equations more appropriate. The aim of the workshop is to bring together researchers working on techniques which allow exploration of models spanning a range of scales, especially those in which the different scales are rigorously related. At Stirling, we are interested in modelling techniques such as Process Algebra that allow large scale properties to emerge from small scale behaviour. We would welcome contributions using other techniques. We also particularly welcome biologists interested in how this sort of modelling across scales can help them understand their system.

PROGRAMME Slides from some of the talks are available by clicking on the title.

Why Multi scale modelling of biological systems is important (ppt)    Rachel Norman (University of Stirling)
System Dynamics from Individual Interactions: A Process Algebra Approach to Changing Scale (pdf)    Chris McCaig (University of Stirling)
Modelling the control of epidemics by behavioural changes in response to awareness of disease (pptx)    Savi Maharaj (University of Stirling)
A Mathematical Model on CTL Mediated Control of HIV Infection in a Long Term Drug Therapy (ppt)    Priti Kumar Roy (Jadavpur University)
Modelling the immune response to co-infection of Helminths and Malaria (pdf)    Carron Shankland (University of Stirling)
Modelling bacterial populations    Sara Kalvala (University of Warwick)
A delay differential equation mathematical model for the control of the hormonal system o fthe hypothalamus, the pituitary and the testis in man (pdf)    David Greenhalgh (University of Strathclyde)
Numerical Approximation of Reaction and Diffusion Systems in the Mammalian Cell Using Homogenization and Compartment Modelling (pdf)    Qasim Ali Chaudhry (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Process Algebra for Epidemiological and Ecological Modelling (pdf)    Federica Ciocchetta (The Microsoft Research - University of Trento Center for Computational and Systems Biology)
Data Driven Network Modelling for Epidemiology (pdf)    Eiko Yoneki (Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge)
Exploring Pairs of Biological Networks with the Generalized Singular Value    Xiaolin Xiao (University of Strathclyde)
A semantic equivalence motivated by time-scale differences (pdf)    Vashti Galpin (University of Edinburgh)
Understanding organism energy allocations in response to climate change - ideas for approaches to ‘systems biology’ modeling? (ppt)    Chris Hauton (University of Southampton)
Rapid detection of pandemic influenza in the presence of seasonal influenza (pdf)    Brajendra Singh (University of Edinburgh)
Modelling Bovine Tuberculosis transmission in British Cattle - Within Herd and Between Herd Dynamics    Richard Orton (University of Glasgow)
Modelling a bubonic plague outbreak in a population of prairie dogs (pdf)    Soufiene Benkirane (University of Stirling)
Emergence of complexity in the RNA world    Julien Derr (Harvard University)
Multi-scale Models of Pattern Formation with Process Algebra (pdf)    Andrea Degasperi (University of Glasgow)

Looking for other computational/mathematical biology conferences? See Conference Service Mandl.

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