Using Mathematics to Understand Biological Complexity

Rebecca Segal is Associate Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. She holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the North Carolina State University.Blerta Shtylla is Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics at Pomona College. She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Utah.Suzanne Sindi is Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics at University of California, Merced. She holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

• 1. Collaborative Workshop for Women in Mathematical Biology (R. Segal, B. Shtylla, S. Sindi).- 2. Connecting Actin Polymer Dynamics Across Multiple Scales (C. Copos, B. Bannish, K. Gasior, R.L. Pinals, M.W. Rostami, A.T. Dawes).- 3. Modeling RNA:DNA Hybrids with Formal Grammars (N. Jonoska, N. Obatake, S. Poznanovic, C. Price, M. Riehl, M. Vazquez).- 4. Secondary Structure Ensemble Analysis via Community Detection (H. Du, M.M. Ferrari, C. Heitsch, F. Hurley, C.V. Mennicke, B.D. Sullivan, and B. Xu.)- 5. How Do Interventions Impact Malaria Dynamics Between Neighboring Countries? A Case Study with Botswana and Zimbabwe (F. Agusto, A. Goldberg, O. Ortega, Joan Ponce+ , Sofya Zaytseva, S. Sindi, Sally Blower).- 6. Investigating the Impact of Combination Phage and Antibiotic Therapy (S. Banuelos, H. Gulbudak, M.A. Horn, Q. Huang, A. Nandi, H Ryu, R. Segal).- 7. Mathematical Modeling of Retinal Degeneration (E. Camacho, A. Dobreva, K. Larripa, A. Radulescu, D. Schmidt,I. Trejo).- 8. A Framework for Performing Data-Driven Modeling of Tumor Growth with Radiotherapy Treatment (H. Cho, A.L. Lewis, K.M. Storey, R. Jennings, B. Shtylla, A.M. Reynolds, H.M. Byrne).