BioMaths Colloquium Series 2023/24 @ 1pm BST
online (Zoom – registration needed) and in-person (Bay or Singleton Campus) — check individual seminar adverts
Organisers: Dr Noemi Picco & Dr Geertje van Keulen & Dr Valeria Giunta
03 July 2024
Speaker: Dr Francesco Del Giudice (Chemical Engineering, Swansea University)
Title: Crystal-like structures in microfluidic flows of viscoelastic non-Newtonian suspensions
Abstract & Bio: here
Bay Campus: room TBC
Online: register here
PAST EVENTS
5 June 2024
Speaker: Gabriella Santiago & Prof Mike Gravenor (Swansea University)
Title: Post-Pandemic RSV Seasonality and Susceptibility – A Welsh Modelling Perspective
Abstract & Bio: here
01 May 2024
Speaker: Samuel Johnson & Prof Philip Maini (Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, Oxford University)
Title: The effect of boundary conditions on collective cell movement and invasion
Abstract & Bio: here
06 March 2024
Speaker: Prof. Rhiannon Owen (Swansea University)
Title: Modelling trajectories of disease in multimorbidity using population-level linked electronic health records
Abstract & Bio: here
07 February 2024
Speaker: Dr Jakub Koery (School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Glasgow)
Title: Discrete-to-continuum models for mechanics of crosslinked protein networks
Abstract & Bio: here
06 December 2023
Speaker: Dr Jiaxiang Zhang (Computer Science, Swansea University)
Title: Neurocognitive modelling of rapid decision-making in humans
Abstract & Bio: here
01 November 2023
Speaker: Dr Romina Travaglini (University of Parma, Italy)
Title: Application to Multiple Sclerosis of a reaction-diffusion system with chemotaxis derived from kinetic models
Abstract & Bio: here
04 October 2023
Speaker: Dr Marina Papadopoulou (SHOAL group, Swansea University)
Title: Animal groups into the Swarm-Verse: understanding collective motion through individual-based models across species and ecological contexts
Abstract & Bio: here
Singleton Campus: room TBC
Online: register here
2022/2023 SERIES
05 October 2022
Speaker: Dr Mokarram Hossain (Zienkiewicz Centre for Computational Engineering, Swansea University)
Title: Experimental investigations and mathematical modelling of the human oesophagus: Layer-dependent anisotropic properties under large deformation
Abstract & Bio: here
Bay Campus: Engineering Central B003
02 November 2022
Speaker: Dr Jim Rafferty (Swansea University Medical School)
Title: Analysis of diseases clusters and patient outcomes in people with multiple long term conditions using hypergraphs
Abstract & Bio: here
Singleton Campus: Wallace 218
07 December 2022
Speaker: Professor Wilfred Otten (Cranfield University)
Title: A biophysical approach to soil fungal processes: from percolation theory to fungal invasion and resilience in soil systems
Abstract & Bio: here
Singleton Campus: Wallace 218
01 February 2023 08 March 2023 – 3PM NEW DATE DUE TO STRIKE ACTION
Speaker: Prof Philip Gerlee (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
Title: From single cells to tumours: bridging scales with individual-based models
Abstract & Bio: here
Remote Speaker
Bay Campus: Computational Foundry room 209
01 March 2023 15 March 2023 CANCELLED DUE TO STRIKE ACTION
Speaker: Prof Thomas Hillen (University of Alberta, Canada)
Title: Modelling Microtube Driven Invasion of Glioma
Abstract & Bio: here
Remote Speaker
Bay Campus: Computational Foundry room 209
05 April 2023 – 3PM
Speaker: Dr Valeria Giunta (The University of Sheffield)
Title: Multi-stability in non-local advection-diffusion models
Abstract & Bio: here
Singleton Campus: Zoology Museum (Wallace Building)
26 April 2023 – 3PM
Speaker: Dr Mohit Kumar Jolly (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Title: Dynamical modeling of cell-state transitions during cancer metastasis
Abstract & Bio: here
Bay Campus: Robert Recorde Room (Computational Foundry 102)
or Online: register here for Zoom link
03 May 2023 – 3PM
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Clark (The University of Queensland, Australia)
Title: Forecasting with Dynamic Generalized Additive Models
Abstract & Bio: here
Online Speaker
07 June 2023 – 3PM
Speaker: Dr Annalisa Iuorio (University of Vienna)
Title: How does negative plant-soil feedback across life stages affect the Janzen-Connell hypothesis?
Abstract & Bio: here
Singleton Campus, Wallace Building, Room 218