The Role of Mathematics and Computation in Systems and Integrative Biology

Workshop Schedule


March 26, Wednesday Late PM Shuttle from Airport to University Inn, USU. Arrange individually.
7:00 PM Informal group leaves University Inn for no-host dinner in town.

March 27, Thursday 7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast, University Inn, Room 507
8:00-8:15 Welcome, Brent Miller, Vice President for Research, USU
8:15-8:30 Review Workshop Goals and Format, Jim Powell, USU
8:30-8:45 A Word from our Sponsors, Gene Bruce, NSF
8:45-10:15 Attendee Presentations
Roger Nisbet
From Molecules to Ecosystems with Dynamic Energy Budgets
Leon D. Iasemidis
Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of the Human Brain Revealed by Studies in Epilepsy
Marcy Litvak
Physiological Measurements along Boreal Forest Chronosequence
Melanie Mitchell
Adaptive Computation
James Haefner
Using Modeling in Lab Classes to Improve Quantitative Skills in Undergraduate Biology Students
10:15-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:00 Attendee Presentations
Stuart Newman
A Physico-Evolutionary Approach to Biological Development
Niels Otani
Subcellular Level Eigenmode Methods for Diagnosing and Controlling Large-Scale Cardiac Rhythm Patterns
Cindy Stokes
In Silico Research and Development of Large-Scale, Dynamical Models of Biological Systems
Béla Suki
Gene-Environment Interactions and Recurrent Airway Disease: From Cellular Events to Population Dynamics
David Witherspoon
Transposable Elements: The Biochemistry of Evolution
12:00-12:15 Review First Breakout Goals: What will be the Next Big Things in Systems and Integrative Biology? How can Mathematics, Statistics, and Computation Fruitfully be Used?
12:15-1:00 Working Lunch (provided) in breakout groups, University Inn 507
1:00-2:15 Next Big Thing groups continue discussions in individual rooms
2:15-3:30 Reports from Breakout Groups, 15 minutes each, with discussion, Room 507
3:30-3:45 Coffee Break
3:45-4:00 Review Second Breakout Goals: What stumbling blocks do we face on the road to achieving the next big things? How can these be addressed?
4:00-6:00 Second Breakout; same groups return to individual meeting rooms for discussion
6:30 Dinner at the Blue Sage Restaurant (depart University Inn lobby 6:20).


March 28,
Friday
7:30-8:00 Breakfast in Student Center (next door to Uni Inn, across breezeway on bottom floor), individually
8:00-9:15 Reports from Breakout Groups, 15 minutes each, Room 507
9:15-10:00 Group discussion and determination of integration topics; new teams determined for fleshing out integration topics.
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-12:30 Break Out on Integration Topics, individual groups/rooms.
12:30-1:30 Box Lunches provided -- participants air out their heads.
1:30-2:45 Reports on Integration Topics, Room 507
2:45-3:30 Discuss dissemination strategies and venues; new teams self-select to develop outlines and select authors
3:30-4:00 Coffee Break
4:00-5:15 Groups Produce Outlines, Elect/Select first authors
5:15-5:30 Wrap up - Jim Powell and Gene Bruce
6:00 Dinner (no host) at Cafe Sabor, depart Uni Inn lobby at 5:45


March 29, Saturday AM Shuttle to SLC airport; arrange individually
8:15 Van to Beaver Mountain leaves with downhill ski party
9:00-4:00 Skiing and Equipment Rental at Beaver Mountain
4:30 Van leaves Beaver Mountain and returns to University Inn
6:00 Dinner (no host) at The White Owl? Pool, food, beer and smoke available; oxygen is dicey.