RIT on Cancer Modeling Archives for Fall 2021 to Spring 2022

What is cancer? The hallmarks of cancer

When: Wed, September 16, 2020 - 1:00pm
Where: See online link the day of the seminar at http://cancer.umd.edu/RIT.html
Speaker: Doron Levy (UMD) -
Abstract: The seminar webpage includes links to papers

Nonspatial models of cancer growth

When: Wed, September 23, 2020 - 1:00pm
Where: See online link the day of the seminar at http://cancer.umd.edu/RIT.html
Speaker: Doron Levy (University of Maryland) -
Abstract: The seminar webpage includes links to papers

Treating Cancer - Chemotherapy

When: Wed, September 30, 2020 - 1:00pm
Where: See online link the day of the seminar at http://cancer.umd.edu/RIT.html
Speaker: Doron Levy (University of Maryland) -

Chemotherapy and Drug Resistance

When: Wed, October 7, 2020 - 1:00pm
Where: See online link the day of the seminar at http://cancer.umd.edu/RIT.html
Speaker: Doron Levy (University of Maryland) -

Parameter estimations in cancer models

When: Wed, October 21, 2020 - 1:00pm
Where: Information on the RIT webpage before the talk: cancer.umd.edu/RIT.html
Speaker: Jesse Milzman (University of Maryland) -

Parameter estimation & immunology

When: Wed, October 28, 2020 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom link will be provided on the seminar's webpage http://cancer.umd.edu/RIT.html
Speaker: Jesse Milzman (University of Maryland) -

Evolutionary Ecology of Cancer

When: Wed, November 4, 2020 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom link on the seminar's webpage http://cancer.umd.edu/RIT.html
Speaker: Doron Levy (University of Maryland) -

Organizational Meeting - see abstract for zoom link

When: Tue, February 2, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Online
Speaker: Doron Levy () -
Abstract: Join Zoom Meeting
https://umd.zoom.us/j/99109287485?pwd=OVJkMURkOFlzaVpwRkdRZm0zdDZwdz09

Meeting ID: 991 0928 7485
Passcode: 141592

Zoom ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592

When: Tue, February 9, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Online
Speaker: Doron Levy (UMD) -

Dissecting the evolutionary and spatial dynamics of cancer through partial differential equations

When: Tue, February 23, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Tomasso Lorenzi (Politecnico di Torino) -
Abstract: Meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592

Mathematical Models of Cancer Dynamics and Infections

When: Tue, March 2, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Dominik Wodarz (UC Irvine) -

Fighting drug resistance with math

When: Tue, March 9, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Doron Levy (UMD) -

Exploring the predictive abilities of a mathematical model of cancer immunotherapy

When: Tue, March 23, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Jana Gevertz (The College of New Jersey) -
Abstract: Mathematical models of biological systems are often validated by fitting to the average behavior in an often small experimental dataset. Here we ask the question of whether mathematical predictions for the average are actually applicable in samples that deviate from the average. We will explore this in the context of a mouse model of melanoma treated with two forms of immunotherapy: immune-modulating oncolytic viruses and dendritic cell injections. We will demonstrate how a mathematically optimal protocol for treating the average mouse can lack robustness, meaning the “best treatment for the average” can fail to be optimal (and in fact, can be far from optimal) in mice that differ from the average. We also show how mathematics can be used to identify an optimal treatment protocol that is robust to perturbations from the average. The talk will conclude with an exploration of how robustness influences the personalization of treatment protocols for individual mice.

Understanding Intra-Tumor Heterogeneity by Reconstructing Clonal Trees of Liver Cancer Patients

When: Tue, March 30, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Zeynep Kacar (UMD) -

Optimal transport far from equilibrium: Applications for network biology

When: Tue, March 30, 2021 - 1:30pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Sid Sharma (UMD) -

Understanding tumor evolution during therapy response and resistance.

When: Tue, April 6, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Anna Obenauf (Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna) -

Mathematical models in biology: from calibration and validation to predictions

When: Tue, April 13, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Heiko Enderling (Moffitt Cancer Center) -

Mathematical modelling of intra-patient heterogeneity in acute leukemias

When: Tue, April 20, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Anna Marciniak-Czochra (Heidelberg) -

Predicting Individual Responses to Hormone Therapy in Prostate Cancer

When: Tue, April 27, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Renee Brady (Moffitt Cancer Research Center) -

Modelling collective cell movement in biology and medicine

When: Tue, May 4, 2021 - 1:00pm
Where: Zoom meeting ID: 991 0928 7485. Passcode: 141592
Speaker: Philip Maini (Oxford University) -