Mathematics Graduate Student Colloquium

MGSC Website: http://math.uci.edu/~mgsc/

Spatial Patterns of Cancer Mutant Spread

Erin Brown
Thursday, November 13, 2008
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
RH 440R

Talk Abstract:

We discuss the role of spatial dynamics in cancer growth. We will begin with the non-spatial model. We find the probability of invasion, the time to invasion and other characteristics of this process. We examine the obstacles that arise when including space in our model as well as preliminary results about how space influences the probability of a cancerous invasion.

About the Speaker:

Erin is a fifth year math grad at UCI. She got her BS at UCLA in 2003. She loves her two German Short Hair Pointers, Mandy (a puppy) and Noel.

Refreshments:

Pizza will be served after the talk.