Mathematics Graduate Student Colloquium

Lattice Gas Cellular Automata modeling of lineage dynamics and feedback control

Shabnam Moobedmehdiabadi
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
4:00 pm - 4:50 pm
RH440R

Talk Abstract:

This study is important in understanding the mechanism and dynamics of some biological problems such as tumor invasion and wound healing. Firstly, we describe microscopically the model and we derive the corresponding mesoscopic approximation, via the mean field assumption. In the following, we upscale our model providing a PDE which serves as a macroscopic manifestation of the underlying cellular interactions. We focus on investigating the speed and the structure of the invasion front, using the above mentioned approximations, as functions of the underling cell phenotypes and microenvironmental factors (i.e. nutrients).

About the Speaker:

Shabnam received her Masters degree in Mathematical Sciences in May 2005 at Claremont Graduate University and her bachelors degree from Sharif Institute of Technology (Tehran, Iran).

Advisor and Collaborators

Shabnam is currently a 4th year PhD candidate working under supervision of Professor John Lowengrub in computational mathematical biology.

Supplementary Materials:

none

Refreshments:

Pizza will be served after the talk.

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