DIMACS Workshop on Immuno-epidemiology
December 11 - 13, 2006
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
- Organizers:
- Hans Heesterbeek, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, j.a.p.heesterbeek at vet.uu.nl
- Rob de Boer, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, r.j.deboer@bio.uu.nl
Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on
Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology.
Workshop Program:
Monday December 11, 2006
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast and registration
9:00 - 9:10 Opening remarks
Brenda Latka, DIMACS Associate Director
9:10 - 9:30 Opening remarks: Hans Heesterbeek, University of Utrecht
9:30 - 10:30 Immuno-epidemiology of malaria
Klaus Dietz, University of Tuebingen, Germany
10:30 - 10:45 Break
10:45 - 11:45 Pathogen competition and the evolution of immunological memory
Dominik Wodarz
11:45 - 12:45 A mathematical model for the within-host evolution
and transmission of a virus
Mick Roberts, Massey University
12:45 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Defining and characterizing epitopes in infectious
pathogens - from prediction to protection
Björn Peters, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
3:00 - 4:00 Virus competition at multiple scales
Daniel Coombs, University of British Columbia
4:00 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:00 Simple models for the immune response
Rob de Boer, Utrecht University
Dinner
Tuesday December 12, 2006
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast and registration
9:00 - 10:00 Pathogen lifestyle and the impact of epidemiological
selection on within-host pathogenesis
Neil Ferguson
10:00 - 11:00 Age-related optimisation of the immune response
Graham Medley
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30 Immuno-epidemiology of spatial epidemics
Maarten Boerlijst
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 3:00 Evolution of pathogens: a within-host approach
Vitaly Ganusov, Utrecht University
3:00 - 4:00 Immuno-epidemiology of coccidiosis
Don Klinkenberg, Utrecht University
4:00 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:00 A network immuno-epidemic model
Tanya Vassilevska, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast and registration
9:00 - 10:00 Epidemiological consequences of strain competition
and selection: tuberculosis and malaria
Gabriela Gomes, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
10:00 - 11:00 Pathogen adaptation in MHC Class I antigen presentation
pathway: within-host and population level
Can Kesmir, Utrecht University
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30 Evolution of drug resistance in HIV and in particular
the role of recombination in this process
Sebastian Bonhoeffer
12:30 Closing remarks
Rob de Boer, University of Utrecht
Lunch
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