DIMACS Workshop on Models of Co-Evolution of Hosts and Pathogens
October 9 - 11, 2006
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University
- Organizers:
- Viggo Andreasen, Roskilde, viggo@fatou.ruc.dk
- Andrea Pugliese, Universita di Trento, pugliese@science.unitn.it
Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology.
Workshop Program:
Monday, October 9, 2006
9:45 - 10:30 Breakfast and Registration
10:30 - 11:00 Welcome and Opening remarks
Fred Roberts, DIMACS Director and
Viggo Andreasen, Roskilde and Andrea Pugliese, Universita di Trento
11:00 - 11:45 Evolution of Virulence: Interdependence,
Constraints, and Selection using Nested Models
Michael Gilchrist, University College Dublin
11:45 - 12:30 Coupling Ecology and Evolution: Malaria and the S-Gene Across Time Scales
Zhilan Feng, Purdue University
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:45 Models for Biofilm Dynamics and Phenotypic Resistance
Jorge Velasco-Hernendez
2:45 - 3:30 Networks as Evolutionary Landscapes
Jon Read, University of Warwick
3:30 - 3:35 The network structure of a college student population
influences the dynamics of influenza epidemics
(Poster Presentation)
R Van Cott, SUNY Geneseo
3:35 - 4:05 Rapid evolution and Predator-Prey Dynamics
with Variable Cost of Defense
Rebecca Dore, Cornell University
4:05 - 4:30 Break
4:30 - 5:30 Discussion: biological issues and methods in coevolution models;
organization of 2-3 groups to continue on Tuesday
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - 10:00 Transmission and Control of Seasonal and Pandemic Influenza
Gerardo Chowell-Puente, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:45 - 10:30 Epochal Evolution Shapes the Phylodynamics of
Interpandemic Influenza
Katia Koelle, Penn State
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:45 Multi-Strain Disease Models with Antibody-Dependent Enhancement
Lora Billings, Montclair State University
11:45 - 12:30 Annual Models of Influenza Drift Evolution
Viggo Andreasen, Roskilde
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 - 2:30 Using Semi-Deterministic Models to Describe Dynamics of Highly
Infectious Multi-Strain Diseases
Pavlo Minayev, Imperial College London
2:30 - 3:00 The Influence of Cross-Immunity on the Coexistence,
Invasion and Evolution of Pathogen Strains
Ben Adams, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
3:00 - 3:30 Break
3:30 Group Discussion
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast and Registration
9:00 - 9:45 Simplified Models of Host Immune Response, and the Evolution of Virulence
Andrea Pugliese, Università di Trento, Italy
9:45 - 10:30 Pathogen Type Replacement: Theoretical Mechanism
Maia Martcheva, University of Florida
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Reports of Group Discussion and End
12:30 Lunch
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