Biology in Numbers

… where we talk: Random openings in neurons, Gumbatine, and conferences in Canada.

Jay Newby graduated from the University of Utah Math Biology program in 2010. He was supervised by Paul Bressloff. His expertise includes applied stochastic processes, mathematical modeling, and machine learning tools for bio-image analysis.

Learn more about Jay’s work on his webpage: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~jnewby/

Find the weather app we talked about is here: earth.nullschool.net

And you can find out about SMB’s annual meeting here: https://2025.smb.org/

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… where we talk: Big pharma, In silico trials, and Sciencing for fun.

Marissa earned a PhD in Mathematics from The Ohio State University in 2018. She was then a postdoctoral research fellow at University of Michigan until 2021, when she joined Applied BioMath as a full time QSP modeler, then GSK in July 2024.

She does applied work with her mathematician parents’ full approval.

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… where we talk: Hawks and Doves, social media and the PhD comics.

Dan Cooney is a mathematical biologist interested in modeling evolutionary dynamics across scales and exploring collective behavior in complex biological and social systems. He also enjoys reading, traveling, and “applied game theory” to baseball and chess.

Find out more about Dan’s work on his website: https://publish.illinois.edu/danielbcooney, or follow him on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/danielcooney1.bsky.social

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… where we talk changing cancer cells, awards and the Indian Institutes of Technology.

Mohit leads an interdisciplinary research team working on elucidating the dynamics of metastasis and drug resistance, through developing multi-scale mathematical models in close collaboration with experimental and clinical colleagues.

Find out more about Mohit’s group and their work on the following website: https://be.iisc.ac.in/~mkjolly/.

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where we talk: the Akira Okobu prize, the Fokker-Planck equation, and the movement of bears.

Mark Lewis is a mathematical ecologist at the University of Victoria. He uses mathematical models to understand the environment and our human impacts. He tries to maintain that work life balance by spending that hard-earned free time curling.

Find out more about Mark’s groups’ work on the following website: https://lewisresearchlab.org/

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…where we talk: society nominations, prion proteins and murderbots.

Professor Suzanne Sindi is a Mathematical Biologist studying protein aggregation, and blood coagulation through modeling and data science. She is passionate about promoting inclusion in math and STEM, and was inspired to go into science by dinosaur-related Sci-Fi.

Find out more about Suzanne’s work on her website: https://www.sindilab.com/

If you feel inspired to step up, you can learn more about nominations for SMB positions by emailing: [email protected]

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…where we talk about a paper studying: who and when we should vaccinate.

After completing a DPhil in Statistics from the University of Oxford, focussing in epidemiology and phylogenetics, Matt now works as a data scientist for Italian football club Como 1907.

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…where we talk parasites, motorbikes, and digital twins.

Professor Reinhard Laubenbacher is: the Director of Laboratory for Systems Medicine at the University of Florida, an AAAS fellow (American Association for the Advancement of Science), and a scientist interested in using math to understand human disease and more specifically fungal infections in the lungs.

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…where we talk about infectious diseases, mentorship and mathematical tattoos.

Professor Stacey Smith? is an infectious disease modeler who appreciates the real world impacts that math biology can have. She leads educational and mentorship programming at the SMB and apparently never says no to anything SMB related. We caught Stacey at SMB 2024 in South Korea to talk about her research, life-changing transitions, and being a Whovian.

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And for those curious about the tattoo, read more about the Mandlebrot set:

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…where we talk all things math bio at the annual meeting.

Science isn’t complete until it’s communicated, and what better place to do this than a scientific conference. This year, more than a thousand scientists were lucky enough to attend the SMB meeting in Seoul in Korea. This special episode gives a brief preview of some of the exciting research being done, as well as the people doing the work. Join us to hear from:

Fred Adler - Professor at the University of Utah, Utah, US

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