A ballooned beta-logistic model with a bioassay application Nancy Flournoy, University of Missouri Monday, January 25, 2016, 12:30 pm Location: Commons Whitewater Room Influenza virus reassortment Dr. Anice Lowen, Emory University School of Medicine Friday, March 25, 2016, 3:30 pm Location: Life Sciences 277 Pediatric rehabilitation: caring for children with disabilities in the state of…
Working Group leader: Berna Devezer Group members: Erkan Buzbas, Gustavo Nardin, Bert Baumgaertner Originated: Fall 2015 Description: Our team aims to study the current problem of nonreproducibility of scientific results across multiple disciplines by advancing theory. We use statistical theory and stochastic modeling to identify theoretical meaning and determinants of irreproducibility. Berna Devezer and the…
Integrated inferences of demography and selection from population genetic data Sohini Ramachandran, Center for Computational Molecular Biology Brown University Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 3:30 pm Location: Life Sciences 277 Dynamical systems with random switching and application to brain biochemistry and insect physiology Sean Lawley, University of Utah Thursday, November 19, 2015, 3:30 pm Location: Life…
Working Group leader: Bert Baumgaertner Group members: Steve Krone, Craig Miller, Ben Ridenhour, Florian Justwan Originated: Summer 2015 Description: We develop and analyze epidemiological models of infectious disease to understand how social and behavior factors affect disease dynamics. We work with both analytical models (e.g., ODEs) and generative models (e.g., ABMs). We also design surveys…
Working Group leader: Craig Miller Group members: Holly Wichman, JT Van Leuven, Yesol Sapozhnikov, Keera Paull, Jacob Schow, Tessa Wedmyer Originated: June 2015 Description: This working group focuses on phage and phage-host interactions. We have several research directions. One project involves attenuating the bacteriophage phiX174 using synonymous recoding and asking questions about how mutational effects…
Working Group leader: Christopher Remien Group members: Ben Ridenhour, Tuan Phan Originated: June 2015 Description: We are developing new methods to study and analyze microbial community dynamics and applying the methods to publicly available data and data collected by members of the group. If a grant is funded, the working group will last as long as…
Working Group leader: Tanya Miura Group members: Craig Miller, Ben Ridenhour, JT Van Leuven, Andres Gonzalez, Alex Wixom Originated: Spring/Summer 2015 Description: The group began working on establishing a model for viral growth in cell culture and designing experiments to parameterize the model. The group split into 4 separate subprojects (in vitro modeling, microarray analysis,…
Working Group leader: Audrey Fu Group members: Bandita Karki, Jarred Kvamme, Elijah Danquah Darko, Chenangnon Tovissode Originated: June 2015 Description: We develop statistical models and machine learning algorithms to analyze data in human genomics, with an emphasis on causal network inference and high-dimensional data.
Working Group leader: Chris Marx Group members: Andreas Vaskekis, Chris Remien, Marty Ytreberg, Jill Johnson, Sergey Stolyar, Ben Ridenhour, Tomislav Ticak, Jannell Bazurto, Jagdish Patel, Saiavash Riazi, Eric Bruger, Isaiah Jordan Originated: May 2015 Description: Our group is taking a very broad, integrated approach to understanding the mechanism and consequences of sensing the toxic metabolite…
Project Team: Scott Nuismer (PI), Chris Remien (Co-PI), James Bull (Co-PI), Andrew Basinski Viral vaccines have had remarkable and long-lasting impacts on human health, resulting in the worldwide eradication of smallpox, the elimination of polio within much of the developed world, and the effective control of many other diseases. Although great strides have been made…