Theme Weeks on Mathematical Immunology Sub-theme

Location: The Fields Institute

Overview

First week:

Short introductory course (3-4 hours);

4-day workshop on mathematics;

1 day workshop on applications 1 and 2

Second week:

Research Time (4-5 resident faculty);

Friday Colloquium

Monday, July 19th, 2010
09:30 to 10:30	Short Course: Immunology Bhargavi Duvvuri (York University) & Beni Sahai (Cadham Provincial Laboratory & University of Winnipeg)
10:30 to 11:00	Break
11:00 to 12:00	Short Course: Intro to in-host modelling Jane Heffernan, York University
12:00 to 13:15	Lunch
13:15 to 14:30	Welcome and Introduction Fields Director Ed Bierstone & Workshop Organizers
13:30 to 14:30	Viral Dynamics Modeling - from theory to clinical implications Avidan Neumann (Bar-Ilan University)
14:30 to 15:00	Modelling mutation to a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte HIV vaccine Robert Smith (University of Ottawa)
15:00 to 15:30	Break
15:30 to 16:00	Understanding drug resistance in evolving populations of fungus: theory and experiment Lindi Wahl (University of Western Ontario)
16:00 to 16:30	Estimate of viral productivity and infectivity in vitro Shingo Iwami (Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
16:30 to 17:30	Reception - cash bar

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
09:30 to 10:30	In-host influenza Catherine Beauchemin, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
10:30 to 11:00	Break
11:00 to 12:00	How sticky should a virus be? The impact of attachment and detachment rates on virus fitness using influenza as an example Andreas Handel (University of Georgia)
12:00 to 13:30	Lunch
13:30 to 14:00	Highly conserved cross-reactive CD4+ T-cell Hemagglutinin epitopes of seasonal and the 2009 pandemic influenza viruses and their role in the infection dynamics Venkata Duvvuri (York University)
14:00 to 14:30	Non-exponential delays in the influenza infection cycle: evidence from in vitro experiments Ben Holder (Ryerson University)
14:30 to 15:00	Neuraminidase inhibitor treatment of seasonal and severe influenza Hana Dobrovolny (Ryerson University)
15:00 to 15:30	Break
15:30 to 16:00	Within-Host Dynamics of Influenza Drug-Resistance Seyed Moghadas (University of Winnipeg)
16:00 to 16:30	Control of influenza A virus infection by varying death rates of infected cells: Analysis of a spatial model Murray Alexander (National Research Council Canada)

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
09:30 to 10:00	Modeling antibody responses during viral infections Stanca Ciupe (University of Louisiana at Lafayette)
10:00 to 10:30	No Title Specified Elissa Schwartz (Washington State University)
10:30 to 11:00	Break
11:00 to 11:30	Nested Models of Disease Evolution and Its Implications for Understanding Drug Resistance Mike Gilchrist (University of Tennessee)
11:30 to 12:00	Mathematical modeling of cancer immunotherapies: the anti-tumor effect of immune cells versus the anti-tumor effect of oncolytic viruses Raluca Eftemie (McMaster University)

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
09:30 to 10:00	Immunologic Benefits of Enfuvirtide despite Virologic Failure due to the Emergence of Resistance Naveen Vaidya (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
10:00 to 10:30	Branching process model of viral load and viral blips in individuals on treatment for HIV Jessica Conway (University of British Columbia)
10:30 to 11:00	Break
11:00 to 11:30	HIV Infection Through Breastfeeding Model with Threshold Delay Redouane Qesmi (York University)
11:30 to 12:00	Modeling Hepatitis Delta Infection Jonathan Forde (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)
12:00 to 13:30	Lunch
13:30 to 14:00	A Homeostasis Hypothesis for Hepatitis C Treatment Dynamics Tim Reluga (Pennsylvania State University)
14:00 to 14:30	Backward bifurcation in a HBV/HCV model Jane Heffernan (York University)
14:30 to 15:00	Break
15:00 to 15:30	Stochastic Modeling of Pathogen Mutation and CTL Escape Neal Madras (York University)
15:30 to 16:00	A mathematical model for cell division, death and differentiation of CD4 positive T cells Shinji Nakaoka (University of Tokyo)

Friday, July 23rd, 2010
09:30 to 10:00	The role of Th1/Th2 polarization in RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS disease and vaccination Sylvia van den Hurk (University of Saskatchewan)
10:00 to 10:30	Maturation of Dendritic Cells: Potentials for Mathematical Modelling Abdolamir Landi
10:30 to 11:00	Break
11:00 to 11:30	The Artificial Immune Systems Algorithm Inspired by Dendritic Cells Vahid Anvari (York University)
11:30 to 12:00	Principles of Immunological Control of Antiviral Drug Resistance Beni Sahai (Cadham Provincial Laboratory & University of Winnipeg)
12:00 to 13:30	Lunch
13:30 to 14:00	No Title Specified Natasha Crowcroft (Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion)
14:00 to 14:30	No Title Specified Shelley Deeks (Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion)
14:30 to 15:00	Break
15:00 to 15:30	Discussion

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
13:30 to 14:00	No Title Specified Troy Day (Queen's University) Location:Fields Institute, Room 309, Stewart Library
14:00 to 15:00	The interplay of within-host immunology and population level transmission Odo Diekmann (Utrecht University) Location:Fields Institute, Room 309, Stewart Library

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
09:30	Group Trip

Luis barreto - Sanofi Pasteur

Catherine Beauchemin - Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)

Jane Heffernan - York University