{"659705":{"#nid":"659705","#data":{"type":"news","title":"SCMB closes 2nd annual Modeling Accelerator with final presentations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESCMB concluded its 2nd annual Modeling Accelerator on July 22th, 2022 with final presentations from its four\u0026nbsp;teams of undergraduate modelers. The program\u0026rsquo;s 13 participants, representing institutions from across the Southeast, spent six weeks learning the principles of theoretical and computational math-bio modeling and developing complex bio-systems modeling projects. Their projects spanned various spatial scales and biological contexts, from the immune system to amphibian parasites.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the core of each of the projects\u0026nbsp;was a fundamental\u0026nbsp;question with far-reaching implications. Could a \u0026ldquo;hypertumor\u0026rdquo; of cancer cells with a selfish phenotype be used to collapse a growing tumor? How strong must a long-range immune signal be in order to quash a spreading short-range infection? How do parasites-of-parasites repeatedly and robustly emerge despite occupying a narrow, unstable niche? How do parasites with multi-host lifecycles calibrate their deleterious effects in order to most effectively climb the food chain?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWatch their final presentations \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQNls8ozgQu62I45-q5Xg-pz_ACCtdnP5\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E, and find\u0026nbsp;the list of projects and their contributors below.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHypertumors: a solution to Peto\u0026rsquo;s paradox\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam #1 - Cameron Heard, Arnav Hiray, and Sarah Hui (GT)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EInterferons: a mathematical approach to innate immunity\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam #2 - Sa\u0026uacute;l Chavez, Thomas Cutro, Isabella Kulstad (Tulane)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENature\u0026rsquo;s Equilibrators: Hyperparasites\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam #3 - Alex Mark, Beau Martin, Aditya Natham, Amy Sims (GSU)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EModeling predator-prey relationships in the presence of a multi-species parasite\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETeam #4 - Daniel Dale (Clemson) and Andalib Samandari (GSU), with Andrew Callahan (Clemson)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Participants of the 2nd annual event display their original mathematical models of complex bio-systems. "}],"uid":"35472","created_gmt":"2022-07-27 18:46:51","changed_gmt":"2022-07-28 12:48:15","author":"glavigne3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLQNls8ozgQu62I45-q5Xg-pz_ACCtdnP5","title":"Modeling Accelerator 2022 Final Presentations"}],"groups":[{"id":"604684","name":"Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology (SCMB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"182167","name":"scmb-outreach"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["scmb@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}