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Fall Western Sectional Meeting
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
October 27-28, 2012 (Saturday - Sunday)
Meeting #1085

Associate secretaries:

Michel L Lapidus, AMS lapidus@math.ucr.edu, lapidus@mathserv.ucr.edu

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Special Session on Differential Equations and Biological Systems

• Saturday October 27, 2012, 3:00 p.m.-4:50 p.m.
  Special Session on Differential Equations and Biological Systems, I
  Room 402, Modern Languages
  Organizers:
  Patrick Shipman, Colorado State University
  Zoi Rapti, University of IIlinois at Urbana-Champaign zrapti@illinois.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    A Mosquito-borne Disease Model Comparing Dynamics of Chikungunya and Dengue.
    Carrie Manore*, Tulane University
    Helen Wearing, University of New Mexico
    James Hyman, Tulane University
    Sen Xu, Tulane University
    (1085-92-207)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    Modeling the nonlocal dispersal of invasive plant species in heterogeneous landscapes.
    Christopher Strickland*, Colorado State University
    Patrick Shipman, Colorado State University
    Gerhard Dangelmayr, Colorado State University
    (1085-45-196)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Modelling Culling in Avian Influenza.
    Hayriye Gulbudak*, University of Florida
    Maia Martcheva, University of Florida
    (1085-92-77)
• Sunday October 28, 2012, 8:00 a.m.-9:20 a.m.
  Special Session on Differential Equations and Biological Systems, II
  Room 402, Modern Languages
  Organizers:
  Patrick Shipman, Colorado State University
  Zoi Rapti, University of IIlinois at Urbana-Champaign zrapti@illinois.edu
  

  • 8:00 a.m.
    Density-cluster NMA: A new protein decomposition technique for coarse-grained normal mode analysis.
    Julie C Mitchell*, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    Omar NA Demerdash, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    (1085-92-265)
  • 8:30 a.m.
    DNA and chromatin as space curves constructed with 1 to 1,000,000 base pairs.
    Thomas C Bishop*, Depts. Chemistry & Physics, Louisiana Tech University
    (1085-92-261)
  • 9:00 a.m.
    Low-dimensional descriptions of neural networks.
    Andrea K Barreiro*, Southern Methodist University
    Eli Shlizerman, University of Washington
    Eric Shea-Brown, University of Washington
    J Nathan Kutz, University of Washington
    (1085-92-193)
• Sunday October 28, 2012, 3:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.
  Special Session on Differential Equations and Biological Systems, III
  Room 402, Modern Languages
  Organizers:
  Patrick Shipman, Colorado State University
  Zoi Rapti, University of IIlinois at Urbana-Champaign zrapti@illinois.edu
  

  • 3:00 p.m.
    Why Fibonacci: Pattern-Forming Fronts as a Model for Phyllotaxis.
    Matthew Pennybacker*, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
    (1085-35-248)
  • 3:30 p.m.
    A Measure of Orbit Ergodicity.
    Francis C Motta*, Colorado State University
    Bethany Springer, Colorado State University
    Patrick D Shipman, Colorado State University
    (1085-37-233)
  • 4:00 p.m.
    Viscosity solutions for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation with Toda potentials.
    J. Adrian Espinola-Rocha*, CIMAT, A.C.
    Pablo Padilla-Longoria, IIMAS-FENOMEC. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
    (1085-35-289)

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