Schedule of common meetings
- Fall 2011
- Spring 2011
- Fall 2010
- Spring 2010
- Fall 2009
- Spring 2009
- Fall 2008
- Spring 2008
- Fall 2007
- Summer 2007
- Spring 2007
Fall 2011
The seminar series meets regularly on Fridays, 2:00pm-3:00pm in MHRA 2603.
| Date | Topics |
| 08/26/11 | Overview of results of summer work |
| 09/02/11 | RCR - Research misconduct |
| 09/09/11 | resumes and cvs |
| 09/16/11 | Applying to post-graduate studies and jobs- personal statements and cover letters |
| 09/23/11 | Strategies for selecting graduate schools and programs |
| 09/30/11 | RCR - authorship and peer review |
| 10/07/11 | Formal oral presentations with critique. Matt and Zach, Anna and Jennifer |
| 10/14/11 | Formal oral presentations with critique. Eddy and Dave, John and Hannah |
| 10/21/11 | Formal poster presentations with critique. Matt and Zach, Anna and Jennifer |
| 10/28/11 | Formal poster presentations with critique. Eddy and Dave, John and Hannah |
| 11/05/11 | Saturday UNCG RMSC conference |
| 11/11/11 | RCR - data management and manipulation |
| 11/18/11 | RCR - conflict of interest |
Spring 2011
The Math-Bio course Mat491/Bio 491 meets MWF 11-11:50 in Petty 223. Please contact Drs. Rychtář or Remington or see blackboard for more details on this course.
The seminar series meets regularly at 2pm on Fridays in MHRA 3607.
| Date | Topics | Further information |
| 01/21/11 | Reading primary literature; overview of program expectations | Bring one primary journal article to the meeting |
| 01/28/11 | Organizing and keeping track of readings | Please bring your laptop- if you do not have one let me know |
| 02/18/11 | Strategies for working effectively in your research group | Individual communication styles, personalities, and responsibilities |
| 03/4/11 | Interdisciplinary work | Overcoming language barriers and understanding different ways of working |
| 03/25/11 | Career opportunities at the intersection of mathbio | |
| 04/07/11 | OUR EXPO | Get ready to present |
| 04/08/11 | Computer science- the third leg of the stool | |
| 04/13/11 | Guest speaker- Armin Moczek | Sullivan Science Building, Room 200 4-5 pm, dinner afterwards with Dr. Moczek for those who are interested |
| 04/22/11 | Group presentations | Anna Tuck/Jennifer Figeuroa, John Patterson/Hannah Moore |
| 04/29/11 | Group presentations | David Kwon/Edwitch Dely, Matt Jester/Zachary Huntington-Meath |
Fall 2010
The seminar series meets regularly on Fridays, 3:00pm-4:00pm in MHRA 3603 .
| Date | Topics | Who is responsible |
| 09/03/10 | Applying for graduate fellowships | Mary |
| 09/10/10 | Crafting a personal statement | Mary |
| 09/17/10 | Incorporating MathBio Experience into cv/resume | Mary |
| 09/24/10 | Applying to graduate schools - personal perspective | Mary |
| 10/01/10 | Pizza party to recruit new students | all mentors |
| 10/08/10 | Non-academic careers in STEM fields | Jan |
| 10/15/10 | Student presentations | all mentors |
| 10/22/10 | Student presentations | all mentors |
| 10/29/10 | Student presentations | all mentors |
| 11/06/10 | Saturday UNCG RMSC conference | Jan |
| 11/12/10 | Trends in MathBio - current hot topics from Science | ??? |
| 11/12/10 | Friday and Saturday Sigma Xi, tenth annual Student Research Conference | Mary/Jan |
| 11/19/10 | Friday and Saturday NIMBioS conference | Jan |
| 11/20/10 | Saturday SNCURCS | Mary |
| 12/03/10 | first meeting of newly selected MathBio students | all mentors |
Spring 2010
The seminar series meets regularly 8:00am-8:50am on Fridays in Sullivan 203.
| Date | Topics | Who is responsible |
| 01/22/10 | Introduction to program, each other and mentors | Mary |
| 01/29/10 | An overview of the use of math in biology | David |
| 02/05/10 | Using the library effectively; what is a good math model | Jan |
| 02/12/10 | Fitness: what is it and how do we measure it? | David |
| 02/19/10 | ODEs and probability | Jan |
| 02/26/10 | Causation vs. correlation: gene regulatory networks | David |
| 03/05/10 | Optimization and regression | Jan |
| 03/12/10 | spring break, no class | UNCG calendar |
| 03/19/10 | Introduction to Statistics and R | Roland |
| 03/26/10 | TBA | TBA |
| 04/02/10 | Spring Holiday | tradition |
| 04/09/10 | Mathematical Programming | Sebastian |
| 04/16/10 | students present proposed summer work | Ian and Duncan, Shunda and Zane |
| 04/23/10 | students present proposed summer work | Matt and Jasmine, Steve |
| 04/30/10 | students present proposed summer work | John, William |
Fall 2009
The seminar series meets regularly 4:00pm-5:15pm on Tuesdays in Science 217.
| Date | Topics | Who is responsible |
| 09/01/09 | Students' presentations | Mary |
| 09/08/09 | What to consider when selecting grad schools | Mary |
| 09/15/09 | Discussion of students' reports | Mary |
| 09/22/09 | Creating a c.v. and writing a good letter for grad school | Mary |
| 09/29/09 | Identifying and applying for graduate fellowships | Mary |
| 10/06/09 | Pizza party to recruit new students | Mary |
| 11/07/09 | UNCG RUMC conference | Jan |
| 11/10/09 | Critique of paper | David |
| 11/21/09 | SNCURCS | Mary |
| 11/24/09 | Mathematical modeling | Jan |
Spring 2009
The seminar series meets regularly 8:00am-9:15am on Mondays in Petty 007.
The lectures will be based on the book Hanna Kokko: Modelling for Field Biologists and Other Interesting People
| Date | Topics | Who is responsible |
| 01/26/09 | initial meeting, introduction, meet and greet | Mary |
| 02/02/09 | My experience with Math and Bio | Matthew |
| 02/09/09 | Changing Biological variables into math variables | Mary |
| 02/16/09 | Population Genetics | Olav |
| 02/23/09 | Quantitative Genetics | David |
| 03/02/09 | Optimization Methods | Sat |
| 03/09/09 | spring break, no class | UNCG calendar |
| 03/16/09 | Statistics | Sat |
| 03/23/09 | Optimization | Jan |
| 03/30/09 | Statistics | Sat |
| 04/06/09 | Self consistent games and evolutiaonary invasion analysis | Maya |
| 04/13/09 | Individual based simulations | Jan |
| 04/20/09 | Concluding remarks | David |
| 04/23/09 | Thursday - OUR EXPO, poster presentation | Mary |
| 04/27/09 | Two groups present their summer research plans | |
| 05/04/09 | Two groups present their summer research plans |
Fall 2008
The seminar series meets regularly 3:30-5:00pm on Mondays in Stone 352.
| Date | Bio-math Meeting Details | Other Info |
|---|---|---|
| 09/08/08 (Mon) | Initial meeting | |
| 09/15/08 (Mon) | How to give a seminar talk | |
| 09/16/08 (Tue) | Deadline for AMS conference | |
| 09/22/08 (Mon) | R. Gove: A. lyrata project | |
| 09/29/08 (Mon) | M. Hayworth, N. Ross: Social Apoptosis project | |
| 10/03/08 (Fri) | CUR conference | |
| 10/04/08 (Sat) | CUR conference | |
| 10/05/08 (Sun) | CUR conference | |
| 10/06/08 (Mon) | J. Celin, M. Fitzgerald: Dung beetls project | |
| 10/13/08 (Mon) | A. Roop, M. Wilhelm: Oysters project | |
| 10/20/08 (Mon) | Holiday (no meeting) | |
| 10/24/08 (Fri) | deadline for RUMC | |
| 10/27/08 (Mon) | Rehersals for conferences | deadline for SNCURCS |
| 11/03/08 (Mon) | Dr. Haven Wiley from UNC; invited talk on math. models of communication | |
| 11/08/08 (Sat) | RUMC conference | |
| 11/10/08 (Mon) | No meeting | |
| 11/14/08 (Sat) | TIMBER conference | |
| 11/15/08 (Sat) | TIMBER conference | |
| 11/17/08 (Mon) | No meeting | |
| 11/22/08 (Sat) | SNCURCS conference | |
| 12/01/08 (Mon) | Meeting with new cohort of students | |
| 12/08/08 (Mon) | Meeting with new cohort of students | |
| Jan 5-9, 2009 | AMS conference |
Spring 2008
The seminar series regularly meets on Mondays, from 4:30 pm, room Petty 213.
The meetings are formally Mat 491 / Bio 491 class; however, everybody is welcome to come.
| Date | Topics | Who is responsible |
| 01/14/08 | Introduction to the course | David and Jan |
| 01/28/08 | Biological problems requiring mathematical solution - response to selection | David |
| 02/04/08 | Biological problems requiring mathematical solution - demographic analysis of mortality | Olav |
| 02/11/08 | Topics in Game Theory | Jan |
| 02/18/08 | Review of basic math principles | Jan |
| 02/25/08 | Differential equations in populationa dynamics | Maya |
| 03/03/08 | Introduction to data analysis techniques and data collection | David and Sat |
| 03/17/08 | Introduction to data analysis techniques and data collection | David and Sat |
| 03/24/08 | Seminar talk by Mark Broom | Jan |
| 03/31/08 | Preliminary student presentations on research proposals with faculty feedback and class discussion | David and Jan |
| 04/07/08 | Preliminary student presentations on research proposals with faculty feedback and class discussion | David and Jan |
| 04/14/08 | Emerging fields in biomathematics | David and Jan |
| 04/21/08 | Final student presentations | David and Jan |
| 04/28/08 | Final student presentations | David and Jan |
| 05/05/08 | Final student presentations | David and Jan |
| TBA??? | End of the semester party ???????? |
Fall 2007
The seminar series regularly meets on Wednesdays, from 5:00 pm, room MHRA 2603.
| Date | Topics | Who is responsible |
| 08/22/07 | Writing the scientific paper | Mary |
| 08/29/07 | How to prepare for an oral presentation | Mary |
| 09/05/07 | Ethics- when is okay to "throw out" data | Mary and Sat |
| 09/12/07 | Topic TBA | Maya |
| 09/19/07 | Topic TBA | David |
| 09/26/07 | Current students meet informally with students interested in applying for NEXT year to talk about the program | Mary |
| 10/3/07 | Game theory in biology | Jan |
| Applications due in for next year's cohort | Jan | |
| 10/10/07 | No meeting of students - poster presentations at AISC meeting | |
| Faculty meet to discuss NEW applications | ||
| 10/12-14/07 | International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Statistics and Combinatronics | Sat |
| 10/17/07 | Meeting with group of undergrad students from University of West Bohemia, outside speaker Dr. P. Girg | Jan |
| 10/24/07 | Annette Baudisch, outside speaker | Olav |
| 10/31/07 | OUTSIDE SPEAKER?? TBA | Sat/David/Maya |
| 11/7/07 | Final FORMAL presentation by BEE group | |
| 11/14/07 | Final FORMAL presentation by KLEPTO group and Brian Stadler | |
| 11/17/07 | 3rd Annual SNCURCS meeting | Mary |
| 11/21/07 | No meeting, Thanksgiving Break | |
| 11/28/07 | End of the semester party |
Summer 2007
The seminar series regularly meets on Thursdays, from 2:30 pm in MHRA 1607.
| May 17 | Ethics of Research: the role of the scientist in pesticide approval |
| May 24 | Olav Rueppell: modeling bee behavior |
| May 31 | Ethics of Research II: who should be author? |
| June 7 | Field trip to BannerPharma Caps |
| June 14 | Outside speaker: Ms. Patrice Ludwig, PhD Candidate, University of Virginia "The role of sexual selection in driving metapopulation dynamics" |
| Cook out at Rueppell house afterwards | |
| June 21 | Field trip to NESCent in conjunction with NC A&T MathBio group |
| June 29 | Developing a mathematical model of biological problem |
| July 6 | How to create a c.v., Tony Abbruzzi, Assistant Director of Employer Relations, UNCG Career Services |
| July 13 | Writing a personal statement for graduate school |
Spring 2007
The seminar series regularly meets on Mondays, from 3:30 pm in GRAM 209.
| 04/30/07 | Final formal group presentations |
| 04/23/07 | Michael Rutter: Math modelling using Excell |
| 04/18/07 | David Remington: Seminar, Department of Biology |
| 04/16/07 | Group update |
| 04/11/07 | Olav Rueppell: Seminar, Department of Biology |
| 04/09/07 | Group update |
| 04/05/07 | Our Expo, presenting Meghan Fitzgerald, Brian Stadler, Joseph Krenicky, Ann Pollock, Megan Leagon |
| 04/02/07 | Field trip - bee station |
| 03/26/07 | Dr. Mark Broom (University of Sussex, UK): Kleptoparasitism Students: Summary of bee group and Brian Stadler |
| 03/19/07 | Sat Gupta: Statistical analysis of data using SPSS Material: Please visit Mary Crowe for software instalation Students: Summary of klepto group and Anne Pollock |
| 03/12/07 | Mary Crowe: Group contracts |
| 02/27/07 | a) Lecture Dr. Jianjun Tian ( Bryan 330). b) Mary Crowe - group dynamics |
| 02/20/07 | Lecture Jan Rychtář on stochastic processes. Goal: A gentle introduction to Poisson process Outcome: students learned how to use library resources |
| 02/13/07 | Lectures by Sat Gupta on introduction to statistics. Goal: To see case studies where statistics is applied to everyday as well as biological problems Material: Download the paper here. |
| 02/06/07 | Lectures by David Remington on fitness. Goal: To understand the biological concept and the see basic math application of it |
| 01/29/07 | Lecture Olav Rueppell on honey bee project. Goal: Introduction to honey bee colony Material: Download the paper here. Outcome: students started to choose honey bee projects |
| 01/22/07 | Lecture Jan Rychtář on modelling. Goal: Introduction of an algorithm for stochastic simulations. Material: Download the paper here. Outcome: Hmw - learn how to solve differential equations numerically using MATLAB or Maple Decide whether use MATLAB or C++ for implementation of the stochastic algorithm |
| 01/15/07 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, No seminar |
| 01/08/07 | Lectures by David Remington, Olav Rueppell and Jan Rychtář on their projects. Goal: Choose the projects to pursue in details during the Spring and Summer 2007 semesters. Material: Download the files from here. Outcome: Olav Rueppell and Maya Chhetri will lead honey bee project (with Robert Gove, Miranda Hayworth, Nels Johnson, Megan Leagon and Matthew Willhelm) Jan Rychtář and David Remington will lead kleptoparasitism project (with Megan Fitzgerald, Joe Fonke and Joseph Krenicky) Brian Stadler will work on dynamics on graphs (lead by Jan Rychtář) and Ann Pollock will work on evolution of genetic traits (lead by David Remington) |
