Wednesday, July 12

CP18
Modeling and Computation in Biology

4:00 PM-6:00 PM
El Moro 2
Chair: Robert R. Meyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

4:00-4:12 A Numerical Technique for Optimal Patterns for Suturing Wounds of Complex Shapes, to Foster Healing

Dawn A. Lott-Crumpler and Hans R. Chaudhry, New Jersy Institute of Technology, USA

4:15-4:27 A Least Square Technique to Compute the Parameters in the Urine Concentrating Mechanism

Mariano Marcano-Velazquez, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, Puerto Rico

4:30-4:42 A Three-Dimensional Quantitative Model for Brain Tumor (Glioma) Growth and Invasion

Kristin R. Swanson, University of California, San Francisco, USA; Ellsworth C. Alvord, Jr., and James D. Murray, University of Washington, USA

4:45-4:57 A Quantitative Model for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) as a Marker of Tumor Growth

Kristin R. Swanson, University of California, San Francisco, USA; James D. Murray, University of Washington, USA

5:00-5:12 Modeling the Duration of the Effect of a Drug with Compartmental Models

Martha Contreras, Cornell University, USA; and Gilbert G. Walter, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

5:15-5:27 A Nonlinear Delay Differential Equation Model for Genistein Dosimetry in Rats

Michael G. Zager and Hien T. Tran, North Carolina State University, USA; Paul M. Schlosser, Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology, USA

5:30-5:42 Optimal Brachytherapy Treatment Plans

Robert R. Meyer, Warren Dean D'Souza and Bruce R. Thomadsen, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

5:45-5:57 Development of a Biologically-Based Controlled Growth and Differentiation Model for Developmental Toxicology

Shree Y. Whitaker, North Carolina State University and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA; Hien T. Tran, North Carolina State University, USA; and Christopher J. Portier, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA