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Marie Curie Research and Training Network "Modeling, Mathematical Methods and Computer Simulation
of Tumour Growth and Therapy"(M3CS Tu Th)
June 1st, 2004 – May 31st, 2006Mid Term Activity Report
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Before presenting the results achieved by the Research and Training Network it is useful to recall that its main target consists in developing a research and training activity at European level on cancer modelling with special attention to simulation of complex biological systems and of therapeutical actions. It is not an easy task considering that the development of mathematical models of tumour growth requires the integration of the phenomena mentioned above and expertise from many different disciplines, in particular the understanding of the biological phenomena involved and the skill in using several different mathematical tools to obtain both qualitative and quantitative results. The above difficulty applies also to theoretical disciplines because of the use of different methods and in the interaction between researchers in mathematics/physics and those in biology/medicine.
The training activity of young researchers needs to be dealt with carefully considering that it cannot be limited to technical aspects of mathematical sciences, but it needs to be integrated with the ability to develop a scientific dialogue between mathematics and life sciences. This important added value was achieved establishing fruitful scientific collaborations with the biomedical research centres listed in Section 4. Moreover, the training activity needs to be properly addressed to build up scientifically valid curricula of young scientists, that also means educating young scientists to publish high quality scientific papers in highly qualified journal.
The above research and educational aspects have been carefully taken into account in the first period which is also characterized by a rapid start of the activities. This report provides a detailed description of several activities finalized to promote research in collaboration joined to training of young researchers recruited within the network and to other young researchers recruited according to local plans. As reported in Section 4, several schools and meeting have been organized and the dissemination of the scientific activity has also been promoted by organizing special issues of important journals.
The final target is to improve the knowledge of European scientists and their international competitive level.
A technical, however relevant aspect is the organization of the activities into six tasks focused on the different aspects of the research and training activity. The activities related to the Tasks readily started producing more than 160 publications in refereed journals (see Section 3 for details), including 42 joint publications and three volumes mainly related to microscopic modeling (Task 1), macroscopic modeling (Task 2) and computational aspect (Task 6) with the discussion of some therapeutical actions (Task 3), multiscale modeling and qualitative aspects (Task 4). Details on the results achieved by each Task are
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reported in Section 1.
The results were disseminated in almost 100 conferences and workshops, listed in Section 2. As specifically reported in Section 4, experimental devices were setup and all scientific milestones were achieved. Actually the network already started working at future milestones.
More details on the activities above are given in the following attachments:
Section 1 reporting the scientific activity of the network, according to the subdivision into Tasks stated in the Contract. Section 2 reporting the mobility and dissemination of the results, with the analytic list of the conferences/workshops attended, internal mobility of the network (excluding recruited researchers), scientific papers, awards. Papers submitted and not yet accepted are not included. Section 3 reporting the training and transfer of knowledge activities including the mobility of the recruited researchers, their partecipation in workshops and congresses, the tutoring responsability.Section 4 reporting the management activity: management meetings, web dissemination, activities officially organized by the network, interdisciplinary collaborations with biomedical research centres, achieved milestones and stateoftheart on forthcoming milestones.
In order to point out the activity of the recruited researchers, throughout the report their names are written in bold face.
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Section 1
Task Management Scientific Report
Task 1: Mathematical modelling and computer simulation at the subcellular and cellular scales.
Modelling at the subcellular and cellular scale is strictly connected with the development of mathematical methods which relate the microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic scales of description. The asymptotic equivalence relationships between these three scales justify validity of models and give chance for including phenomenological observation in models. The models at the subcellular and cellular scale may be related to the master equation defining the Markov process and to the Boltzmanntype kinetic equations.
Healthy and tumor cells are subject to circadian influence and react differently. This phenomena is at the basis of chronotherapy (chemotherapy is given at certain time of the day). Team France North [Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France North] has been investigating the mathematical and numerical modelling of circadian control and its influence on tumor growth and therapy.
The Swedish partner [University of Gothenburg, Sweden] developed the spacetime cellpopulation model for hyperplastic oncogeny. An important feature of the new macroscopic treatment is that it includes an explicit analytical incorporation of certain cellular/subcellular parameters into the macroscopic paradigm.
The Polish Team [Warsaw University, Poland] has proposed new models of interacting entities including those involved in the process of cancer growth. The macroscopic limits of the models were considered. It was shown that solutions of a general class of bilinear macroscopic systems can be approximated by the solutions of appropriate stochastic systems. The stochastic system can related to subcellular or cellular description.Two main cellular processes proliferation and apoptosis were considered for early stage of tumour growth. The effect of time delays in both processes was investigated.The problem of fitting mathematical models of cell signaling pathways was considered, too. A structural formulation of sensitivity analysis was considered. A numerical example of fitting of the mathematical model of the NFkB regulatory module was presented. The results prove that the gene expression signal of PTC is easily detectable even when cancer cells do not prevail over tumour stroma.The analysis and biomedical implications of a certain class of bilinear systems that can be applied in modelling cancer chemotherapy, taking into account both the phenomenon of gene amplification and drug specificity in chemotherapy was considered.Variuos models of tissue invasion by solid tumours at the micro, meso and macro scales of description were considered. Mathematical relationships between these description were formulated.
The Israeli Team [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel] studied regulation of the
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cellcycle clock using a theoretical model for the embryonic cell cycle, where the clock is described as a single limit cycle. By taking the coefficient of the autocatalytic reaction as proportional to the deviation of the system from its equilibrium state, it was shown how such clocks can be adjusted to function on several time scales.
The Dresden Team [Technical University of Dresden, Germany East] has developed LatticeGas Cellular Automaton (LGCA) and Lattice Boltzmann (LB) models of tumour growth. The mesoscopic nature of LGCA and LB models is relevant with respect to phenomena at the subcellular and cellular level.
The team of [University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany West], in cooperation with the experimental group of Neurobiochemistry of this university, developed a mathematical model for the control of proliferation of stem cells and tumor cells. The model reflects the regulatory effects of a very important protein, namely NFkappaB, which can be activated by TNF (tumor necrosis factor). After activation NFkappaB induces both cell growth and cell proliferation. High doses of NFkappaB, however, lead to apoptotic cell death. The model is able to predict the outcome of in vitro experiments with stem cells performed in the laboratory of the Institute of Neurobiochemistry.
Modelling work has been carried out at the [University of Dundee, Scotland] to investigate the effects of cellcycle dependent anticancer drugs. This has focussed on developing ordinary differential equation and delay differential equation models of the cell cycle. A cellular automaton model has also been developed.
Members of the Italian team [Politecnico di Torino] and the French North team [Ecole Normal Superieure] are finishing a review book of the existing kinetic models in immunology.
Task 2: Mathematical modelling and computer simulation at the macroscopic scale.
Much activity at the macroscopic scale has focused on chemotaxis. For example, the Greek team [Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece] has been developing and simulating mathematical models of chemotaxis which they will validate against experimental data describing the motility of connective tissue cells, endothelial cells and tumour cells. The Polish team [Warsaw University, Poland] have been establishing conditions under which KellerSegeltype models have unique solutions that remain bounded for all time. By contrast, the Italian team [Politecnico di Torino, Italy] have been incorporating chemotaxis into their multiphase modelling framework for solid tumour growth, and using their models to investigate the role of mechanical stress in hyperplastic and avascular tumours.
On a different note, the Swedish team [University of Gothenburg, Sweden] have been developing PDE models for hyperplastic oncogeny in which the normal and tumour cell populations are viewed as the mediumdensity (or fluidphase) and highdensity (or solidphase) states. The models can be used to study a tumour’s response to radiotherapy or antioncogeny drugs.
Finally, the English team [University of Nottingham, England] has been developing ODE models to compare the relative importance of angiogenesis and vasculogenesis
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(the recruitment of endothelial progenitor cells from the bone marrow, via the vasculature, to the tumour) in vascular tumour growth. The resulting models are studied using a combination of bifurcation theory and numerical simulations. When angiogenesis (or vasculogenesis) acts in isolation, the tumour evolves to either an avascular steady state, or a vascular steady state or it undergoes unbounded vascular growth. When both vascularisation mechanisms act, the tumour’s growth rate increases: it evolves to a larger equilibrium size or grows uncontrollably. The study highlights the need to target endothelial cells and endothelial progenitor cells in order to reduce effectively the tumour vasculature and, thereby, inhibit tumour growth.
Modelling work has been carried out at the [University of Dundee, Scotland] to investigate the effect of bloodflow on a growing bloodvessel network. A dynamic adaptive tumourinduced vasculature has been modelled. The model has been used to investigate how chemotherapy drugs flow through the network. Work has also been carried out on cancer cell invasion of tissue using a PDE model of the urokinasepalsminogen activator system. A rigorous analysis of a model for the immune response to cancer has also been performed.
Task 3: Mathematical modelling and computer simulation for cancer therapy.
Critical point analysis for threevariable cancer angiogenesis models has been performed. Results: i) Unlimited growth is predicted, if the initial condition is close enough to the nontrivial critical point, ii) growth is characterized by oscillations in tumour and vascular mass. Conclusion: Angiogenesis per se does not suffices to explain the observed stabilization of vascular tumour size [U. Forys (Warsaw), Y. Kheifetz (IMBM) and Y. Kogan (IMBM)].
The effects of Interleukin21 (IL21) on tumor eradication have been studied in mathematical model focusing on NKcell and CD8 Tcellmediated lysis of tumor cells. Our model accurately retrieved experimental growth dynamics in the nonimmunogenic B16 melanoma and the immunogenic MethA and MCA205 fibrosarcomas, showing a strong dependence of the NKcell/CD8 Tcell balance on tumor immunogenicity [A. Cappuccio (IMBM), M. Elishmereni (IMBM) and Z. Agur (IMBM)].
A mathematical model for Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM), have been constructed, which describes tumorimmune system interaction. Simulation results show that with several injections of CTLs, directly to the tumor site, it is possible to eradicate the tumor. Moreover, tumor eradication may be accomplished also by the indirect recruitment) of the patients' own CTLs [N. Kronik (IMBM), U. Forys (Warsaw), Y. Kogan (IMBM), Y. Kheifetz (IMBM) and Z. Agur (IMBM)].
A mathematical and computational model has been put forward, which analyses the effect of Doxorubicin on Non Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) over a wide range of pathophysiological conditions. Model simulations indicated the presence of a critical regimen intensity below which treatment will not result in tumour elimination [Z. Agur (IMBM), B. Ribba (IMBM), N. Dahan (IMBM), Y. Kogan (IMBM), K. Marron (IMBM) and V. Vainstein (IMBM)].
A mathematical model of the monoclonal antibody PK/PD (pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics) has been constructed and investigated. The model enables to
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calculate the expected monoclonal antibody efficacy in vivo based solely on parameters, which can be evaluated experimentally in vitro by existing wellestablished techniques, is obtained [O. Kirnasovsky (IMBM), V. Vainstein (IMBM), Y. Kogan (IMBM) and Z. Agur (IMBM)].
A nonlinear spacetime model for hyperplastic oncogeny has been developed. The model is endowed with the new, analyticalnumerical timeslices method for fast multiple analysis on notebook computers. Most of the listed results have already been published in mathematical and biological journals [A. Mamontov (Sweden)].
A mathematical model describing the time evolution of efficiency and toxicity of an oxaliplatin tumour treatment has been derived and an optimal control technique has been applied to search for the best drug infusion laws. Gradients with respect to the infusion rate were derived and efficient optimisation algorithms have been implemented [C. Basdevant (France), J. Clairambault (France), F. Levy (Israel)].
Task 4: Qualitative analysis and multiscale methods.
This task allows for a better understanding of the behaviors of models and for their selection. It relies on precise observations of the experimental teams and applies usually to nonlinear spacetime cellpopulation models.
The qualitative effect of circadian control on tissue growth has been incorporated in age structured models [Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France North]. A major result has been obtained, asserting the role of circadian rhythm only in some phase transitions in the cellcycle, and the mathematical structure of the cellpopulation models is now based on general methods.
Effects of nonlinearities have been renewed [University of Gothenburg, Sweden], incorporating more than one asymptotically stable state, either normal (homeorhetic) cells or tumor cells, and associated with different time scales. More generally this team studies the fundamental differences between living systems and nonliving matter in terms of their response to exogeneous signals and their various possible scales. In particular this provides microscopic basis to the kinetic models of the Italian team [Politecnico di Torino, Italy].
The correct scaling spaces to be used in models of cell motion, chemotaxis and angiogenesis, have also been understood by the teams [Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France North], [Politecnico di Torino, Italy] and [Warsaw University, Poland] in particular when quorum sensing is included leading to nonlinear degenerate diffusion. New estimates on the dimension of the possible concentration set of cells have been obtained.
For tumorimmune system competition, the effect of therapeutical treatments has been considered and a very nice analysis of the behavior of the system has been carried out.
Multiscale cell interactions have been deviced, where microscopic biochemical reactions between receptors are used to model the global forces (macroscopic level) with applications to tumoral cell extravasation [Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble,
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France South]. The team [Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France South] has investigated the therapeutic benefit of antiinvasive agents (inhibitors of metalloproteinases, IM), to inhibit cancer growth and metastasis. The phase III trials have been disappointing. A mechanisticbased mathematical model was developed, which integrates microscopic cell cycle regulation and macroscopic tumor dynamic. Simulations predict the lack of efficacy of IM in advanced cancer patients and may help the design clinical trials.
Development of a mathematical multiscale model of cancer growth [Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France South]. Three relevant scales have been investigated (Boolean approach to genetic/molecular, discrete model of cell cycle, continuous model of the cell macroscopic behaviour). The multiscale model has been simulated to investigate the efficacy of irradiation therapies and is presently used to analyse the therapeutic benefit of antiinvasive agents.
The radically new concept of multiplealternative modeling has been introduced [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel]. A variety of mathematical formulation of an event is used. Upon satisfactory comparison of resulting dynamics, they together connote the most accurate model. This is done by calibration and simulation of each model with respect to data sets of different sizes and origins, in order to find the simplest data set that allows retrieval of similar dynamics from all models. The above algorithm was applied to the case of a specific treatment, and results in more reliable predictions.
The German team [University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany West] produced mathematical models for the enzymatic control of proliferation of both stem cells and tumor cells. In this respect there is a direct linkage between what happens on the biochemical, molecular level and the overall activity of a cell in its growing and eventual dividing. Of particular importance is the regulatory protein NFkappaB which has major influence on cell growth, cell proliferation and apoptotic cell death, depending on its concentration in the cell. NFkappaB may be on the one hand activated by TNF (tumor necrose factor), on the other hand inhibited by IkappaB. The effects of the various interactions between these substances on cell dynamics as a whole have been represented in the model. The model is able to serve as a major link between events happening on the molecular level and the development of the whole tumor. Thus, in further studies we expect the incorporation of some features of our model into models of other teams concerned with global events of tumor growth and therapy.
Task 5: Experimental aspects and validation. The Swedish partner [University of Gothenburg, Sweden] activities includes the following two directions:
selection in the experimentalbiomedicine literature of the data on oncogenic hyperplasia (mainly on the cellcycle stages, parameters for the TGFalpha molecules and the EGF receptors, and the interaction of these molecules and receptors); these data are used for the model validation/calibration;
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collaboration with the Radiophysics Department, Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Gothenburg, Sweden), on a combination of the oncogenichyperplasia model with the tumorexamination experimental techniques common in clinical practice; the purpose is an improvement of the planning and efficiency of the advanced radiotherapy treatments.
The French team [Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France South] in collaboration with the Institut Albert Bonniot (Grenoble, France) has addressed the following items inside the present task:
Andreea Iordan is the young researcher (ESR) involved in the characterization of mixtures of cells (including adhesion proteins and ECM). This work will then find applications to biological tumors and/or soft tissues.
Interactions between tumoral cells and the endothelium are analyzed under flow. Cells are shown to either extravasate or simply intermingle with the endothelium.
Another PhD student devotes work to understand the effect of the flow field on a tumoral cell adhering to a wall. Changes in the cytoskeleton are characterized to predict cell deformability.
Task 6: Highperformance algorithms for tumour simulations.
Currently, the Technical University of Dresden is the only partner in the MC network focusing on highperformance aspects. Until present, the Dresden team has developed 2DLattice Gas Cellular Automaton (LCGA) models that simulate the evolution of avascular in vitro tumours (multicellular spheroids) and glioma tumours. In particular, the model of glioma tumour development incorporates the brain fiber track structure.Highlights on innovative developments (new concepts, approaches, methods and/or products): Development of 2D Lattice Gas Cellular Automaton based on medical image data, Incorporation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) medical data that allow identification of the fiber track brain structure.The characterization of the resulting growth processes by scaling methods imposes the need for longlasting simulations. Thus, the development of highperformance algorithms is imperative. Furthermore, we have implemented a 3D version of the LGCA and currently work on the performance analysis of corresponding simulation runs on different HPC architectures.
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Section 2
Conferences/workshops
In the reporting period people of the network has been attending the following conferences/workshops where the results of the research have been disseminated. The events offcially organized with support of the network are also listed in the Management section.
Events by members of two or more teams
Multiscale modelling of multicellular systems, Biocomplexity 9, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, May 810, 2006 (invited speakers: N. Bellomo, A. Deutsch, D. Drasdo, P. Maini, K. Painter).
Multidisciplinary Workshop on Individual Based Models and Cell aggregation Mechanisms in Tumour Growth, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo (TO), Italy, March 67, 2006 (D. Ambrosi, F. Bussolino, A. Chauviere, D. Cora’, A. Deutsch speaker, A. Napione, A. Picco, L. Preziosi speaker, K. PsiukMaksymowicz, B. Ribba speaker, A. Tosin).
Conference “Mathematical Methods and Modeling of Biophysical Phenomena”, Mathematical fundations of cancer modelling, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 511, 2006 (F. Bekkal, N. Bellomo invited lecture, V. Calvez, L. Corrias, J.Clairambault, M. Delitala speaker, B. Perthame – invited lecture, F. Chalub).
Biomat 2005, International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Petropolis, Brazil, December 38, 2005 (A. Deutsch – speaker, P. K. Maini invited lecture).
Workshop on Tumour Modelling, Szczyrk, Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland, October 810, 2005 (Speakers: M. Bodnar, P. Getto, P. Gwiazda, H. Hatzikirou, M. Kimmel, G. Litcanu, P. Michel, C. MoralesRodrigo, M. J. Piotrowska, K. PsiukMaksymowicz, A. Swierniak, Z. Szymanska; M. Lachowicz).
First summer school and workshop of the EC Marie Curie RTN "Modeling, Mathematical Methods and Computer Simulation of Tumour Growth and Therapy, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005 (A. Bru speaker, A. Cappuccio speaker, R. ChotardGhodsnia speaker, C. Couzon speaker, A. Deutsch speaker, S. De Franciscis speaker, S. Faini, A. Fasano invited speaker, H. Hatzikirou speaker, U. an der Heiden speaker, M. A. Herrero organizer, Y. Kogan speaker, M. Lachowicz speaker, E. Mamontov speaker, C. MoralesRodrigo speaker, B. Perthame, K. PsiukMaksymowicz speaker, C. Verdier – speaker, Preziosi – speaker, Bellomo, Tosin, Astanin, Chauviere, R. Conde, O. Lejeune, J. Panowska, A. Fasano – invited lecture,
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M.J. Piotrowska, H. Byrne – speaker, M. Chaplain speaker, Chalub speaker, Lopez speaker, P. Getto speaker, Alarcon speaker, B. Ribba speaker, J. Stamper speaker, O'Rourke speaker).
Fifth Congress of the European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Dresden, Germany, July 1822, 2005 (T. Alarcon speaker, A. Anderson speaker, H. M. Byrne, V. Calvez speaker, M. Chaplain speaker, scientific committee, J. Clairambault speaker, D. Cora’ speaker, A. Deutsch – main organizer, D. Drasdo, M. Elishmereni speaker, J. Galle, A. Gamba speaker, P. Getto speaker, H. Hatzikirou poster, O. E. Jensen speaker, Y. Kheifetz speaker, J. R. King speaker, O. Lejeune speaker, I. van Leeuwen, E. Mamontov speaker, M. Owen speaker, J. Panovska speaker, B. Perthame, M. J. Piotrowska poster, L. Preziosi speaker, P. K. Maini, K. PsiukMaksymowicz speaker, I. Ramis Conde poster, B. Ribba speaker, A. Stephanou speaker, A. Swierniak speaker, A. Tosin – speaker, P. Traqui speaker, J. Velazquez speaker, J. P. Ward poster, Z. Szymanska – speaker, Bertuzzi – speaker, A. D'Onofrio – speaker, I. van Leeuwen – speaker, E. Gaffney – speaker, H. Enderling – speaker, K. Gordon – speaker, Minisimposium organizers: H. Byrne, M. Chaplain, Owen, B. Perthame, Anderson).
Miniworkshop on Angiogenesis and Other Aspects of Tumour Growth, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland, June 15, 2005 (Speakers: U. Forys, R. Kowalczyk, K. PsiukMaksymowicz, A. Swierniak; M. Bodnar, M. Lachowicz, J. Waniewski).
Conference on Mathematical Models and Methods in Biology and Medicine and Workshop From ODE and PDE to Markov Processes in Description of Tumour Phenomena, Bedlewo, Poland, May 29 June 3, 2005 (Speakers: M. Bodnar, M. Chaplain, U. Forys, P. Getto, M. Kimmel, R. Kowalczyk, M. Lachowicz, G. Litcanu, Z. Szymanska, V. Capasso; U. Forys, M. Lachowicz, C. MoralesRodrigo).
SIAM conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, May 2226, 2005 (P. K. Maini, D. Manoussaki speaker).
Dynamics of Cancer: Modeling and Experiment, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, May 913, 2005 (invited lectures: D. Ambrosi, H. M. Byrne, P. K. Maini, L. Preziosi, B. Sleeman).
Multidisciplinary Miniworkshop on Recent Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine I, Warsaw, Poland, December 8, 2004 (Speakers: M. Chaplain, C. MoralesRodrigo; U. Forys, R. Kowalczyk; M. Bodnar, M. Lachowicz, M. J. Piotrowska).
Multidisciplinary Workshop on Recent Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine II, Warsaw, Poland, February 2, 2005 (Speakers: M. Bodnar, U. Forys, P. Getto, R. Kowalczyk, M. Lachowicz, G. Litcanu, C. MoralesRodrigo, A. Swierniak, J. Waniewski; U. Forys, R. Kowalczyk; M. J. Piotrowska).
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Modelling of Cell Motility and Angiogenesis, WPI Wien, Austria, November 812, 2004 (Invited speakers: D. Ambrosi, V. Calvez, F. Chalub, F. Filbet, A. Gamba, J. King, P. Michel, K. Painter, B. Perthame, L. Preziosi, L. Triolo).
Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics, Trento, Italy, June 2125, 2004 (Speakers: P. Getto, K. Marron, J. StachowskaPietka, Z. Szymanska, V. Vainstein; H. M. Byrne invited lecture, A. Bertuzzi – speaker, D. Ambrosi – speaker, A. D'Onofrio speaker).
Modelling TumorMicroenvironment Interaction, Leipzig, Germany, March 10, 2006 (J. Galle – invited lecture, D. Drasdo – invited lecture, L. Preziosi invited lecture, I. Ramis Conde).
Fifth Mathematics in Medicine Study Group, Oxford, UK, September 1216, 2005 (H.M. Byrne coorganizer, P. K. Maini, J. R. King, T. Alarcon, J. Stamper, D. Ambrosi).
Math everywhere: deterministic and stochastic modelling in biomedicine, economics and industry, Universita di Milano, Italy, September 46, 2005 (Invited speakers: P. K. Maini, Z. Agur, A. Fasano).
International Meeting on Mathematical Biology and Applied Analysis (to celebrate Brian Sleeman’s 65th birthday), University of Dundee, UK, September 2004 (P. K. Maini invited lecture, N. Bellomo – invited lecture).
VII Congresso della Societa Italiana di Matematica Applicata e Industrale (SIMAI), Venezia, Isola di San Servolo, Italy, June 2004 (P. K. Maini, D.Ambrosi speaker, L.Preziosi).
1. Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Bilateral meeting with the team of Mathematical Biology from the Wolfgang Pauli Institute of Vienna, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, November 2526, 2005 (N. Bellomo speaker, A. Chauviere, E. De Angelis speaker, Y. Dolak speaker, S. Schmeizer speaker, L. Preziosi speaker, A. Tosin, Delitala).
Engineering and Medical Care, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy, November 78, 2005 (D. Ambrosi, S. Astanin speaker, N. Bellomo, M. Chaplain speaker, E. De Angelis, M. Delitala, L. Preziosi, A. Tosin speaker).
Integrazione di Sistemi Complessi in Biomedicina: Modelli, Simulazioni, Rappresentazioni, Bergamo, Italy, November 2224, 2004 (D. Ambrosi speaker, M. Delitala speaker, L. Preziosi – speaker, A. Tosin).
Conference IMPA on Mathematical Methods and Modeling of Biophysical Phenomena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 511 March 2006 (N. Bellomo – invited lecture).
Workshop Mathematics and Life Science, June 59 2006, Granada Spain (N.Bellomo – invited lecture).
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2. University of Nottingham, England
MC2: Putting the Knowledge Based Society into Practice, University of Manchester, UK, April 1012, 2006 (J. Stamper poster).
IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, Arlington, Virginia, USA, April 69, 2006 (H. M. Byrne invited lecture).
Second young researchers workshop, MBI Columbus, Ohio, USA, March 2006 (G. Sirito poster).
Meeting of angiogenesis network, University of Nottingham, UK, March 2728, 2006 (H. M. Byrne invited lecture, T. Alarcon, M. R. Owen, J. Stamper speaker).
BBSRC workshop on ‘Vision for Systems Biology”, Exeter, UK, March 1617, 2006 (H. M. Byrne, P. K. Maini invited lecture).
1st MMCOMNET Workshop: Measuring and Modelling Complex Networks Across Domains, Said Business School, Oxford, UK, October 2021, 2005 (P. K. Maini).
Integrative Biology Workshop, University of Oxford, UK, September 2005 (H. M. Byrne and P. K. Maini invited lectures).
Centre for the Development of a Virtual Tumor (investigator meeting), Massachusetts General Hospital, March 25th 2005 (P. K. Maini).
PCMI, Institute Programme in Mathematical Biology, Park City, Utah, USA, June 27 July 15, 2005 (P. K. Maini, H. M. Byrne, D. Drasdo).
47th British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, University of Liverpool, UK, April 47, 2005 (J. Stamper).
London Mathematical Society, British Women in Mathematics Day, UK, September 2004 (H. M. Byrne invited lecture).
Biocomputation and Modelling in Physiology Workshop, Oxford, UK, September 2004 (H. M. Byrne and P. K. Maini invited lectures).
3. Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
Biomat: First Summer School on the Mathematics of development, Granada, June 614, 2005 (A. Bru speaker, S. Faini, N. Bellomo, M. A. Herrero organizer).
International Conference on Free Boundary Problems, Coimbra, Portugal, May 30 June 4, 2005 (A. Bru speaker).
Biannual Meeting of the RSME (Real Sociedad Matematica Espanola), Valencia, Spain, February 15, 2005 (A. Bru speaker, M. A. Herrero speaker).
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4. Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France South
Congrès cardiovasculaire, Printemps de la cardiologie, Toulouse, France, May 1013, 2006 (O. Haddad, R. ChotardGhodsnia, A. Leyrat, C. Verdier, A. Duperray).
PostMaster lectures, Université de Séville, Spain, Mars 2006 (D. Bresch, E. FernandezCara organizer).
Master Research lectures, Ecole centrale de Paris, France, February 2006 (D. Bresch invited speaker, Sonia Benhamida organizer).
Ecole CEAEDFINRIA, Numerical simulations of blood flows, Vascular and tissular rheology, Cellular interactions under flow, Rocquencourt, France, December 69, 2005 (C. Verdier invited speaker).
Congrès Européen de Biomécanique, Bruxelles, Belgium, published in Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin., supp 1:1312, September 2005 (O. Haddad, R. ChotardGhodsnia, A. Leyrat, C. Verdier, A. Duperray).
The 12th International Congress of Biorheology (ICB), Chongqing, China, May 28 June 2, 2005 (C. Verdier invited lecture, R. ChotardGhodsnia, O. Haddad, A. Duperray, Q. Jin, P. Singh).
2nd Annual European Rheology Conference 2005 (AERC 2005), Grenoble, France, April 2123, 2005 (C. Verdier, R. ChotardGhodsnia, A. Leyrat, A. Duperray, O. Haddad, Q. Jin, P. Singh).
GDR 2670 “Interactions Fluides Structures biologiques”, Marseille, France, January 18, 2005 (C. Verdier invited lecture).
PSMN Workshop, ENS Lyon (France), January 17th 2005, "Autour de la modélisation du cancer : aspects biomécaniques et angiogenèse (A. Duperray speaker, C. Verdier speaker).
5. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France North
Congrès de la Société Francophone de Chronobiologie, Lyon, France, May 2006 (J. Clairambault).
Workshop "Recent development in scientific computing for medecine", Lyon, France, May 2006 (J. Clairambault, F. Filbet).
Mathematical Biology, Oberwolfach, Germany, May 2006 (V. Calvez, J. Clairambault, F. Filbet, B. Perthame).
FrenchJapanese Workshop, University of Orsay, France, March 2006 (H. Zaag).
Conference "Mathematics in the life sciences", Paris, France, September 2005 (J. Clairambault).
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Plenary conference for the 6th International Workshop on Mathematical Aspects of Fluid and Plasma Dynamics', Kyoto, Japan, September 2005 (P. E. Jabin).
Conference ‘PDEs and stochastic aspects’, Evanston, USA, june 2005 (B. Perthame).
FrenchJapanese Workshop, University of Orsay, France, June 2005 (H. Zaag).
Conference HyKE3, Rome, Italy, April 2005 (P. Gwiazda).
37th congrès de la Société Francaise de Chronobiologie, Strasbourg, France, April 2005 (J. Clairambault).
Colloque de l'Association de Chronobiologie Médicale, Aussois, France, March 2005 (J. Clairambault).
Conference IMPA on Mathematical Methods and Modeling of Biophysical Phenomena, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 2005 (B. Perthame, H. Zaag).
Minisymposium SIAM PDE04, Houston, USA, December 2004 (P. Gwiazda invited speaker).
Workshop "Dynamics of spatiotemporal patterns for the system of reactiondiffusion equations", Kyoto, Japan, October 2004 (H. Zaag).
6. University of Dundee, Scotland
Current Research in Mathematical Biology, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Joint Conference, Kelvin Gallery, University of Glasgow, November 2004 (M. Chaplain invited plenary speaker).
Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Biology, University of Michigan, USA July/August 2004 (M. Chaplain speaker, A. Anderson speaker).
7. University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany West
Seminar on Tumor Growth, University of Warsaw, Poland, October 2005 (M. J. Piotrowska speaker).
Dynamical Diseases, Hospital Haar, Germany, October 2005 (U. an der Heiden invited lecture).
Synergetics of the Brain, University of Krems, Austria, June 2326, 2005 (U. an der Heiden invited lecture).
Systems Theory and Brain Diseases, Hospital Haar, Germany, February 25, 2005
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(U. an der Heiden invited lecture).
9. Warsaw University, Poland
Gliwice Scientific Meetings, Gliwice, Poland, November 1819, 2005 (P. Getto speaker, A. Swierniak).
Conference on Sobolev Inequalities Various Points of View, Male Ciche, Poland, June 1619, 2005 (C. MoralesRodrigo speaker).
10. Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel
ARCC workshop on "The Modeling of Cancer Progression and Immunotherapy", Palo Alto, CA,USA, December 1216, 2005 (N. KalevKronik speaker).
AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC), Palo Alto, CA, USA, December 1216, 2005 (Z. Agur invited speaker).
"Therapeutic Applications of Computational Biology ", Cambridge, UK, September 46, 2005 (Z. Agur invited speaker).
“Clinical Trials in Cancer”, London, UK, June 2021, 2005 (Z. Agur invited speaker).
Medical Informatics & Technologies 2004, IX international conference, Miedzybrodzie Zywieckie, Poland, October 1114, 2004 (Z. Agur invited speaker).
Medical Informatics Technologies 2004, IX international conference, Miedzybrodzie Zywieckie, Poland, October 11, 2004 (Z. Agur invited speaker, Y. Kheifetz speaker).
Miniworkshop on Mathematical Modelling in Cancer Chemotherapy, Gliwice, Poland, October 18, 2004 (Z. Agur – speaker, Y. Kogan – invited speaker).
A mini session “Employing biomathematical modelling in drug development and clinical practice: feasibility and concerns” in Joint Conference MPD7DeStoBio3, Trento, Italy, June 2004 (Z. Agur and V. Vainstein organization and chairmanship).
11. Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece
Cell Migration in Health and Disease, Bioacademy of Athens (IIBEAA), Greece, March 20, 2006 (E. Mylona invited speaker).
National Cancer InstituteIntegrative Cancer Biology Program, Berkeley, CA, USA, October 23rd 2005 (D. Manoussaki).
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Vanderbilt Integrative Cancer Biology Center, Nashville, TN, USA, October 2005 (D. Manoussaki invited speaker).
Skeletal muscle microenvironment in motion: key players and pathways, IMBBFORTH, October 26, 2005 (E. Mylona invited speaker).
3rd Symposium on Computational Cell Biology, Lenox, Massachusett (USA), 1923 March 2005 (D. Manoussaki).
Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, January 2005, (D. Manoussaki).
Center for Cell Dynamics, Friday Harbor, WA, USA, September 2004 (D. Manoussaki).
Biomathematics Study Group, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA, February 2004 (D. Manoussaki invited speaker).
12. Technical University of Dresden, Germany E.
7th International Conference on Cooperative Control and Optimization, Florida, USA, January 31February 2, 2006 (H. Hatzikirou).
Workshop on Applications of Methods of Stochastic Systems and Statistical Physics in Biology, Notre Dame, Indiana, October 2830, 2005 (A. Deutsch – speaker)
Tagung DeutschGriechische Forschung 2005, Berlin, Germany, October 14, 2005 (H. Hatzikirou speaker).
International Conference on Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia, April 1116, 2005 (A. Deutsch speaker).
Workshop of the EURTD Bison project, Dresden, Germany, January 1718, 2005 (A. Deutsch speaker).
Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology, Hiroshima, Japan, September 21 25, 2004 (A. Deutsch speaker).
9th Conference on Artificial Life (ALife9), Boston, MA, USA, September 1215, 2004 (D. Basanta speaker).
NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 2426, 2004 (D. Basanta speaker).
International workshop on selfproperties in complex information systems, Bertinoro, Italy, May 31 June 2, 2004 (A. Deutsch speaker).
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Internal mobility of the project
Scientific exchange among partner (excluding recruited researchers, reported in Section 3, and visits strictly related to workshop participations):
Z. Agur visits Poland in October 2004.
T. Alarcon visits Madrid in September 2005 and March 2006.
N. Bellomo visits Paris ENS in March 2005, and Spain in June 2005.
M. Bodnar visits Madrid in November 2004 and May 2005 and Leipzig in February/March 2006.
A. Bru visits Dresden in February 2006.
M. Chaplain visits Warsaw in December 2004 and Turin in November 2005
A. Deutsch visits Madrid in January 2006 and Turin in March 2006.
U. Forys visits Bene Ataroth in August 2004 and November/December 2005.
M. Herrero visits Dundee in June 2004 and Firenze in August 2005.
P. E. Jabin visits Turin, one week in 2004.
R. Kowalczyk visits Turin in November 2004 and March 2005.
M. Lachowicz visits Dundee in October 2004 and December 2005, Turin on March 2005 and October 2005.
P. Maini visits Paris (ENS) in November 2005.
E. Mamontov visits Turin in September 2005.
B. Perthame visits Warsaw in September 2005 and Grenoble on April 2006.
L. Preziosi visits Grenoble in March 2005 and Paris (Ecole Polytechnique) in May 2006.
B. Ribba visits Torino in Marhc, april and May 2006
Z. Szymanska visits Dundee in October 2004.
C. Verdier visits Turin in May 2006.
D. Ambrosi visits Grenoble in March 2006.
J. Galle visits Torino in January 2006
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Scientific papers
List of the papers accepted for publication and published by people involved in the project after June 2004 on relevant subject. Manuscripts just submitted will appear in forthcoming reports.
Publications involving researchers recruited in the RTN
A. Chauviere and I. Brazzoli, On the discrete kinetic theory for active particles Mathematical tools, Math. Comp. Model., in press (2006).
L. Preziosi and S. Astanin, Modelling the formation of capillaries, Complex Systems in Biomedicine, L. Formaggia and A. Veneziani Eds., Springer (2006).
A. Bru, D. Casero, S. De Franciscis and M. A. Herrero, Fractal analysis of tumour growth, Math. Comp. Model., in press (2006).
P. Gwiazda and B. Perthame, Invariants and exponential rate of convergence to steady state in the renewal equation. Markov Processes and Related Fields, in press (2006).
M. J. Piotrowska, Hopf bifurcation for ordinary differential equations with two delays (with application to solid avascular tumor growth), Bulletin of Math. Biology, in press (2006).
M. Piotrowska, D. Widera, B. Kaltschmidt, U. an der Heiden and C. Kaltschmidt, Mathematical model for NFκB driven proliferation of adult neural stem cells, Cell Proliferation (the Journal of The Cell Kinetics Society, The European Study Group for Cell Proliferation and The International Cell Cycle Society), in press (2006).
M. J. Piotrowska, Activator inhibitor system with delay and pattern formation, Mathematical & Computer Modelling, 42, 123131 (2005).
U. Forys and M. J. Piotrowska, Time delays in solid avascular tumour growth, Proceedings of the tenth National Conference on Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medecine, Swiety Krzyz, 4354 (September 2225, 2004).
E. Mamontov, A. V. Koptioug and K. PsiukMaksymowicz, The minimal phasetransition model for the cellnumber maintenance by the hyperplasiaextended homeorhesis, Acta Biotheoretica, 54(2), in press (2006).
− E. vian Academy oMamontov, K. PsiukMaksymowicz and A. Koptioug, Stochastic mechanics in the context of the properties of living systems, Math. Comput. Modelling, in press (2006).
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− E. Mamontov, K. PsiukMaksymowicz and A. Koptioug, What stochastic mechanics are relevant to the study of living systems ?, Proceedings of the Latf Sciences, 59 (6/641), 2027 (2005).
G. Litcanu and J. J. L. Velazquez, Singular perturbation analysis of cAMP signalling in Dictyostelium discoideum aggregates, J. Math. Biol., in press (2006).
S. Bernard, B. Cajavec, L. Pujomenjouet, M. C. Mackey and H. Herzel, Modeling transcriptional feedback loops: The role of Gro/TLE1 in Hes1 oscillations, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A, in press (2006).
B. Cajavec, H. Herzel and S. Bernard, Death of neuronal clusters contributes to variance of age at onset in Huntington’s disease, Neurogenetics, 7(1), 2125 (2006).
S. K. Tsivitse, E. Mylona, J. M. Peterson, W.T. Gunning and F. X. Pizza, Mechanical loading and injury induce human myotubes to release neutrophil chemoattractants, Am. J. Physiol. Cell Physiol., 288, C721729 (2005).
H. Hatzikirou and K. Zuberbuehler, Multiple discontinuities in nonhuman vocal tracts A reply, J. Hum. Evol., 50(2), 222225 (2006).
−H. Hatzikirou, A. Deutsch, C. Schaller, M. Simon and K. Swanson, Mathematical modelling of glioblastoma tumour development: a review, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sc., 15(11), 17791794 (2005).
D. Basanta, M. A. Miodownik, E. A. Holm and P. J. Bentley, Investigating the evolvability of biologicallyinspired CA, Proceedings of the workshops of the 9th conference on Artificial Life (ALife9), Boston, MA, USA, September 1215 (2004).
D. Basanta, M. A. Miodownik, E. A. Holm and P. J. Bentley, Evolving 3D microstructures using a genetic algorithm, Proceedings of the second international conference on recrystallization and grain growth, August 30 September 3 (2004).
D. Basanta, P. J. Bentley, M. A. Miodownik and E. A. Holm, Evolving and growing microstructures of materials using biologically inspired CA, Proceedings of the 2004 NASA/DoD Conference on Evolvable Hardware, Seattle, Washington, USA, June 2426 (2004).
Publications involving researchers belonging to two different teams or more
N. Bellomo and A. Bellouquid, On the onset of nonlinearity for diffusion models of biological materials by asymptotic analysis, Int. J. Nonlinear Mechanics, 41, 281293 (2006). [Italy – France N]
N. Bellomo, A. Bellouquid and M. Herrero, From microscopic to macroscopic description of multicellular systems and biological growing tissues, Comp. Math. with Appl., in press (2006). [Italy – France N – Spain]
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A. Bellouquid and M. Delitala, Modelling complex biological systems: a kinetic theory approach, Birkhauser (Boston), in press (2006). [Italy – France N]
M. Chaplain, L. Graziano and L. Preziosi, Mathematical modelling of the loss of tissue compression responsiveness and its role in solid tumour development, Math. Med. Biol., in press (2006). [ Scotland – Italy]
M. Bodnar and J. J. L. Velazquez, An integrodifferential equation arising as a limit of individual cellbased models, Journal of Differential equations, in press (2006). [ Poland – Spain]
A. Stephanou, S. R. McDougall, A. R. A. Anderson and M. A. J. Chaplain, Mathematical modelling of the influence of blood rheological properties upon adaptative tumourinduced angiogenesis, Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modelling, in press (2006). [France S – Scotland]
V. Calvez and J. A. Carrillo, Volume effects in the KellerSegel model: energy estimates preventing blowup, Journal de Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees, in press (2006). [France N – Spain]
N. Bellomo and P. Maini, Preface (Special issue on cancer modelling), Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 15 (11), iiiviii (2005). [Italy – England]
A. Bellouquid and M. Delitala, Mathematical methods and tools of kinetic theory towards modelling complex biological systems, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 15 (11), 16391666 (2005). [France N – Italy]
E. De Angelis and P.E. Jabin, Mathematical models of therapeutical actions related to tumour and immune system competition, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 28 (17), 20612083 (2005). [Italy – France N]
M. Bodnar and J. J. L. Velazquez, Derivation of macroscopic equations for individual cell based models, Math. Meth. Appl. Sci., 28, 17571779 (2005). [Poland – Spain]
A. Stephanou, S. R. McDougall, A. R. A. Anderson and M. A. J. Chaplain, Mathematical modelling of flow in 2D and 3D networks: application to antiangiogenic and chemotherapeutic drug strategies, Journal of Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 41, 113756 (2005). [ France S – Scotland]
L. Arlotti, A. Deutsch and M. Lachowicz, On a discrete Boltzmanntype model of swarming, Math. Comput. Model., 41, 10, 11931201 (2005). [Italy – Germany E – Poland]
U. Forys, Y. Kheifetz and Y. Kogan, Critical point analysis for threedimensional cancer angiogenesis models, Math. Biosci. and Eng., 2(3), 511525 (2005). [Poland – Israel]
B. Ribba, K. Marron, T. Alarcon, P. K. Maini and Z. Agur, A mathematical model of doxorubicin treatment efficacy for nonHodgkin’s lymphoma: Investigation of the current
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protocol through theoretical modelling results, Bull. Math. Biol., 67, 7999 (2005). [France S Israel – England]
A. Deutsch and S. Dormann, Cellular automaton modeling of biological pattern formation, with a foreword by P. K. Maini, Boston Birkhauser (2005). [Germany E – England]
N. Bellomo, A. Bellouquid and M. Delitala, Mathematical topics on the modelling complex multicellular systems and tumor immune cells competition, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 14, 16831733 (2004). [Italy – France N]
A. Stephanou, M. A. J. Chaplain and P. Tracqui, A mathematical model for the dynamics of large membrane deformations of isolated fibroblasts, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 66, 111954 (2004). [France S – Scotland]
B. Ribba, T. Alarcon, K. Marron, P. K. Maini and Z. Agur, The use of hybrid cellular automata models for improving cancer therapy, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, P. M. A. Sloot, B. Chopard and A. G. Hoekstra Eds, 3305, 444453, ACRI (2004). [France S Israel – England]
T. Katsaounis, B. Perthame and C. Simeoni, Upwinding sources at interfaces in conservation laws, Applied Mathematics Letters, 17, 309316 (2004). [Greece – France N]
H. Enderling, A. R. A. Anderson, M. A. J. Chaplain, A. J. Munro and J. Vaidya, Mathematical modelling of radiotherapy strategies for early breast cancer treatment, J. theor. Biol., in press (2006). [Germany E Scotland]
M. A. J. Chaplain and G. Lolas, Mathematical modelling of cancer cell invasion of tissue: The role of the urokinase plasminogen activation system, Math. Modell. Methods. Appl. Sci., 15, 16851734 (2005). [Scotland Greece]
Other papers by people involved in the RTN
1. Politecnico di Torino, Italy
E. De Angelis and M. Delitala, Modelling complex systems in applied sciences methods and tools of the mathematical kinetic theory for active particles, Math. Comp. Model., in press (2006).
A. Tosin, D. Ambrosi and L. Preziosi, Mechanics and chemotaxis in the morphogenesis of vascular networks, Bull. Math. Biol., in press (2006).
L. Fusi, A. Farina and D. Ambrosi, Mathematical modelling of a solidliquid mixture with mass exchange between the constituents, Math. Mech. Solids, in press (2006).
D. Ambrosi and F. Guana, Stress modulated growth, Math. Mech. Solids, in press (2006).
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D. Ambrosi, F. Bussolino and L. Preziosi, A review of vasculogenesis models, J. Theor. Med., 6, 119 (2005).
N. Bellomo and E. De Angelis, Preface (Special issue on modelling complex systems in molecular biology and tumor dynamics and control), Math. Comp. Model., 41 (10), xiiixv (2005).
D. Ambrosi, A. Gamba and G. Serini, Cell directionality and chemotaxis in vascular morphogenesis, Bull. Math. Biol., 66, 18511873 (2004).
D. Ambrosi and F. Mollica, The role of stress in the growth of a multicell spheroid, J. Math. Biol., 48, 477499 (2004).
F. Castiglione and B. Piccoli. Optimal control in a model of dendritic cell transfection cancer immunotherapy. Bull. Math. Biol. to appear (2006)
M. Bernaschi and F. Castiglione. HIV1 strategies of immune evasion. Int J Mod Phys C, 16(12), 2006.
S. Motta, F Castiglione, P.L. Lollini, and F. Pappalardo. Modeling and simulation of cancer immunoprevention vaccine. Immunome Research. 1:5 2005.
F. Castiglione and A. Liso. The role of computational models in designing vaccination strategies. Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology, 27(3), 417432, 2005
−F. Pappalardo, P.L. Lollini, F Castiglione, S. Motta. Modelling and Simulation of Cancer Immunoprevention Vaccine. Bioinformatics, 21(12):28912897 (2005).
−F Castiglione, F. Toschi, M. Bernaschi, S. Succi, R. Benedetti, B. Falini and A. Liso. Computational modeling of the immune response to tumor antigens: implications for vaccination. J. Theo. Biol, Vol 237/4 pp 390400 (2005)
A. Bertuzzi, A. Fasano, A. Gandolfi, C. Sinisgalli, "Interstitial pressure and extracellular fluid motion in tumor cords". Math. Biosci. Engng. 2, 445460 (2005).
A. Bertuzzi, A. Fasano, A. Gandolfi, "A mathematical model for tumor cords incorporating the flow of interstitial fluid". Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci. 15, 17351777 (2005).
2. University of Nottingham, England
H. M. Byrne, M. R. Owen, T. Alarcon and P. K. Maini, Cancer disease: integrative modelling approaches, IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: from nano to micro, 806809 (2006).
H. M. Byrne, T. Alarcon, M. R. Owen, S. D. Webb and P.K. Maini, Modelling aspects of cancer dynamics: a review, Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. A, in press (2006).
G. Lemon, J. R. King, H. M. Byrne, O. E. Jensen and K. E. Shakesheff, Mathematical modelling of engineered tissue growth using a multiphase porous flow mixture theory, J. Math. Biol., 52, 571—594 (2006).
I. M. van Leeuwen, H. M. Byrne, O. E. Jensen and J. R. King, Crypt dynamics and
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colorectal cancer: advances in mathematical modelling, Cell Prolif., in press (2006). P. K. Maini and R. A. Gatenby, Some mathematical challenges and approaches in cancer, Cancer Bioinformatics: From Therapy Design to Treatment, S. Nagl (Eds), John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 95107 (2006).
B. Marchant, J. Norbury and H. M. Byrne, Biphasic behaviour in malignant invasion, Math. Med. Biol., in press (2006).
A. A. Neville, P. C. Matthews and H. M. Byrne, Interactions between pattern formation and domain growth, Bull. Math. Biol., in press (2006).
E. S. Norris, J. R. King and H. M. Byrne, Modelling the response of spatially structured tumours to chemotherapy: drug kinetics, Math. Comp. Mod., 43, 820837 (2006).
T. Roose, S. J. Chapman and P. K. Maini, Mathematical models of avascular tumour growth: A review, SIAM Review, in press (2006).
T. Alarcon, H. M. Byrne and P. K. Maini, A multiple scale model for tumour growth, SIAM J. Multiscale Model. Simul., 3, 440475 (2005).
T. Alarcon, H. M. Byrne and P. K. Maini, A design principle for vascular beds: the effects of complex blood rheology, Microvasc. Res., 69, 156172 (2005).
T. Alarcon, H. M. Byrne, P. K. Maini and J. Panovska, Mathematical modelling of angiogenesis and vascular adaptation, Multidisciplinary approaches to theory in medicine (Studies in Multidisciplinarity, Volume 3; editors: R. Paton and L. McNamara, Elsevier), 369387 (2005).
S. J. Franks, H. M. Byrne, J. C. E. Underwood and C. E. Lewis, Biological inferences from a mathematical model of comedo duct carcinoma in situ of the breast, J. theor. Biol., 232, 523543 (2005).
K. Smallbone, D. J. Gavaghan, R. A. Gatenby and P. K. Maini, The role of acidity in solid tumour growth and invasion, J. Theor. Biol., 235, 476484 (2005).
T. Alarcon, H. M. Byrne and P. K. Maini, Towards whole organ modelling of tumour growth, Prog. Biophys. Mol. Biol., 85, 451472 (2004). T. Alarcon, H. M. Byrne and P. K. Maini, A mathematical model of the effects of hypoxia on the cellcycle of normal and cancer cells, J. Theor. Biol., 229, 395411 (2004).
H. M. Byrne, T. Alarcon and P. K. Maini, Cancer modelling: getting to the heart of the problem, J. Physiol. 561P, SA9 (2004).
H. M. Byrne and M. R. Owen, A new interpretation of the KellerSegel model based on multiphase modelling, J. Math. Biol., 49, 604626 (2004).
M. R. Owen, H. M. Byrne and C. E. Lewis, Mathematical modelling of the use of
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macrophages as vehicles for drug delivery to hypoxic tumour sites, J. Theor. Biol., 226, 377391 (2004).
3. Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain
A. Bru and M. A. Herrero. From the physical laws of tumour growth to modeling cancer phenomena, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., in press (2006).
M. A. Herrero and L. Sastre, Models of aggregation in Dictyostelium discoideum: on the track of spiral waves, Net. and Het. Media, in press (2006).
M. A. Herrero and J. M. Lopez, Bone formation: biological aspects and modelling problems, J. Theor. Medicine, 6 (1), 4155 (2005).
4. Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France South
R. ChotardGhodsnia, O. Haddad, A. Leyrat, A. Drochon, C. Verdier and A. Duperray, Morphological analysis of tumor cell/endothelial cell interactions under shear flow, J. Biomechanics, in press (2006).
B. Ribba, T. Colin and S. Schnell. A multiscale mathematical model of cancer, and its use in analyzing irradiation therapies, Theor. Biol. Med. Model., 3, 7 (2006).
R. ChotardGhodsnia and C. Verdier, Rheology of living materials, Birkhauser Series “Modeling and Simulation in Sciences, Engineering, and Technology”, N. Bellomo Eds, in press (2006).
Q. Jin, P. Singh, N. Aubry, A. Duperray and C. Verdier, Modeling the 3Drolling and deformation of a circulating cell adhering onto an adhesive wall under flow, J. Fluid Engineering, in press (2006).
O. Collin, P. Tracqui, A. Stephanou, Y. Usson, J. ClementLacroix and E. Planus, Spatiotemporal dynamic of actinrich adhesion microdomain: influence of substrate flexibility, Journal of Cell Science, in press (2006).
C. Misbah, Vacillating breathing and tumbling of vesicles under shear flow, Phys. Rev. Letters, 96, 028104 (2006).
E. Canetta, A. Leyrat, C. Verdier and A. Duperray, Measuring cell viscoelastic properties using a force spectrometer: influence of the proteincytoplasm interactions, Biorheology, 42(5), 321333 (2005).
J. Beaucourt, T. Biben and C. Verdier, Elongation and burst of axisymmetric viscoelastic droplets: a numerical study, Phys. Rev. E Stat. Nonlin. Soft. Matter Phys., 71(6 Pt 2), 066309 (2005).
C. Verdier, Review : Rheological properties of living materials. From cells to tissues, J. Theoretical Medicine, 5(2), 6791 (2004).
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V. Vitkova, M. Mader and T. Podgorski, Deformation of vesicles passing through capillaries, Europhys. Letters, 68(3), 398404 (2004).
5. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France North
V. Calvez and B. Perthame, A Lyapunov function for a twochemical version of the chemotaxis model, BIT Numerical Mathematics, in press (2006).
L. Corrias and B. Perthame, Critical space for the parabolicparabolic KellerSegel model in R^d, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Série Mathématique, in press (2006).
A. Blanchet, J. Dolbeault and B. Perthame, Twodimensional KellerSegel model: Optimal critical mass and qualitative properties of the solutions, Elec. J. Diff. Eq., in press (2006).
J. Clairambault, P. Michel and B. Perthame, Circadian rhythm and tumour growth, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Mathématique, 342(1):1722 (2006) and Proceedings of the ECMTB'05, Dresden, in press (2006). Ph. Michel, General relative entropy in a nonlinear McKendrick model, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci. (special issue), in press (2006).
F. Filbet, P. Laurencot and B. Perthame, Derivation of hyperbolic models for chemosensitive movement, J. Math. Biol., 50, 189207 (2005).
F. Filbet, C.W. Shu, Approximation of hyperbolic models for chemosensitive movement, SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 27, 850872 (2005).
P. Michel, S. Mischler and B. Perthame, General relative entropy inequality: an illustration on growth models, J. Math. Pures et Appl., 84, 9, 12351260 (2005).
O. Diekmann, P.E. Jabin, S. Mischler and B. Perthame, The dynamics of adaptation: an illuminating example and a HamiltonJacobi approach, Th. Pop. Biol., 67(4), 257271 (2005).
C. Basdevant, J. Clairambault and F. Levy, Optimisation of timescheduled regimen for anticancer drug infusion, ESAIM:M2AN, 39(6), 10691086 (2005).
L. Corrias, B. Perthame and H. Zaag, Global solutions of some chemotaxis and angiogenesis systems in high space dimensions, Milan J. Math., 72, 129 (2004).
6. University of Dundee, Scotland
M. A. J. Chaplain, Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Growth, Springer (2006)
M. A. J. Chaplain, S .R. McDougall and A. R. A. Anderson, Mathematical modelling of
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tumorinduced angiogenesis, Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., in press (2006).
A. Gerisch and M. A. J. Chaplain, Robust numerical methods for taxisdiffusionreaction systems: Applications to biomedical problems, Math. Comput. Modell., 43, 4975 (2006).
S. R. McDougall, A. R. A. Anderson and M. A. J. Chaplain, Mathematical modelling of dynamic adaptive tumourinduced angiogenesis: Clinical implications and therapeutic targeting strategies, J. theor. Biol., in press (2006).
S. L. Schor, I. R. Ellis, K. Harada, K. Motegi, A. R. A. Anderson, M. A. J. Chaplain, R. P. Keatch and A. M. Schor, A novel sandwich assay for quantifying chemoregulated cell migration within 3dimensional matrices: Wound healing cytokines exhibit distinct motogenic activities compared to the transmembrane assay, Cell Motil. Cytoskel., in press (2006).
A. R. A. Anderson, A hybrid mathematical model of solid tumour invasion: The importance of cell adhesion, Math. Med. Biol., 22, 163186 (2005).
J. Valenciano and M. A. J. Chaplain, A LaguerreLegendre spectral element method for the solution of partial differential equations on infinite domains: Application to the diffusion of tumour angiogenesis factors, Math. Comp. Modell., 41, 11711192 (2005).
A. Matzavinos and M. A. J. Chaplain, Travelling wave analysis of a model of the immune response to cancer, C. R. Biologies, 327, 9951008 (2004).
A. Matzavinos, M. A. J. Chaplain and V. Kuznetsov, Mathematical modelling of the spatiotemporal response of cytotoxic Tlymphocytes to a solid tumour, Math. Med. Biol., 21, 134 (2004).
J. Valenciano and M. A. J. Chaplain, An explicit subparametric spectral element method of lines applied to a tumour angiogenesis system of partial differential equations, Math. Modell. Meth. Appl. Sci., 14, 165187 (2004).
7. University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany West
U. an der Heiden, Schizophrenia as a dynamical disease, Pharmacopsychiatry, 39, Suppl. 1, 36 42 (2006).
V. Garib, K. Lang, B. Niggemann, K. S Zaenker, L. Brandt and T. Dittmar, Propofolinduced calcium signalling and actin recognization within breast carcinoma cells, European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 22, 609615 (2005).
P. Bastian, K. Lang, B. Niggemann, K. S. Zaenker and F. Entschladen, Myosin regulation in the migration of tumor cells and leukocytes within a threedimensional collagen matrix, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 62, 6576 (2005).
F. Tretter and U. an der Heiden, Environment and health from a systemtheoretic perspective II: Systemic Modelling, Umweltmed. Forsch. Prax., 9, 2130 (2004).
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B. Niggemann, T. L. T. Drell, J. Joseph, C. Weidt, K. Lang, K. S. Zaenker and F. Entschladen, Tumor cell locomotion: differential dynamics of spontaneous and induced migration in a 3D collagen matrix, Exp. Cell Res., 298(1), 178187 (2004).
8. University of Gothenburg, Sweden
E. Mamontov, Nonstationary invariant distributions and the hydrodynamicstyle generalization of the Kolmogorovforward/FokkerPlanck equation, Appl. Math. Lett., 18(9), 976982 (2005).
9. Warsaw University, Poland
U. Forys, J. Waniewski and P. Zhivkov, Antitumor immunity and tumor antiimmunity in a mathematical model of tumor immunotherapy, JBS, 14(1), 118 (2006).
M. Bodnar and U. Forys, Time delay in necrotic core formation, Math. Biosci. and Eng., 2(3), 461472 (2005).
U. Forys, Stability analysis and comparison of the models for carcinogenesis mutations in the case of two stages of mutations, Journal of Applied Analysis, 11(2), 283302 (2005).
U. Forys, Time delays in onestage models for carcinogenesis mutations, Proceeding of the 11th National Conference on Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medicine, Zawoja, 1318 (September 2124, 2005).
U. Forys and A. MokwaBorkowska, Solid tumour growth: Analysis of necrotic core formation, Math. Comp. Model., 42, 593600 (2005).
B. Jasrzab, M. Wiench, K. Fujarewicz, K. Simek, M. Jasrzab, M. OczkoWojciechowska, J. Wloch, A. Czarniecka, E. Chmielik, D. Lange, A. Pawlaczek, S. Szpak, E. Gubala and A. Swierniak, Gene expression profile of papillary thyroid cancer: Sources of variability and diagnostic implications, Cancer Res., 65(4) (February 15, 2005).
R. Kowalczyk, Preventing blowup in a chemotaxis model., J. Math. Anal. Appl., 305, 566588 (2005).
M. Lachowicz, General population systems: Macroscopic limit of a class of stochastic semigroups, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 307/2, 585605 (2005).
M. Lachowicz, Micro and meso scales of description corresponding to a model of tissue invasion by solid tumours, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 15, 16671683 (2005).
M. Lachowicz, Stochastic semigroups and coagulation equations, Ukrainian Math. J., 57, 6, 770776 (2005).
M. Bodnar and U. Forys, Time delay in a model of necrotic core formation,
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Proceedings of the tenth National Conference on Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medecine, Swiety Krzyz, 1318 (September 2225, 2004).
U. Forys, Comparison of the models for carcinogenesis mutations onestage case, Proceedings of the tenth National Conference on Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medecine, Swiety Krzyz, 3742 (September 2225, 2004).
K. Fujarewicz, M. Kimmel and A. Swierniak, On fitting of mathematical models of cell signaling pathways using adjoint systems, Math. Bios. Eng., 1, 1 (June 2004).
R. Kowalczyk, Blow up control in chemotaxis model, Proceedings on the tenth National Conference on Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medecine, Swiety Krzyz (September 2225, 2004).
M. Lachowicz, A model of swarming and its macroscopic limit, Proceedings of the tenth National Conference on Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medecine, Swiety Krzyz, 113117 (September 2225, 2004).
J. Polanska, Statistical evaluation of familiar risk factors in Type 1 Diabetes, J. Biol. Systems, 12, 4, 457470 (2004).
A. Swierniak and J. Smieja, Analysis and optimization of drug resistant and phase specific cancer chemotherapy models, Math. Bios. Eng., 1, 1 (June 2004).
Z. Szymanska and M. Galach, A mathematical model of tumour metastasis formation, Proceedings of the tenth National Conference on Application of Mathematics in Biology and Medecine, Swiety Krzyz, 207212 (September 2225, 2004).
10. Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel
Z. Agur, R. Hassin and S. Levy, Optimizing chemotherapy scheduling using local search heuristics, Operations Research, in press (2006).
Z. Agur and Y. Kheifetz, Resonance and antiresonance: from mathematical theory to clinical cancer treatment design, in "Handbook of cancer models with applications to cancer screening, cancer traetment and risk assessment" World Scientific, in press (2006).
Y. Kheifetz, Y. Kogan and Z. Agur, Longrange predictability in models of cell populations subjected to phasespecific drugs: Growthrate approximation using properties of positive compact operators, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., in press (2006).
L. Arakelyan, Y. Merbl and Z. Agur, Vessel maturation effects on tumour growth: validation of a computer model in implanted human ovarian carcinoma spheroids, Eur. Jour. Cancer, 41, 159167 (2005).
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E. V. Presnov and Z. Agur, The role of timedelays, slow processes and chaos in modulating the cell cycle clock, Mathematical Biosc. and Engin., 2(3), 625642 (2005).
V. Vainstein, Y. Ginosar, M. Shoham, D. Ranmar, A. Ianovski and Z. Agur, The complex effect of granulocyte on human granulopoiesis analyzed by a new physiologicallybased mathematical model, J. Theor. Biol., 234(3), 311327 (2005).
Z. Agur, L. Arakelyan, P. Daugulis and Y. Ginosar, Hopf point analysis for angiogenesis models, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series B, 4(1), 2938 (2004).
Y. Kheifetz, Y. Kogan and Z. Agur, Matrix and compact operator description of resonance and antiresonance in cell populations subjected to phase specific drugs, Journal Medical Informatics and Technologies, 8, MM11MM29 (2004).
11. Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece
O. Karakashian and T. Katsaounis, Simulation of incompressible fluid flow via divergence free nonconforming finite element methods and the NavierStokes equations, Computer and Mathematics with Applications, in press (2006).
C. Lattanzio and T. Tzavaras, Structural properties of stress relaxation and convergence from viscoelasticity to polyconvex elastodynamics, Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., in press (2006).
D. Manoussaki, E. K. Dimitriadis and R. S. Chadwick, Cochlea’s graded curvature effect on low frequency waves, Physical Review Letters, 96, 088701 (2006).
F. Otto and T. Tzavaras, Continuity of velocity gradients in suspensions of rodlike molecules, (2006).
H. Cai, D. Manoussaki and R. S. Chadwick, Effect of coiling on the micromechanics of the mammalian cochlea, Journal of the Royal Society: Interface, 2(4), 341349 (2005).
12. Technical University of Dresden, Germany E.
G. Canright, A. Deutsch and T. Urnes, Chemotaxisinspired load balancing, Proceedings of the European Conference on Complex Systems, Paris, France, November 2005, in press (2006).
T. Beyer, G. Schaller, A. Deutsch and M. MeyerHermann, Parallel dynamic and kinetic regular triangulation in three dimensions, Comp. Phys. Comm., 172, 86108 (2005).
T. Walther, H. Reinsch, K. Ostermann, A. Deutsch and T. Bley, Coordinated development of yeast colonies: an experimental analysis of the adaptation to different
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nutrient concentrations part 1, Eng. Life Sci., 5(2), 115124 (2005).
T. Walther, H. Reinsch, K. Ostermann, A. Deutsch and T. Bley, Coordinated development of yeast colonies: quantitative modelling of diffusionlimited growth part 2, Eng. Life Sci., 5(2), 125133 (2005).
M. Wurzel, C. Schaller, M. Simon and A. Deutsch, Cancer cell invasion of brain tissue: guided by a prepattern ?, J. Theor. Medic., 6(1), 2131 (2005).
A. Deutsch, Mathematical and theoretical biology: a European perspective, Science Next Wave (online journal), March 12 (2004).
A. Deutsch, U. Borner and M. Bar, Cellular automaton modelling of pattern formation in interacting cell systems, in G. R. Joubert, W. E. Nagel, F. J. Peters and W. V. Walter Eds., Parallel computing: software technology, algorithms, architectures and applications, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 695704 (2004).
A. Deutsch, M. Falcke, J. Howard and W. Zimmermann, Eds. Function and regulation of cellular systems: experiments and models, Basel, Birkhauser (2004).
D. Drasdo, S. Hohme, S. Dormann and A. Deutsch, Cellbased models of avascular tumor growth, in A. Deutsch, M. Falcke, J. Howard, and W. Zimmermann Eds., Function and regulation of cellular systems: experiments and models, Basel, Birkhauser, 367379 (2004).
N. Ganguly, G. Canright and A. Deutsch, Design of an efficient search algorithm for p2p networks using concepts from natural immune systems, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN VIII), Birmingham, UK (2004).
N. Ganguly and A. Deutsch, A cellular automata model for immune based search algorithm, P. M. A. Sloot, B. Chopard, and A. G. Hoekstra Eds., Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry (ACRI 2004), Volume 3305 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Springer (2004).
N. Ganguly and A. Deutsch, Developing efficient search algorithms for p2p networks using proliferation and mutation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems, Catania, Italy 357371 (2004).
W. Grygierzec, A. Deutsch, L. Philipsen, M. Friedenberger and W. Schubert, Modelling tumour cell population dynamics based on molecular adhesion assumptions, J. Biol. Sc., 12(3), 273288 (2004).
J. Moreira and A. Deutsch, Pigment pattern formation in zebrafish during late larval stages: A model based on local interactions, Developm. Dyn., 232(1), 3342 (2004).
T. Walther, A. Grosse, K. Ostermann, A. Deutsch and T. Bley, Mathematical modeling of regulatory mechanisms in yeast colony development, J. Theor. Biol., 229, 327338 (2004).
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Awards
Louis D. award from French Acad. Of Sciences for the French team in Mathematical Biology.
ACRI Best Paper Award in the 6th International Conference on Cellular Automata for Research and Industry, Holland, B. Ribba, T. Alarcon, K. Marron, P.K. Maini and Z. Agur, The use of hybrid cellular automation models for improving cancer therapy (2004).
N. Bellomo is interviewed as author of one of the May 2005 Hot Papers (most cited papers in two years) at the web address http://www.esitopics.com/nhp/2006/may06NicolaBellomo.html
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Section 3
Training and Transfer of Knowledge
Mobility of the recruited researchers inside the network
A. Chauviere: Dundee, Scotland, March 27 June 7, 2006, Grenoble, France, September 1920, 2005.
I. Ramis Conde: Leipzig, Germany, October 131, 2005, Leipzig, Germany, February 15 April 20, 2006.
S. De Franciscis: Dresden, Germany, February 6 June 30. 2006.
P. Getto: Heidelberg, Germany, February 1319, 2006.
H. Hatzikirou: Bonn, Germany, February 2728, 2006, Bonn, Germany, November 417, 2005, Bonn, Germany, February 34, 2005.
A. Iordan: Turin, Italy, May 30 June 1, 2006.
N. KalevKronik: Warsaw, Poland, September 2006.
O. Lejeune: Nottingham, England, March 2025, 2005.
G. Lorelai Litcanu: Leipzig, Germany, October 1622, 2005.
C. MoralesRodrigo: Dundee, Scotland, December 519, 2005, Zielona Gora, Poland, October 1625, 2005.
K. PsiukMaksymowicz: Turin, Italy, February 27 June 19, 2006.
J. Stamper: Dundee, Scotland, November 2125, 2005.
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Visits of the ESR and ER to their home scientific community
S. Astanin: March 2006.
D. Basanta: May 2006.
A. Cappuccio: December 2004, March 2005, October 2005.
A. Chauviere: Bimonthly visits from may 2005 till march 2006.
I. RamisConde: January 2005, October 2005, December 2005.
G. Danker: January 2006.
S. Faini: February 27 March 7, 2006.
P. Gwiazda: Warsaw University, December 2004 (2 weeks) and April 2004 (2 weeks).
H. Hatzikirou: Mathematical Dep. Of Thessaloniki, Greece, December 2005.
A. Iordan: December 2005.
N. KalevKronik: From March 2005 to March 2006, bimonthly conferences with her PhD advisor, who is on sabatical at The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).
O. Lejeune: December 2004, March 2005, October 2005, December 2005.
C. MoralesRodrigo: Christmas 2004, Easter 2005, August 2005, Christmas 2005 and Easter 2006.
M. J. Piotrowska: October 5 11, 2005.
K. PsiukMaksymowicz: June and October 2005.
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Participation of the recruited researchers to workshop/congresses
S. Astanin: Engineering and Medical Care, Turin, Italy, November 78, 2005 (speaker), First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005.
D. Basanta: King's College London Engineering/Computer Science EA Workshop, London, IK, July 6, 2005 (speaker).
A. Cappuccio: First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005 (speaker), Summer school and scientific workshop on "Control theory with modeling applications to physiology and medicine", Graz, Austria, July 24 August 5, 2005, Summer school and scientific workshop on "Mathematics and applications to biology and medicine", Marseille, France, July 26 September 3, 2004, International Conference on "Computational and mathematical population dynamics", Trento, Italy, June 2125, 2004.
A. Chauviere: Individual Based Models in Tumour Growth, Candiolo (TO), Italy, March 67, 2006, Incontro scientifico: Teorie cinetiche e meccanica del continuo, Ferrara, Italy, November 1112, 2005, Mathematics in life sciences, Paris, France, September 2123, 2005, First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005.
I. Ramis Conde: First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 5–10, 2005, 6th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Dresden, Germany, July 1822, 2005. Modelling TumorMicroenvironment Interaction, Leipzig, Germany, March 10, 2006.
G. Danker: Winter school on “Phase field models for the evolution of complex structures”, Les Houches, France, March 2731, 2006.
S. De Franciscis: First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005 (short lecture).
S. Faini: First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005, Biomat: First Summer School on the Mathematics of development, Granada, June 6
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14, 2005.
P. Getto: Gliwice Scientific Meetings, Gliwice, Poland, November 1819, 2005, Workshop on Tumour Modelling, Szczyrk, Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland, October 810, 2005, First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005, European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Dresden, Germany, July 1822, 2005, Conference on Mathematical Models and Methods in Biology and Medicine and Workshop From ODE and PDE to Markov Processes in Description of Tumour Phenomena, Bedlewo, Poland, May 29 June 3, 2005.
P. Gwiadza: First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005, HyKE3, Rome, Italy, April 2005, SIAM PDE04, Houston, USA, December 2004 (invited talk).
H. Hatzikirou: 7th International Conference on Cooperative Control and Optimization, Florida, USA, January 31 February 2, 2006, Tagung DeutschGriechische Forschung 2005, Berlin, Germany, October14, 2005 (speaker), Workshop on Tumour Modelling, Szczcyrk, Poland, October 8, 2005 (speaker), First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005 (speaker), International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics, Marseille, France, August 18, 2004.
N. KalevKronik: International workshop on "Modeling Approaches in Biodiversity Research", Sede Boqer, Israel, March 1923, 2006 (poster), ARCC workshop on "The Modeling of Cancer Progression and Immunotherapy", Palo Alto, CA,USA, December 1216, 2005 (speaker), Workshop on "Cancer stem cells", Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium, October 2022, 2005.
O. Lejeune: First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 5–10, 2005, 6th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Dresden, Germany, July 1822, 2005.
G. Lorelai Litcanu: Workshop on Tumour Modelling, Szczyrk, Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland, October 810, 2005.
C. MoralesRodrigo
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Workshop on Tumour Modelling, Szczyrk, Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland, October 810, 2005, First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005, Conference on Sobolev inequalities Various points of view, Male Ciche, Poland, June 1619, 2005, Workshop on Angiogenesis and other aspects of tumour growth, Warsaw University, Poland, June 15, 2005, Conference on Mathematical Models and Methods in Biology and Medicine and Workshop From ODE and PDE to Markov Processes in Description of Tumour Phenomena, Bedlewo, Poland, May 29 June 3, 2005, Workshop on Recent Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine II, Warsaw, Poland, February 2, 2005, Miniworkshop on Recent Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine I, Warsaw, Poland, December 8, 2004.
E. Mylona: Cell Migration in Health and Disease, Bioacademy of Athens (IIBEAA), Greece, March 20, 2006, Skeletal muscle microenvironment in motion: key players and pathways, IMBBFORTH, October 26, 2006.
M. J. Piotrowska: Seminar on Tumor Growth, University of Warsaw, Poland, October 2005, Workshop on Tumor Modelling, Szcyrk, Poland, October 2005, First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005, European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Dresden, Germany, July 1822, 2005.
K. PsiukMaksymowicz: Individual Based Models in Tumour Growth, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, Candiolo (TO), Italy, March 67, 2006, Seminar series headed by Prof. E. ForssellAronsson, Department of Radiophysics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, February 21, 2006 (speaker), Open Day in Genomics and Bioinformatics arranged by National Research School in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 24, 2005; Life Matters: Conversations in Bionanotechnology The First Annual Symposium Arranged by Chalmers Biocenter, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2527, 2005, Workshop on Tumour Modelling, Szczyrk, Poland, October 810, 2005 (speaker), First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005 (speaker), The European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology ECMTB05, Dresden, Germany, July 1822, 2005 (speaker), Miniworkshop on Angiogenesis and Other Aspects of Tumour Growth, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, Warsaw, Poland, June 15, 2005 (speaker), Open Day in Stem Cell Biology arranged by the National Research School in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, May 4, 2005’
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Open Day arranged by the National Research School in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, February 8, 2005, Seminar series headed by Prof. E. ForssellAronsson, Department of Radiophysics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden, February 7, 2005 (speaker).
J. Stamper: Meeting of angiogenesis network, University of Nottingham, UK, 2728 March, 2006, EPSRC/LMS Short Course on Mathematical Biology, University of Manchester, UK, January 914, 2006, First summer school and workshop of the RTN, Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005, 47th BAMC, University of Liverpool, UK, April 47, 2005.
Tutoring
Involvement of senior researchers directly associated with the tutoring/supervising of the recruited ESR or ER.
−Zvia Agur, supervisor of Antonio Cappuccio and Natalie KalevKronik.
−Nicola Bellomo, supervisor of Arnaud Chauviere.
−Helen Byrne, Markus Owen and Philip Maini, supervisors of Johanna Stamper.
−Mark Chaplain, tutor/supervisor of Olivier Lejeune.
−Mark Chaplain and Alexander Anderson, tutors/supervisors of Ignacio Ramis Conde.
−Andreas Deutsch and Carlo Schaller, supervisors of Haralambos Hatzikirou.
−Uwe an der Heiden, Kurt Zaenker, Bernd Niggemann, Thomas Dittmar, supervisors of Monika J. Piotrowska.
−Miguel Herrero and Antonio Bru, supervisor of Sebastiano De Franciscis.
−Miguel A. Herrero, supervisor of Simona Faini.
−Miroslaw Lachowicz, supervisor of Cristian MoralesRodrigo and Gabriela Lorelai Litcanu.
−Eugen Mamontov, supervisor of Krzysztof PsiukMaksymowicz.
−Daphne Manoussaki, supervisor of Eleni Mylona and Samuel Bernard.
−Chaouqi Misbah and Claude Verdier, supervisors of Gerrit Danker.
−Benoit Perthame, supervisor of Piotr Gwiazda.
−Luigi Preziosi, supervisor of Sergey Astanin.
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−Andrzej Swierniak, supervisor of Philipp Getto.
−Claude Verdier, supervisor of Andreea Iordan.
−Andreas Deutsch supervisor of Basanta
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Section 4
Management
Kickoff meeting of the RTN, Paris, September 30 October 1, 2004: there was the participation of 25 persons, representing all partners, including some people involvedin the administrative aspects. Subject of seminars and discussions included the scientific and training targets of the projets, forms of collaboration among partners, scheduling and organization of seminars and workshops, administrative aspects like possible forms of recruitment of young researchers depending on local laws.
The First Summer School has been organized in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain, on September 510, 2005, with the participation of all the researchers recruited in the network at that time. There was the participation of 70 persons, 30 of them were speakers In such an occasion occurred also the First Year Managing Meeting, with the participation of at least one representative from each team.
As already mentioned in the Introduction an intense editorial activity has been promoted both to care about diffusion of scientific results within the scientific community, and to encourage and promote publications of young researchers. In details the following activities have been already developed.
The Managing Editors (N. Bellomo and F. Brezzi) of the journal Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences (a top rated impact factor journal – Indeed it ranked in the first 10% of the journal of applied mathematics classified in the WEB of SCIENCE) has proposed to the RTN partners to publish three special issues devoted to the topics of the Network.
The following issue has already been published:
N. Bellomo and P. Maini Eds., Special issue on cancer modelling, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 15 (11), (2005). [milestone]
The following one is scheduled to appear within August:
N. Bellomo and P. Maini Eds., Special issue on cancer modelling, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 16 (7b), (2005).
The third issue is scheduled to appear during 2007.
Moreover the following issues of the Journal Mathematical and Computer Modelling have also been published
N. Bellomo and E. De Angelis, Eds. Special issue on “modelling complex systems in molecular biology and tumor dynamics and control”, Math. Comp. Model., 41 (10), (2005).
N. Bellomo and E. De Angelis, Eds. Special issue on “Mathematical description of cancer”, Math. Comp. Model., 42, (2006). [milestone]
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Additional activities are scheduled in the second period of activities.
A web site, with a new graphic style, dedicated to the activities of the network is available at the address http://calvino.polito.it/~mcrtn. The web site site counts more than ten thousand hits per month.
Workshops officially organized by the project
The following workshops have been organized as specific activities supported by the RTN project, with the participation of several scientists and young researchers of the network and outside it. Detals on the participant are listed in Section 1.
Minicourse: "Dynamical Systems in Biomathematics" at the Institute for Medical Biomathematics (IMBM), Bene Atharoth, Israel, August 920, 2004, 20 participants.
Multidisciplinary workshop: "Recent Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine I", Warsaw University, Poland, December 8, 2004. 22 participants. [milestone]
Multidisciplinary Miniworkshop: "Recent Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine II", Warsaw University, Poland, February 12, 2005. 21 participants.
Workshop From ODE and PDE to Markov Processes in Description of Tumour Phenomena (In the framework of the Conference on Mathematical Models and Methods in Biology and Medicine), Bedlewo, Poland, May 29 June 3, 2005. The Conference and Workshop were attended by 64 people.
Workshop on Angiogenesis and other aspects of tumour growth, Warsaw University, Poland, June 15, 2005, with a presence of A. Swierniak (Silesian University of Technology), U. Ledzewicz (Southern Illinois University) and K. PsiukMaksymowicz (Goteborg University). The Workshop was attended by 16 persons.
Eight minisimposia related to the project topics were organised during the Fifth Congress of the European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Dresden, Germany, July 1822, 2005. The congress was attended by 700 people.
Mathematics in life sciences, Paris, France, September 2123, 2005. The meeting was attended by 50 people.
Workshop on Tumour Modelling, Szczyrk, Silesian Beskid Mountains, Poland, October 810, 2005. The workshop was attended by 21 people.
Tutorial workshop: Perspectives and chances in the mathematical modeling of tumour dynamics, Madrid, Spain, January 2527, 2006.
Multidisciplinary Workshop: Individual Based Models and Cell Aggregation Mechanisms in Tumour Growth, Candiolo (TO), Italy, March 67, 2006. 40 participants. [milestone]
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Interactions with Hospitals, Industrial BioParksand Biomedical Centers
Interactions with hospitals, industrial bioparks and biomedical centers characterize the network as far as connections with industry are concerned. Details about the mobility of young researchers, exchange between partners and collaborations with hospitals and biomedical research centers are given below.
Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), Division of Molecular Angiogenesis (F. Bussolino, G. Serini), Torino, Italy [Politecnico di Torino, Italy].
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Centre and Research Institute, University of South Florida (Dr S. Pilon Thomas), Tampa, Florida, USA [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel].
School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University, Department of Pharmacology (F. LeviSchaffer), Jerusalem, Israel [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel].
Erasmus Medical Centre, Department of Immunology (V. H. J. van der Velden), Rotterdam, Netherlands [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel].
Leslie and Michael Gaffin Centre for NeuroOncology (T. Siegal), Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital, Sharett Institute of Oncology, Jerusalem, Israel [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel].
Soroka BenGurion University Medical Centre, Department of Oncology (D. Bobilev), Be'erSheva, Israel [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel].
Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Department of Medicine E (L. Leibovici), PetahTiqva, Israel [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel].
Schneider Children Medical Centre, Kipper Institute of Immunology (Y. L. Danon), PetahTiqva, Israel [Institute for Medical BioMathematics, Israel].
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Department of Radiophysics (E. ForssellAronsson), Gothenburg, Sweden [University of Gothenburg, Sweden].
Center for Cell Dynamics, University of Washington (G.M. Odell and E.M. Munro), Friday Harbor, WA, USA [Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece].
Vanderbilt University Medical School (VUMC), Vanderbilt Integrative Cancer Biology Center (VICBC) (V. Quaranta, A. Richmond and A. Weaver), Nashville, TN, USA [Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece].
Vanderbilt University, Department of Bioengineering, Vanderbilt Integrative Biosystems Research and Education (VIBRE) (J. Wikswo), Nashville, TN, USA [Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece].
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Vanderbilt University, Department of Biological Sciences (C. Janetopoulos), Nashville, TN, USA [Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece].
Bioacademy of Athens (IIBEAA), Division of Molecular Biology (G. Vassilopoulos), Athens, Greece [Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece].
INSERM U736, Faculté de Médecine de Paris 6 (M. Mirshahi) [Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France North].
Institut Albert Bonniot, GRCP, Groupe de Recherche sur le Cancer du Poumon (A. Duperray), La Tronche, Grenoble, France [Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France South].
OncoRay, Centre of Innovation Competence in Molecular Targeting, Molecular Imaging, BiologyAdapted Treatment Planning, Medical Faculty [Technical University of Dresden, Germany East].
Bioindustry Park Canavese of Ivrea (Italy) [Politecnico di Torino]
Ospedale S. Luigi Gonzaga di Orbassano [Politecnico di Torino]
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Milestones and deliverables achieved
Events
Kickoff meeting, Paris, September 30 October 1, 2004
First Summer School, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain, September 510, 2005
The two scheduled multidisciplinary workshop were held:−in Warsaw University, Poland, December 8, 2004 on "Recent Trends in Applications of Mathematics to Biology and Medicine I".−in Candiolo (TO), Italy, March 67, 2006 “Individual Based Models and Cell Aggregation Mechanisms in Tumour Growth”.
In addition many other events were organised
Publication
Special issue on “Cancer Modelling”, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 15 (11), (2005), N. Bellomo and P. Maini Eds.
Special issue on “Mathematical description of cancer”, Math. Comp. Model., 42, (2006), N. Bellomo and E. De Angelis, Eds. (expecially dedicated to young researchers)
More than 40 joint publications, including a review volume by M.A.J. Chaplain.
The web site http://calvino.polito.it/~mcrtn was published at the beginning of the project and completely renewed at the end of 2005
Specific experiental setup deviced for the project were prepeared, in particular flow chamber, microchannels, stress controlled Bohlin rheometer.
Stateoftheart of future milestones and deliverables
The Second Summer School will be held in Crete (Greece), July 1519, 2006.
The results of some online simulations, including some softwares, are already available on the web site http://calvino.polito.it/~mcrtn/video.html (we expected to start working at this milestone starting from the third year).
We identified a new useful deliverable in building up a public database of available experimental value of the parameters used in the models and started working at that(http://calvino.polito.it/~mcrtn/parameters.html)
A second special issue, still edited by N. Bellomo and P. Maini Eds., will be out in August and a third one is scheduled to appear during 2007.
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Considering the number of person/months that will be covered by the young researchers employed and about to be employed, the ratio of female/male researchers is nearly 40/60 (precisely 195/301).
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Statistics for the web site of the network
URL: http://calvino.polito.it/~mcrtn
Summary Period: Last 12 MonthsGenerated 13Jun2006 19:00 CEST
Summary by Month
Month Sites kB F Visits Pages Files Hits
May 2006 1301 952039 1525 3462 12637 17368
Apr 2006 1226 897438 1369 3414 11747 16735
Mar 2006 1231 1031821 1795 3566 13602 17938
Feb 2006 1010 968481 1243 2679 12040 15522
Jan 2006 1032 876247 1329 2667 11975 15342
Dec 2005 663 628412 1015 2906 5165 9649
Nov 2005 534 554734 1138 2434 6310 8426
Oct 2005 637 495452 1025 3572 7566 10452
Sep 2005 636 342463 938 3853 6923 9444
Totals 6747082 11377 28553 87965 120876