SMB - Society for Mathematical Biology
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The SMB is dedicated to the advancement of research at the interface between the mathematical and biological sciences. smb.org
BMB Article Highlight Stochastic Reaction Networks Within Interacting Compartments with Content-Dependent Fragmentation By David F. Anderson, Aidan S. Howells & Diego Rojas La Luz. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/kodH5ya
BMB Article Highlight Inverse Statistics of Active Matter Trajectories to Distinguish Interaction Kernel Anisotropy from Emergent Correlations By Simon F. Martina-Perez. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/ajFOQ0F
BMB Article Highlight Deterministic and Stochastic Infection Dynamics in a Population Subject to Stress By Clotilde Djuikem & Julien Arino. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/6UL4a4K
Biology in Numbers – Episode 3.9 With Lukas Groschner …where we talk: an induction to MathBio, neuroscience in flies, and optimizing coffee breaks. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/awnr6aL Listen on Apple: buff.ly/pdMBMZi
BMB Article Highlight Integrating Mathematical Modeling and Oncology: An Improvised Collocation Approach for Prediction of Chemotherapy Response By Sumita Dahiya et al. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/A0XqrG6
BMB Article Highlight A Tutorial on Structural Identifiability of Epidemic Models Using StructuralIdentifiability.jl By Yuganthi R. Liyanage et al. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Read the paper: buff.ly/ygFfDTu
Biology in Numbers – Episode 3.8 With Denise Kirschner …where we talk: time at Los Alamos, modeling TB, and tips for international flights. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/bTfdBWq Listen on Apple: buff.ly/rD8f6lD
BMB Article Highlight Sustainable Coexistence with Infectious Diseases: A Behavioral Feedback Model Driven by Resource Accessibility under Static-Dynamic Optimal Control By Yangyang Zhang et al. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Read the paper: buff.ly/l9PwD8Y
BMB Article Highlight Channel Transport: Gating, Geometry, and Heterogeneous Diffusion By Sean D. Lawley. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology — a journal devoted to research at the interface of the life and mathematical sciences. Read the paper: buff.ly/kgbTBNy
Biology in Numbers – Episode 3.7 With Alicia Dickenstein …where we talk: biochemical reactions, world famous awards, and rainy days making soup by the beach. Listen on Spotify: buff.ly/Ig9y0pt Listen on Apple: buff.ly/CQkit9j
Wrapping up this years joint @ecmtb2026.org and SMB Annual Meeting, @icouzin.bsky.social is giving a public lecture on The Geometry of Decision-Making, highlighting recent developments on spatial decision-making in collective animal behavior. #ECMTB26
Kicking off #ECMTB2026, Natalia Komarova (UCSD) us giving a plenary talk on mathematical modeling of spatial evolution with applications to biomedical systems.
BMB Article Highlight Modeling the effects of vector species composition and temperature on the risk of dengue virus by Suzanne L. Robertson et al. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/h4KnwEg
BMB Article Highlight Methods for Analyzing RNA Pseudoknots via Chord Diagrams and Intersection Graphs by Rayan Ibrahim & Allison H. Moore Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/LlvPoQy
BMB Article Highlight An Analytical Framework for Phenotypic Selection of Fitness-Conferring Genes by Marc Sturrock & Anna Sturrock Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/cZbImcE
BMB Article Highlight. In Vitro Analysis and Dynamic Modeling of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Inhibition by Sigma-1 Receptor Antagonist PB28 by Bartek Lisowski et al. Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Read the paper: buff.ly/FJ1hjxl #MathBio #BMB #AppliedMathematics
BMB Article Highlight Characterization of the Killing-Rate for a Pest Control Model: The Cumulative Lethal Rate Based on Pesticide Dose-Response Relation by Zhigang Liu & Xiaomei Feng Published in the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. Read the paper: buff.ly/R64p5b0
SMB is at JMM! Stop by our booth (#423) to learn more about what we've been up to and to add to your SMB Baseball card collection! #JMM2026 @jointmath.bsky.social
Starting off the final afternoon of #SMB2025, Susanna Manrubia from Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) is giving a plenary talk on "The challenge of scale in molecular adaptation: Myopic searches in hyperastronomical genotype networks".
Kicking off the last day of #SMB2025, Mohit Kumar Jolly from the Indian Institute of Science is giving the Arthur Winfree Prize lecture on "Dynamical modeling of cell-state transitions enabling cancer metastasis and therapy resistance".
Now Yijun Lou from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is giving a talk on the "Dynamics of a Reaction-diffusion System with Time-periodic and Spatially Dependent Delay: A Quotient Space Approach". #SMB2025
Starting off the Thrsday afternoon programme at #SMB2025, Yang Kuang from Arizona State University is giving a plenary talk on "Data-driven mathematical models in ecology: Exciting opportunities and promising approaches".
Check out the SMB Membership Booth near the coffee stayion. We are selling SMB water bottles, t-shirts, and the SMB baseball cards. #SMB2025
Next up, Simon Martina-Perez is giving a Lee Segel Prize lecture on "Modelling cell differentiation in neuroblastoma: data-driven insights into development, malignancy, and treatment relapse". #SMB2025
Now Veronica Ciocanel from Duke University us giving a Lee Segel Prize lecture on "Parameter identifiability in PDE models of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching". #SMB2025
To explain the key / all-star genes in regulatory networks, Fred made reference to the all-stars of SMB and the SMB baseball cards. #SMB2025
Leading off the Tuesday programme, Fred Adler (@dendroicap.bsky.social) from the University of Utah is giving the John Jungck Prize lecture on "Education, Bureaucracy and Corruption", explaining the bureaucracy of cell regulation ans intracellular signaling. #SMB2025
Up next, there is a panel discussion on the future of publishing in quantitative life sciences, featuring representatives from Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences, and Springer-Nature. #SMB2025
Kicking off the afternoon sessions, Marisa Eiaenberg (University of Michigan) is giving a plenary talk on "Building partnerships in public health: using models to inform interventions and grapple with uncertainty". #SMB2025
Kicking off the scientific programme, Mark Lewis from the Univeristy of Victoria is giving a plenary talk forvthe Akira Okubu prize, titled "One equation helps solve three paradoxes in the spatial ecology of predators and prey". #SMB2025