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Mathematical Approaches to Designing Cancer Vaccines

Monday, 30 November, 2015

Dr. Ami Radunskaya of Pomona College will be giving a talk titled "DDEs, DCs, and Doses:  Mathematical Approaches to Designing Cancer Vaccines" on Monday, November 30 at 4:30 p.m. in LSC 133.  More details are below.  This talk is sponsored by the Math Club and will be accessible to undergraduates, especially those in the STEM fields.

DDEs, DCs, and Doses:  Mathematical Approaches to Designing Cancer Vaccines

Dr. Ami Radunskaya, Pomona College

November 30, 4:30 -- 5:30 p.m.

LSC 133

Dendritic cells (DCs) are a promising immunotherapy tool for boosting an individual's immune response to cancer. In this talk, we develop a mathematical model using differential equations and delay-differenital equations (DDEs) to describe the interactions between dendritic cells, other immune cells and tumor cells.

In order to design an efficient treatment strategy, clinicians need to answer three questions: How much? How often? Who will respond? Our model, along with mathematical tools from control theory and dynamical systems, can be used to suggest answers to these questions. This work is just one example of possible collaborations between mathematicians and researchers in other disciplines: a few other examples will be introduced, illustrating the synergy between modeling challenges and mathematical discoveries.

Sponsored by the University of Scranton Math Club.

Contact:

Stacey Muir

Phone: 570-941-6580

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Loyola Science Center, PNC Auditorium (133)

204 Monroe Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510