2016 Semester 2
Tue, Thu 10-11am (Weeks 1-12)
Acess Grid Room (Room 829), Carslaw Building

Partial Differential Equation Models in Mathematical Biology

Lecturer:

Peter Kim
Office: Room 621 (Carslaw Building)
Phone: 9351 2970

Office hours:

I am available right after lecture,
or by appointment via email.

Semester Schedule

To find out important dates during the semester, you can visit the university websites: Important semester dates and Session calendar.
Lecture notes and handouts are below

Week	Date	Handouts	Lecture Notes
1	Tue 1 Aug Thu 3 Aug	Syllabus Discussion question 1 (To discuss on Thu 10 Aug)	Week 1 Tue Week 1 Thu
2	Tue 8 Aug Thu 10 Aug	Reading Assignment	Week 2 Tue Week 2 Thu
3	Tue 15 Aug Thu 17 Aug	Discussion question 2 (To discuss on Thu 24 Aug)	Week 3 Tue Week 3 Thu
4	Tue 22 Aug Thu 24 Aug	Assignment 1 (due Thu 14 Sep)	Adarsh, Collin presentations Week 4 Thu
5	Tue 29 Aug Thu 31 Aug	Discussion question 3 (To discuss on Tue 29 Aug)	Week 5 Tue Pantea, Adrianne presentations
6	Tue 5 Sep Thu 7 Sep		Week 6 Tue Week 6 Thu
7	Tue 12 Sep Thu 14 Sep	Discussion question 4 (To discuss on Tue 19 Sep)	Week 7 Tue Week 7 Thu
8	Tue 19 Sep Thu 21 Sep	Assignment 2 (due Thu 26 Oct) Discussion question 5 (To discuss on Tue 3 Oct)	Week 8 Tue Week 8 Thu
break	from Sat 23 Sep until Mon 2 Oct	break	break
9	Tue 3 Oct Thu 5 Oct	Discussion question 6 (To discuss some day)	Week 9 Tue Presentations: Daniel, Kyle, Kate
12	Tue 24 Oct Thu 26 Oct		Week 12 Tue

Papers for Reading Assignment

Kate Brewer: "Modeling bumble bee population dynamics with delay differentialequations", by H.T. Banks, J.E. Banks, Riccardo Bommarco, A.N. Laubmeier, N.J. Myers, Maj Rundlof, Kristen Tillman, Ecological Modelling, 2017.
Madeleine Cartwright: "A model for collective dynamics in ant raids", by S.D. Ryan, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2017.
Cecilia Li: "An ordinary differential equation model for full thickness wounds and the effects of diabetes", by L.G. Bowden, P.K. Maini, D.E. Moulton, J.B. Tang, X.T. Wang, P.Y. Liu, H.M.Byrne, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2017.
Sean Dawson: "Dynamics of two-strain influenza model with cross-immunity and no quarantine class" by K.W. Chung and R. Lui, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2016.
Alex Myers: "A reaction-diffusion model for radiation-induced bystander effects" by O. Olobatuyi1, G. de Vries, and T. Hillen, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2017.
Anthia Le: "Numerical Simulations of Angiogenesis in the Cornea" by S. Tong and F. Yuan, Microvascular Research, 2001.
Timothy Roberts: "Modelling stripe formation in zebrafish: an agent-based approach" by A. Volkening and B. Standstede, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 2015.
Mitch Curran: "Rabies disease dynamics in naive dog populations in Australia" by J Sparkes, S McLeod, G Ballard, P Fleming, G Kortner, W Brown, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2016.
Sid Holden: "Control aspects of the human cardiovascular-respiratory system under a nonconstant workload" by P.G.B. Calderon, M. Habib, F. Kappel, A.A. de los Reyes V, Mathematical Biosciences, 2017.
Youstina Elzahaby: "A differential game theoretical analysis of mechanistic models for territoriality" by F. M. Hamelin and M. A. Lewis, Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2010.
Daniel Thompson: "Nonlinear diffusion and viral spread through the leaf of a plant" by M. P. Edwards, P. M. Waterhouse, M. J. Munoz-Lopez, and R. S. Anderssen, Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Physik, 2016.
Zach Issa: "Optimal Reproduction Strategies in Two Species of Mound-Building Termite" by D. A. Cameron, D. J. Ivers, T. A. Evans, M. R. Myerscough, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2008.
Ruben Robertson: "Analysis of the Optimal Vaccination Age for Dengue in Brazil with a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine" by S. B. Maier, X. Huang, E. Massad, M. Amaku, M. N. Burattini, and D. Greenhalgh, Mathematical Biosciences, 2017.
Angus Leck: "Global analysis for spread of infectious diseases via transportation networks" by Y. Nakata and G. Rost, Journal of Mathematical Biology , 2015.