Lectures

Lecture Title:    Waterborn Diseases (4 x 1h30)

Contents:    Waterborn diseases, natural and human factors, multiple transmission pathways; epidemics, reaction-diffusion-advection equations, population balance and water waves models.

By:    Correia, Joaquim M. C.; Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal

Lecture Title:    Models of Blood Coagulation (2 x 1h30, 2 sessions were cancelled; Online)

Contents:    Biology of blood coagulation; Smoluchowski and Becker-Doring equations; equations of blood coagulation.

By:    Hingant, Erwan; Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France

Lecture Title:    Population Genetics and Cancer (4 x 1h30; Online)

Contents:    The haematopoietic system and the concept of a stem cell; the main neutral drift and the Moran process; selection, dormancy, clonal haematopoiesis; differential equations models for stem cell pool size maintenance.

By:    Grinfeld, Michael; University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Lecture Title:    Cancer Tumour Modelling (4 x 1h30; Online)

Contents:    Cancer biology; models of tumour growth; therapy models; models of therapeutic targets.

By:    Mammeri, Youcef; Université Jean Monnet, Saint-Étienne, France

Lecture Title:    Mathematical and Numerical Model for Blood Flow in Large Arteries (4 x 1h30)

Contents:    Numerical methods to solve Navier-Stokes equations and problems of fluid-structure interaction with emphasis on blood flow. Computational simulation will be carried out using the free software FreeFem++.

By:    Pires, Marília C. V. O.; Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal

Lecture Title:    Numerical Solution of Reaction-Diffusion Equations and Hyperbolic PDEs (4 x 1h30)

Contents:    Finite difference and element methods for solving reaction-diffusion equations and hyperbolic partial differential equations; MATLAB implementation.

By:    Yadav, Sangita; Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Pilani, India