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Host-microbe symbioses & mathematical biology

A talk on developing a mathematical theory of symbioses, presented at the Banff International Research Station (BIRS) during the Workshop I organized together with Rebecca Tyson and Jimmy Garnier: New Mathematical Theory in Eco-Evolutionary Modelling of Host-Symbiont Communities, February 2026.
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TED-style Talk: Microbe-inclusive mathematics: Accounting for Host–Microbe Interactions in Ecology and Evolutionary Theory. Azrieli Fellows Forum, June 2024
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Early Research Online Seminar, Society for Modelling and Theory in Population Biology (SMTPB), April 2024
Toward a unified theory of microbially mediated invasion.
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Infectious Disease Modelling & Public Health

Memorial University Gazette, July 2024
Modelling masters: The math behind pandemics and public health policies.
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CBC Opinion, March 18, 2022
M. M. Martignoni and A. Hurford. It's not realistic to eliminate COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Here's why.
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CanMOD, December 8, 2021
A. Hurford, M. M. Martignoni, P. Tupper, C. Colijn, S. P. Otto, C. McCabe, D. J. D. Earn. Travel Restrictions and the Omicron Variant.
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COVID-19 in Schools, August 27, 2021
A. Hurford, M. M. Martignoni, J. C. Loredo-Osti. COVID-19 in schools.
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