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2008 BioMaPS
Project Descriptions We’re looking for
new students for the 2008 BioMaPS program. Here are
some of the projects that the mentors have in mind for 2008.
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Dr. Renee Fister Cure
for Cancer? This project will involve work with experts in mathematics and
biology who study the interactions of multiple cells involved in the
accumulation of cancerous cells. The use of laboratory data findings will
prove beneficial in the discussion of improvements in mathematical models
developed with colleagues from MSU, other universities, and medical
institutions. Come join the team to help with finding a cure for cancer!
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Dr. Maeve McCarthy and Dr. Kate He Why
is it that the Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera
japonica) is an invasive species here but not in its native ecosystems in
eastern Asia? How is Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides), a native species of South America,
spreading here in the Kentucky Lakes? The invasion of alien species varies
with space and time, and can be modeled with differential equations. We'd
like to build a predictive model for alligator weed invasion and use it to
develop intervention strategies which will be helpful in biological
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Dr. Howard Whiteman My
interests for BioMaPS are primarily focused on
research and modeling of population fluctuations, the evolution of
environmentally-cued polymorphisms, and the effects of pollutants on
amphibian development and behavior.
Research would include field studies of amphibian populations in
Kentucky and Colorado, as well as the potential for laboratory and field
experiments. Modeling would be used to
develop the theory that underlies such experiments and observations, and
broaden the results from these studies to other systems.
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