BIOMAT 2005 : proceedings of the International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-8 December 2005 / edited by Rubem P. Mondaini, Rui Dilao.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Mondaini, Rubem P.

Dilão, Rui.

Conference Name:

International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology.

Brazilian Symposium of Mathematical and Computational Biology (5th : 2005 : Petropolis, Brazil)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biology--Mathematical models--Congresses.

Biology.

Biomathematics--Congresses.

Biomathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (408 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume contains the contributions of the keynote speakers to the BIOMAT 2005 symposium, as well as a collection of selected papers by pioneering researchers. It provides a comprehensive review of the mathematical modeling of cancer development, Alzheimer's disease, malaria, and aneurysm development. Various models for the immune system and epidemiological issues are analyzed and reviewed. The book also explores protein structure prediction by optimization and combinatorial techniques (Steiner trees). The coverage includes bioinformatics issues, regulation of gene expression, evolution, d

Contents:

Contents ; Preface ; Editorial Board of the BIOMAT Consortium ; Biological Modeling ; Modelling aspects of vascular cancer development ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Brief biological background ; 3. Cellular automaton model ; 4. Effects of hypoxia on cell cycle dynamics

5. The role of acidity 6. Discussion ; References ; Modelling cooperative phenomena in interacting cell systems with cellular automata ; 1. Introduction: roots of cellular automata ; 2. Cellular automaton definition ; 3. Cellular automaton models of cell interaction

4. An example: a cellular automaton model of a vascular tumor growth 5. Discussion ; References ; A mathematical analysis of cylindrical shaped aneurysms ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Mathematical Model ; 3. The Dynamical Properties of the Model ; 4. Discussion ; References

On the origin of metazoans 1. Introduction ; 2. Pattern Formation; 3. Coupling Pattern to Cell Shape ; 4. On Urcnidaria ; 5. On Urbilateria ; Appendix A ; Appendix B ; References; A software tool to model genetic regulatory networks: Applications to segmental patterning in Drosophila

1. Introduction 2. A model for the regulation of gene expression ; 3. The GeNetSim package ; 4. Segmental patterning in Drosophila ; References ; The mitochondrial Eve in an exponentially growing population and a critique to the out of Africa model for human evolution ; 1. Introduction

2. Percolation and mitochondrial DNA basics

Notes:

"The BIOMAT 2005 International Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, together with the Fifth Brazilian Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, was held in the city of Petropolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ..."--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611924911

9781281924919

1281924911

9789812773685

9812773681

OCLC:

879024775