Taft Research Seminar

Series on Mathematical Modeling of Biofilms

Visiting Scholar: Nick Cogan

Organizers: Donald French and Sookkyung Lim.

(Autumn Quarter of 2009-2010 Academic Year).
During the Autumn quarter of the 2009-2010 academic year the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cincinnati will host a special seminar series on Mathematical Modeling of Biofilms. This has been made possible by the Charles Phelps Taft Fund. The primary speaker and visiting Scholar is Nick Cogan from Florida State University who is an expert on the mathematical modeling of biofilms. Nick will be providing the majority of the lectures on a weekly basis (below). The core participating faculty are the convenor Donald French (Math) along with Sookkyung Lim (Math), Margaret Kupferle (CEE) and Jim Uber (CEE).

Seminar Talks (Tentative):

Talks will be every Wednesday from 2-3 PM and will be in Braunstein 312 unless otherwise noted.

  • September 30: Nick Cogan: Overview of Mathematical Modeling of Biolfilms.

  • October 7: Don French: Review of the Chen and Li Model of Biofilm Growth.

  • October 14: Nick Cogan: The Klapper-Dockery Model for Biofilm Growth and Fingering.

  • October 21: Bob Guy (Visiting from Mathematics at U.C. Davis, CA) Mathematical Modeling using the Immersed Boundary Method.

  • October 28: Dan Hassett (Visiting from the College of Medicine), Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Biofilms: Features of Anaerobic Metabolism that Allow For the Discovery of Unique Drug Targets in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Disease. Dan is from the Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology.

  • November 4: Nick Cogan: Multiphase Models of Biofilm Growth. Multiphase Models of Biofilm Growth.

  • November 11: No talk today - Veteran's Day U.C. Holiday.

  • November 18: Nick Cogan: Boundary Integral Methods and Biofilm Disinfection Model.

  • November 25: Nick Cogan: Informal discussion on biofilm modeling in urban pipes (Optional).

  • December 2: Nick Cogan: Overview of the models of Eberl and Picioreanu.

    Please contact the convenor, Don French if you are interested in participating.

    This seminar series will also count as the Mathematical Biology Seminar (15-MATH-951-001) for the Autumn 2009-2010 quarter.