Abstract: Antiviral drug treatment is one method of trying to control an outbreak of a disease transmitted by a virus. However, this treatment may lead to the establishment of a drug-resistant strain of the disease. We describe and analyze a simple model for this, and show that there are situations in which an increase of the treatment rate may cause an increase in the number of disease cases.
Time: 12PM on Wednesday October 23rdRoom: MSB 318
Drug Resistance in Disease Treatment Models Abstract: We consider a disease treatment model in which tratment may cause the emergence of a drug- resistant strain of the disease. We study the possible equilibria, their stability, and the effects of changing the treatment rate. The possibilities are determined mainly by the reproduction numbers of the two disease strains.
Time: 11AM on Thursday October 24th
Room: MSB 318
Dr. Fred Brauer, Honourary Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Prof. Fred Brauer received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1956 under the supervision of Norman Levinson. In 1960 he joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and had been there for 39 years before moved to Vancouver where he has an honourary appointment in the Mathematics department at UBC. Prof. Brauer has published several books on differential equations and mathematical biology, including the classic textbooks "Qualitative Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations (1969)" with John Nohel and "Mathematical Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology (2001)" with Carlos Castillo-Chavez.
Thursday, October 24
4:30-5:45pm
HPA1 125
The Scientist and the Entrepreneur
Dr. Philip Arlen
President and CEO
Pandora Genomics, LLC
Friday, October 25
11:30am-12:30pm
Lake Nona BBS 103 live
Main campus HPAII 345 video
LRRK2 Phosphorylates Novel Tau Epitopes and Promotes Tauopathy
Jada Lewis, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
College of Medicine
University of Florida
Monday, November 4
11:45am-12:45pm
Lake Nona BBS 103 live
Main Campus HPA II 345 video
Career Talk
Gregory Roth
Director, Medicinal Chemistry of Sanford-Burnham Lake Nona
Associate Professor Diabetes and Obesity Research Center
Refreshments will be provided
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