Research Projects:

 

"Modeling 3D Tumor Response to Drugs Based on IC50 Curves"

topic: use methematical modeling to delineate differences in determine drug efficacy and inhibitory effects (IC50 curves) from 2D and 3D cell cultures

2019 May 19-24th, International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics, Fort Lauderdale Beach; Catherine Berrouet and Naika Dorillas presented a poster "A Mathematical Model of Anti-Cancer Drugs’ IC50 Values in Monolayer and Spheroid Cultures" in collaboration with Necibe Tuncer from Florida Atlantic University.

April 6-7th 2019, Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM) Reseaerch Symposium, Rice University, Houston, TX; a poster "A Mathematical Model of Anti-Cancer Drug’s IC50 Values in Monolayer and Spheroid Cultures" was presented by Catherine Berrouet; joint project in collaboration with Naika Dorilas and Necibe Tuncer (Florida Atlantic University).

2017 July 26-29th, an Annual Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America MAA MathFest 2017 in Chicago; Catherine Berrouet and Jake Nadulek from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) at Boca Raton, FL presented a talk "A Mathematical Model Based on IC50 Curves To Predict Tumor Responses to Drugs", a PICMath (Preparation for Industrial Careers in Mathematical Sciences) project in collaboration with Necibe Tuncer (FAU).