* 2014 November 14th, our Biophyscial Journal paper on modeling microtubule bundling in taxane-treated cells has been featured in BJ special collection of articles on Cancer Biophysics.
* 2014 November 8th, our JTB paper on modeling cell-cycle inhibitors has been featured in the Global Medical Discovery as a Key Scientific Article.
* 2014 October 31st, Florida State University, Department of Mathematics; Kasia Rejniak presents a colloquium talk "Tumor microenvironmental niches in drug delivery: the role of interstitial fluid, tissue architecture and metabolic landscapes".
* 2014 October 22nd, Seminole State College, Career Development Center, Sanford, FL; Kasia Rejniak paricipates in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career Panel.
* 2014 October 15th, our new paper: "Emergence of Anti-Cancer Drug Resistance: Exploring the Importance of the Microenvironmental Niche via a Spatial Model" has been accepted for publication in the IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications, Springer-Verlag.
* 2014 October 10th, Joy McCann Culverhouse Airway Disease Research Center, University of South Florida Medical School; Kasia Rejniak presents a colloquium talk: "Cell biology by numbers: bridging experimental scales with math modeling".
* 2014 September 2nd, our new paper: "Mechanical aspects of microtubule bundling in taxane-treated circulating tumor cells" by MunJu Kim and Kasia Rejniak has been published in the Biophysical Journal.
* 2014 August 7-9, MAA MathFest, Portland OR; an invited talk presented by Kasia Rejniak as a part of a special minisymposium in honor of Prof. Ricardo Cortez (Tulane).
* 2014 August 4-7, SIAM-LS bi-annual meeting, Charlotte, NC; an invited talk presented by Kasia Rejniak.
* 2014 July 28-August 1, SMB Annual Meeting, Osaka, Japan; two invited presentations by MunJu Kim.
* 2014 July 21-23, WhAM! research meeting of our working group on Tumor Resistance, Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Munich, Germany.
* 2014 July 7-11, AIMS bi-annual meeting, Madrid, Spain; an invited talk presented by Kasia Rejniak.
* 2014 June 15-19, ECMTB2014, European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology; our work has been presented by WhAM! collaborator Dr. Jana Gevertz.
* 2014 May 8th, Moffitt Scientific Symposium, Tampa FL, poster presentation by MunJu Kim.
* 2014 April 6th, AACR Annual Meeting, Tumor Microenvironment (TME) Working Group Town Hall; an invoted talk by Kasia Rejniak.
* 2014 March, our research on pharmaco-mechanics and biomechanical models of cancer has been featured in International Innovations.
* 2014 March 9-12, WhAM! Reunion, Research meeting of our working group in Tumor Resistance, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.
* 2014 March 5th, our new paper: "The formation of thight tumor clusters affects the efficacy of cell cycle inhibitors: a hybrid model study" has been published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology.
* 2014 February 6, The Faculty Appreciation Ceremony and 5 years anniversary of Kasia Rejniak employment at Moffitt.
* 2014 February, our research on pharmaco-mechanics and drug penetration has been features on local TV News in an interview given by Kasia Rejniak.
* 2014 January, our review paper reached over 2000 views since mid-November! And the numbers are gowing.
* 2014 January, our review paper and research has been featured on Moffitt In The News website.
* 2014 January, the list of top 10 most viewed research papers from the Frontiers in Oncology includes five (!) papers from our special topic issue! Congratulations!
* 2014 January, a new book "Discrete and topological Models in Molecular Biology" that includes a chapter from Kasia Rejniak has been published by Springer.
* 2014 January 13-17, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, MBI workshop on Visualizing and Modeling Cellular and Sub-Cellular Phenomena; Kasia Rejniak has presented an invited talk.
Past news: 2013 ~~ 2012 ~~ 2011 ~~ 2010 News
2014 November 14th, our Biophyscial Journal paper on modeling microtubule bundling "Mechanical aspects of microtubule bundling in taxane-treated circulating tumor cells" by MunJu Kim and Kasia Rejniak has been featured in BJ special collection of articles on Cancer Biophysics. One of the simualtions was also featured on BJ website during the week of November 18th. link to a special collection; link to an oringinal paper; video by cellvideoabstracts.
2014 November 8th, our JTB paper on modeling cell-cycle inhibitors: "The formation of thight tumor clusters affects the efficacy of cell cycle inhibitors: a hybrid model study" by MunJu Kim, Damon Reed and Kasia Rejniak has been featured in the Global Medical Discovery as a Key Scientific Article. link to GMD; link to an original paper;
2014 October 22nd, Seminole State College of Florida, Career Development Center, Sanford, FL; Kasia Rejniak will paricipate in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Career Panel.
2014 October, new paper accepted for publication! Our manuscript: "Emergence of Anti-Cancer Drug Resistance: Exploring the Importance of the Microenvironmental Niche via a Spatial Model", a trully collaborative effort of Jana Gevertz, Zahra Aminzare, Kerri-Ann Norton, Judith Perez-Velazquez, Alexandria Volkening, and Kasia Rejniak who worked as a WhAM! team has been accepted for publication in the IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications, Springer-Verlag.
2014 September, our paper: "Mechanical aspects of microtubule bundling in taxane-treated circulating tumor cells" by MunJu Kim and Kasia Rejniak has been published in the Biophysical Journal, 107(5):1236-1246, 2014; link
2014 August 7-9, an annual meeting of the Mathematical Association of America~MathFest, Portland, OR
An invited talk “Modeling interactions between tumor cells, interstitial fluid and drug particles” has been presented by Kasia Rejniak as a part of the minisymposium: The Mathematics of Biological Fluid Dynamics, organized in honor of Dr. Ricardo Cortez (Tulane).
Our talk has been mentioned in a local newspaper: click here
2014 March, our research on pharmaco-mechanics and biomechanical models of cancer has been featured in International Innovations journal (p. 28-30) in an interview given by Kasia Rejniak.
Interview: Why 1+1 is greater than 2? Crunching cancer with digital drugs. Biomechanical models of Cancer.
2014 March, our paper: "The formation of thight tumor clusters affects the efficacy of cell cycle inhibitors: a hybrid model study" by MunJu Kim, Damon Reed and Kasia Rejniak, has been published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, 352:31-50, 2014; open access
Faculty Appreciation Ceremony & 5-year employment anniversary at Moffitt. IMO members: Dr. Kasia Rejniak (second from left standing) and Dr. Sandy Anderson (second from right standing).
2014 February, our research on pharmaco-mechanics and drug penetration has been featured on the Moffitt on TV website and by the Bay News 9 in an interview given by Kasia Rejniak.
2014 January, our review paper by MunJu Kim, Robert Gillies and Kasia Rejniak and our research results on pharmaco-mechanics have been featured on Moffitt In The News website!
2014 January, Five papers from our special topic issue "Computational Models in Oncology: from Tumor Initiation to Progression to Treatment", edited by Kasia rejniak and heiko Enderling, made to the top 10 most viewed Frontiers Oncology research articles in 2013! Congratulations!
