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	2015 December 7-11th, workshop "Present Challenges of Mathematics in Oncology and Biology of Cancer", Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (CIRM), Marseille, France
A poster "Using Computational Modeling to Quantify Targeted Agents Binding and Internalization in Pancreatic Cancers", in collaboration with Dave Morse lab, will been presented by Aleksandra (Ola) Karolak.

 

	2015 November, an NIH-funded U01 grant: "Physical Dynamics of Cancer Response to Chemotherapy in 3D Microenvironments" in collaboration with Dr. Lisa McCawley and Dmitry Markov has been funded as a part of Physical Sciences Oncology Network! Grant official website information: PS-OP website and PS-ON Network website

 

	2015 October 23-26th, AACR Intenational Conference on Frontiers in Basic Cancer Research, Philadelphia
A poster "Using Computational Modeling to Quantify Targeted Agents Binding and Internalization in Pancreatic Cancers", in collaboration with Dave Morse lab, will been presented by Aleksandra (Ola) Karolak.

 

	2015 June 2-5th, World Molecular Imaging Confenrece, "Precision Medicine ... Visualized", Honolulu, Hawaii
A poster "An Integrated Approach to Modeling Targeted Agen Penetration into Pancreatic Tumors using Intravital Fluorescence Microscopy", in collaboration with Dave Morse lab, has been presented by Veronica Estrella.

 

2015 August 20th, Mr. Zain Khan joins our lab as an intern. Zain is a medical student at the Ross University Medical School in Miami. He will work on a Virtual Clinical Trial Model: Enhansing Clinical Accuracy and Applicability" project.

 

2015 July, a book "Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine", edited by Ami Radunskaya and Trachette Jackson, has been published by Springer-Verlag IMA Volumes in Mathematics and Its Applications. A contributed chapter "Emergence of Anti-Cancer Drug Resistance: Exploring the Importance of the Microenvironmental Niche via a Spatial Model", by Jana Gevertz, Zhara Aminzare, Kerri-Ann Norton, Judith Perez-Velazquez, Alexandria Volkening, and Kasia Rejniak is included in this book. link to the book

 

2015 June 30-July 3, an Annual Meeting of the Society of Mathematical Biology, Atlanta, GA

An invited talk "(Bio)mark your way! Integrative approach to modeling the interstitial transport" has been presented by Kasia Rejniak in the "Novel integrations of experimental data in computational modeling of cancer" organized by Farzin Ghaffarizadeh. A minisymposium "Modeling cell-stroma interactions in health, disease and treatment" has been organizers by Kasia Rejniak, and she presented a talk "Understanding the dynamics and complexity of the interstitial drug transport: integration of in-silico and in-vivo experiments".

Yi Jiang and Kasia Rejniak	Maciek Swat, Kasia Rejniak and Nessy Tania	final plenary talk audience

 

2015 June 23rd, a new trans-disciplinary paper: "Diagnostic Assessment of Osteosarcoma Chemoresistance Based on Virtual Clinical Trials" by Kasia Rejniak, Mark Lloyd, Damon Reed and Marilyn Bui, has been published by Medical Hypotheses journal. link to an ariginal paper

 

	2015 June 22-26th, Computational and Multiscale Mathematical Modelling of Cancer Growth and Spread, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, Scotland
An invited talk “Understanding the dynamics and complexity of the interstitial drug transport in pancreatic tumors: integration of in-silico and in-vivo experiments", has been presented by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2015 June 15th, Mr. Branton Huffstutler joins our lab as an intern. Branton is an undergraduate student at the University of South Florida and mojors in physics. He will work on a Virtual Cell Colony Model for Testing Optimal Dosing Schedules.

 

2015 June 10th, a new cross-disciplinary paper: "Pathology to enhance precision medicine in oncology: lessons from landscape ecology", by Mark Lloyd, Kasia Rejniak, Joe Brown, Robert Gatenby, Emily Minor and Marilyn Bui, has been published in Advances in Anatomic Pathology, 22(4):267-72. link to an original paper

 

2014 June 8-12, Micro and Macro Systems in Life Sciences, Poznan-Bedlewo, Poland

An invited talk “Understanding the dynamics and complexity of the interstitial drug transport in pancreatic tumors: integration of in-silico and in-vivo experiments", has been presented by Kasia Rejniak.

 

2015 June 1st, Dr. Aleksandra (Ola) Karolak joins our lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Karolak received her PhD degree in Computational and Physical Chemistry from the Chemistry Department of the University of South Florida. She will work on modeling the efficacy of clinical drugs and biomarkers.

 

	2015 May 12-16, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Third Bi-Annual Meeting and Conference on Cancer Biology & Therapeutics
	Kasia Rejniak has presented a poster "Understanding the dynamics and complexity of the interstiftial drug transport in pancreatic tumors"

Kasia Rejniak and Johanna Joyce	Himanshu Kaul and Kasia Rejniak	Terry Landowski nd Kasia Rejniak

 

This position is now filled. Postdoctoral position in cancer modeling We invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher position with a focus on modeling tumor response to various anticancer treatments integrated with biomedical imaging.

The successful candidate will work on interdisciplinary projects conducted in collaboration with local experimentalists. These projects will couple computational modeling based on biophysical principles with extensive use of biomedical images. The candidate should have a PhD in a computational field (math, computer sc., physics), experience in biology-based computational modeling, interest in using biomedical imaging data, good communication skills, experience in writing publications for peer-reviewed journals, and strong programing skills (C/C++/Java/Fortran/Matlab). Interested applicants should send an application letter, CV with recent publication list, and a statement of research interests directly to Kasia.Rejniak@moffitt.org. Please, include the names and email addresses of three mentors who can provide recommendation letters.

 

 

2015 February 13th, research from our laboratory has been featured in this month edition of Moffitt Connections; link to the whole issue.

 

2015 February 1st, a new cross-disciplinary paper: "Pyruvate sensitizes pancreatic tumors to a hypoxia-activated prodrug TH-302" by Jonathan Wojtkowiak from Robert Gillies lab, with a computational model from our group, has been published in Cancer & Metabolism, 3:2, 2015; open access

 

2015 January 27th, a new Frontiers in Oncology eBook "Ways to improve tumor uptake and penetration of drugs into solid tumors" with our contributing review paper: "Current advances in mathematical modeling of anti-cancer drug penetration into tumor tissues" has been published. Link to an open access eBook; Link to an original paper.

 

A New Year photo of the researchers from the Imaging & Metabolism and Intergrated Mathematical Oncology Depratments.