Mark Zajac

An annual event for researchers who apply quantitative methods to biology including: biologists, computer scientists, chemists, mathematicians and physicists. Frontiers_in_Biophysics_2013_Report.pdf Click here to view the program draft Venue: UBC...

My talk will culminate in a model for chemical gradient detection by migrating cells that change shape. I will first present a method for solving reaction-advection-diffusion equations inside a deforming region, with a moving boundary. The method...

I will present a two-phase model for the solid cytoskeleton and fluid cytosol inside crawling nematode spermatozoa. Simulations demonstrate that entropy of the cytoskeletal polymer network can generate force that drives a cell forward. The drag force...

I will give an impromptu presentation on using level set methods to simulate collisions between migrating cells and rigid, immobile obstacles. Time permitting, I might also cover some more technical issues of using level set methods in general.