Biology in Numbers

…where we talk: epilepsy, rediscovering SMB, and pants with many pockets.Giri in his own words:Raised in India, I attended medical school at Jawaharlal Institute. I obtained a DPhil in applied mathematics at Oxford University before completing higher clinical training. As an epileptologist, I combine patient management and academic work.Learn more about Giri’s work on his UF website:https://neurology.ufl.edu/profile/kalamangalam-giridhar/Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical BiologyThe MathBioNexus

...where we talk: complexity, the beauty in science and Practical Magic.In his own words: Arturo is a computational cancer scientist specialising in agent-based modelling, AI and tumour evolution. I bridge mechanistic biology and computation to understand complex systems and develop models that can improve cancer research and patient care. That is when he’s not getting therapy through podcast recordings.Learn more about Arturo and his art on his website: www.arturoaraujo.com, and you can follow him on BlueSky: @cosmicarturo.Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical BiologyThe MathBioNexus

...where everyone got together to talk MathBio in Graz, Austria.This year the SMB meeting was held together with the European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology. In between hiking some hills and enjoying the local pumpkin seed oil the attendees stopped to speak about their work on women’s health, and social determination of measles, and a precious baseball card collection.[00:47] Philip Gerlee,  Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Sweden.[09:26]  Alex Johnson, North Carolina State University, USA.[13:21]  Bhavana Murankar, North Carolina State University, USA.[19:11]  Dan Mark Orapa, University of the Philippines, Philippines.[24:00]  Volkan Ozcoban, University of Melbourne, Australia.[34:52]  Angela Peace, Virginia Tech, USA.[38:33]  Jorge Velasco Hernandez. National University of Mexico, Mexico.[45:49]  Mohammad Zahid, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer, Texas.Learn more about the new SMB webinar series MathBioNexus:https://www.smb.org/mathbionexusFind out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical BiologyThe MathBioNexus

...where we talk about a paper studying: parameters for glow in the dark cells.Veronica Ciocanel is an Assistant Professor in Math (primary) and Biology (joint) at Duke University. In her research, she applies techniques from dynamical systems and data-driven modeling to questions in cell and developmental biology.Find out more about Veronica’s work on her website: https://sites.math.duke.edu/~ciocanel/Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

...where we talk: an induction to MathBio, neuroscience in flies, and optimizing coffee breaks.Lukas did a PhD at the University of Oxford and a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, where he discovered how single neurons implement basic arithmetic operations. Now he is an associate professor at the Medical University of Graz.Learn more about Lukas’ work on his website: groschner-lab.org, and follow him on bluesky: @lukasgroschner.bsky.socialAlso find out more about this year's annual mathbio meeting at: ecmtb2026.org Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

...where we talk time at Los Alamos, modeling TB, and tips for international flights.Dr. Kirschner was the first mathematics professor appointed in a medical school. She researches immune responses to infections using multiscale modeling. She served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Theoretical Biology for 20 years and as president of SMB.Learn more about Denise’s work on her website:http://malthus.micro.med.umich.eduNote: an earlier version of this recording mentioned that Denise and her colleagues published the first agent-based model within a host system. This has been updated to reflect that this was actually the first spatial agent-based model.Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

…where we talk: biochemical reactions, world famous awards, and rainy days making soup by the beach.Alicia Dickenstein is Professor Emerita at the University of Buenos Aires. She's President of the National Academy of Exact and Natural Sciences of Argentina and served as Vice President of the IMU. She has received many awards and participated in numerous outreach activities including writing books about mathematics for children.Learn more about Alicia’s research on her website: http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~alidickFind out more about the events around: Ada Lovelace day (in Spanish), and the Brazilian Math Olympiad.Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

...where we talk multi-scale models, community building, and peanuts in cereal.Daniel is an immigrant from Ecuador who got his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2019. He had two postdoc positions prior to joining the faculty at Cal Poly SLO. Outside of research & teaching, Daniel engages in community building.Find out about Daniel’s research and teaching on his website:https://sites.google.com/view/dcruzAnd follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dcruz-mathbio/Learn more about Lathisms the nonprofit Daniel volunteers with: https://www.lathisms.org/Check out the SMB’s principles of community here:https://smb.org/page-1369878Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

...where we talk physician-scientists, sepsis and making your own dragon head.Dr. An is a clinically active trauma/critical care surgeon who also does computational research that integrates high-resolution agent-based models with ML and AI to study inflammatory processes such as sepsis and wound healing.He also likes considering sandwiches in abstraction.Find out more about Gary and his work on his website:Website: https://www.medicaldigitaltwins.ai/or follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-an-561ba426/Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

...where we talk foraging cancer cells, science policy and dancing.Ranjini is a final-year PhD student in the IMO Department at Moffitt Cancer Center. She uses evolutionary game theory to study cancer foraging. Outside of her research, Ranjini engages in science communication and science policy with non-expert audiences, and loves to engage her creative side.You can connect with her on Linkedin.Find out more about SMB on:The website: smb.orgBluesky: @smbmathbiology.bsky.socialTwitter: @smb_mathbiologyFacebook: @smb.orgLinkedin: @smb_mathbiologyThe Bulletin of Mathematical Biology