Speaker: Jonathan Claridge, Applied Mathematics

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Time: 2:30 - 3:20pm

Place: Condon Room 311 (next to the Design Coffee Shop)

Abstract.Angiogenesis, the process by which new blood vessels are formed from existing vasculature, is thought to be one of the key stages in tumor growth. Once a tumor gets large enough that it cannot receive oxygen by diffusion alone, it must recruit new blood vessels to continue growing.

I'll present a model of angiogenesis using partial differential equations, built on Kristin Swanson's work modeling glioma (brain tumor) growth. I'll demonstrate wavelike behavior in the solutions and wonder out loud how the hell that happens. I will also show examples of the different kinds of brain scans we have access to, and talk about how these can contribute to the mode.