International Workshop: Multiscale Brain Modelling and Beyond: A Focus on Biological Tissues
Date: Monday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 3, 2025.
Location: Seminar Room 311b, School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Glasgow.
Description: The workshop will serve as a dynamic collaborative forum, uniting researchers from diverse disciplines to explore the intricacies of brain dynamics and the broader complexities in the mathematical modelling and numerical analysis of biological tissues. While the workshop has a focus on advancements in brain research, it aims to highlight and leverage shared principles of numerical methods and electro-chemo-mechanical couplings in biological tissues modelling.
Registration: Please contact the organisers if you want to attend (e-mail contacts are provided below). Registration is free.
List of Speakers:
- Ádám Tárnoki Domonkos (National Institute of Oncology, Oncological Imaging and Diagnostic Centre, and National Tumor Biology Laboratory, Hungary)
- Alejandro Roque Piedra (University of Glasgow, UK)
- Alessio Gizzi (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy)
- Corina Dapraca (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
- Elsa Nicole Flores-Pretell (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia)
- Gabriel Wittum (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia)
- Giuseppe Puglisi (Politecnico di Bari, Italy)
- Laura Miller (University of Strathclyde, UK)
- Luigi Preziosi (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
- Reinaldo Rodriguez Ramos (Universidad de La Habana, Cuba - Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)
- Paul Steinmann (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany)
- Zachary M. Miksis (Temple University, USA)
Programme: (The programme and abstracts can be found here (Password:Mbmb25))
| Time | Monday, June 2 | Tuesday, June 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 09:50-10:00 | Workshop Opening | |
| 10:00-10:35 | Paul Steinmann Exploring Brain Mechanics Across Scales. From the Cellular via the Tissue to the Organ Level |
Gabriel Wittum Modelling and Simulation of Signal Processing in Neurons |
| 10:35-11:10 | Zachary M. Miksis Advances In Efficient Computational Modeling of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Towards Clinical Application |
Elsa Nicole Flores-Pretell Modelling Neuronal Morphogenesis via Coupled PDEs for Cytoskeletal and Guidance Dynamics |
| 11:10-11:30 | Coffee Break | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:05 | Luigi Preziosi Modelling cell migration to understand cancer invasion |
Ádám Tárnoki Domonkos (Introduced by CMALS Director) Brain imaging and radiomics |
| 12:05-12:40 | Alessio Gizzi Multifield biomechanical modeling in active soft tissues |
Laura Miller Homogenization of a coupled electrical and mechanical bidomain model for the myocardium |
| 12:40-13:30 | Lunch Break | Lunch Break |
| 13:30-14:05 | Alejandro Roque-Piedra Ionic Electro-Diffusion in Nervous Tissue |
Reinaldo Rodriguez Ramos From brain tissue to composite design: A multiscale perspective on visco-piezoelectric behavior |
| 14:05-14:40 | Corina Dapraca Modeling Neuronal Mechano-Functional Behavior during Alzheimer's Treatment with Donepezil |
Giuseppe Puglisi Thermomechanics and Rate-Dependent Fibrillar Decoherence at the Molecular Scale: From DNA Denaturation to Focal Adhesion and Cerebral Damage |
Organizing Committee:
- Gillian Queisser (gillian.queisser@temple.edu - Temple University, USA)
- Alfio Grillo (alfio.grillo@polito.it - Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
- Ariel Ramirez Torres (Ariel.RamirezTorres@glasgow.ac.uk - University of Glasgow, UK)
This workshop is supported by the International Science Partnerships Fund (ISPF), the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Research Council [grant number EP/Y001583/1].