The Center for Mathematical Biology is the focal point for interdisciplinary
research in mathematics and biology at the University of Pennsylvania.
research in mathematics and biology at the University of Pennsylvania.
Events
Cordelia McGehee
(Mayo Clinic)
An Analytical Approach to Benchmarking Adaptive Chemotherapy Dosing in Models of Cell-Cell Competition in Cancer
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Acquired chemotherapy resistance remains a significant barrier to curative treatment in many cases of advanced cancer. It is hypothesized that underlying cell-cell competition between chemotherapy sensitive and chemotherapy resistant cell populations may drive tumor progression and eventual treatment resistance. In these cases, adaptive therapy, whereby a chemotherapeutic agent is given intermittently based on growth parameters, has been proposed to exploit intra-tumoral cell-cell competition and delay resistance development. When compared with standard chemotherapy administration schemes, adaptive dosing schemes often delay the competitive release of the resistant cell population by maintaining the sensitive population within the tumor. In this talk, a modified Lotka-Volterra model for analyzing adaptive therapy will be described as well as a region within parameter space where extinction of the resistant population is achievable. It will be shown that optimal model behavior can be examined using analytical techniques in order to directly compare adaptive therapy with continuous dosing schemes.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
DRL 4C6
MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY
The Center runs a roughly biweekly seminar series in which we invite researchers in mathematical biology to give a lecture, from around the country and beyond. Many of these seminar speakers are also long-term visitors to Penn, who will interact with a broad range of researchers across campus.
OUR FELLOWS
The Simons Postdoctoral Fellows work in the general area of mathematical biology. Each Fellow is mentored by two advisors, typically one affiliated with the Department of Mathematics and another with the Department of Biology.
