Workshop IV: Optimal Transport in the Human Body: Lungs and Blood - IPAM

Workshop IV: Optimal Transport in the Human Body: Lungs and Blood

Part of the Long Program Optimal Transport
May 19 - 23, 2008

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, May 19, 2008

Morning Session

08:00
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:55-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-09:50
Dr. Doreen Rosenstrauch (University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Heart Institute)
The Cardiovascular System - an overview of Human Anatomy and Physiology
10:00-10:20
Break
10:20-11:10
Aaron Fogelson (University of Utah)
Computational Modeling of Blood Clotting
11:20-14:00
Lunch (on your own) *Set-up for poster session participants

Afternoon Session

14:00-14:50
Suncica Canic (University of Houston)
Fluid-Structure Interaction and Transport in Blood Flow
15:00-15:15
Break
15:15-16:05
Jean-Frédéric Gerbeau (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Fluid-structure interaction problems in the cardiovascular system
16:15-16:30
Break
16:30-17:20
Giovanna Guidoboni (University of Houston)
Fluid-structure interaction in arterial blood flow: modeling, analysis and simulations
17:30
*Non-workshop event & reception in celebration of newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences - All participants welcome.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Dr. Craig Hartley (Baylor College of Medicine)
Measurement and scaling of vascular mechanics in large and small mammals
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Mauro Ferrari (University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Heart Institute)
Rational design of nanovectors for medical therapy and imaging
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Marina Kameneva (University of Pittsburgh)
Rheological Dissimilarities in Female and Male Blood: Potential Link to Cardiovascular Diseases

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own) *Informal lunch for all female participants and speakers. If interested, meet in the lobby.
14:30-15:20
Genevieve Guillot (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS))
Introduction to NMR and MRI techniques for localized diffusion measurements
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Ludovic de Rochefort (Cornell University)
Evaluation of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Functions using MRI

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Bernard Sapoval (École Polytechnique)
Magic trees and mammalian respiration
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Marcel Filoche (École Polytechnique)
Title not available
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Mair Zamir (University of Western Ontario)
Blood Flow: The Ultimate Lifeline

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)
14:00-14:50
Celine Grandmont (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique Automatique (INRIA))
Multiscale modelling of the respiratory track
15:00-15:50
Bertrand Maury (Université d'Orsay)
Some mathematical models of the human lungs
16:00-16:30
Break
16:30-17:30
Ewald Weibel (Universität Bern)
Public Lecture - located at Franz Hall, Room 1178 (next to IPAM) <br> From the Lung to the Cells' Powerhouses: Symmorphosis in the Design of the Pathway for Oxygen
17:30-19:15
Reception and Poster Session at IPAM

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Vincent Fleury (Université de Rennes I)
Mechanogenetics of self-organization
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Michael Yampolsky (University of Toronto)
Dynamical modeling of human placental vasculature
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Paolo Zunino (Politecnico di Milano)
Mathematical models and numerical simulation of drug release in the vascular system

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:20
Denis Grebenkov (École Polytechnique)
Diffusion, reaction, and spin-echo signal attenuation in branched structures
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Discussion (all)

Friday, May 23, 2008

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-09:50
Anne Marie Robertson (University of Pittsburgh)
1D and Directed Continuum Models for Arterial Flows
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-11:05
Alessandro Veneziani (Emory University)
Statistical and numerical investigations of cerebral aneurysms' morphology and haemodynamics
11:15-11:30
Break
11:30-12:20
Charles Taylor (Stanford University)
Modeling Blood Flow and Vessel Wall Dynamics in the Cardiovascular System

Afternoon Session

12:30-14:30
Lunch (on your own)
14:30-15:20
Maria McGee (Wake Forest University)
Structure-Function of Interstitial Spaces:New Clues to Fluid-Balance Mechanisms
15:30-16:00
Break
16:00-16:50
Roberto Camassa (University of North Carolina)
Spinning rods, microfluidics, and propulsion by cilia in biological systems
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