Theory and Applications of Multi-Scale Modeling

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Schedule:

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

LOCATION: Von Canon A room, lower level of the Bryan University Center

9:15 – 9:30

Welcome, Introduction, Coffee.

9:30 – 10:15

Effective field theories and multiple scales in quantum physics
Thomas Mehen (Duke University, Physics)

10:15 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 12:00

Modeling the dynamics of immune responses and infections
Rustom Antia (Emory University, Biology)

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch and discussion

1:00 – 1:30

Combining the molecular with the ecological: modeling the dynamics of rapidly-evolving viruses
Katia Koelle (Duke University, Biology)

1:40 – 2:10

Soft dynamical systems and gene expression
Thomas Kepler (Duke University, Biostatics and Bio-informatics)

2:10 – 2:40

Break

2:40 – 4:10

Multiscale simulations of solvated biomolecules
Jerzy Bernholc (North Carolina State University, Physics)

4:10 – 5:00

Discussion

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

LOCATION: 130 Physics Building

9:00 – 10:30

“Consistency” between atomistic and coarse-grained models
William Noid (Pennsylvania State University, Chemistry)

10:30 – 10:50

Break

10:50 – 11:20

Multiscale modeling of catalysis in chemistry and biology
Weitao Yang (Duke University, Chemistry)

11:30 – 12:00

Controlling numerical dissipation and time stepping in some multi-scale fluid simulations
Jian-Guo Liu (Duke University, Physics and Math)

12:00 – 1:00

Lunch and discussion

1:00 – 2:30

Coarsening in cellular systems
David Kinderlehrer (Carnegie Mellon University, Mathematical Sciences)

2:30 – 2:50

Break

2:50 – 3:20

A molecular renormalization group approach to connecting simulations at different length scales
Garegin Papoian (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chemistry)

3:30 – 4:00

Design and modeling of nucleic acids nanomaterials
Yaroslava Yingling (North Carolina State University, Materials Science)

4:00 – 4:30

Discussion