Workshop on Wave Transport of Ionic Species

August 28 - September 1, 2017, The Fields Institute

Location: Fields Institute, Stewart Library

Description

This workshop will be concerned with the mathematical modelling of the transport of ions in biological media on the cellular scale. Wave transport is an inherently unsteady process and so understanding the unsteady dynamics of ions propagating through cells is critical to any consistent modelling effort. Participants will have the opportunity to present their latest work and ideas on related topics. During round table discussions, participants will discuss future challenges related to the ultimate goal of obtaining and using detailed knowledge of the unsteady solution of the transport equations on the cellular scale to derive continuum equations on the macro-scale that can describe wave propagation.

Registration Instruction:

Please register online here.

Schedule

Monday, August 28th, 2017
09:30 to 10:30	Modeling Cortical Depression and Related Phenomena Huaxiong Huang, The Fields Institute and York University
10:30 to 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 to 12:00	Transport in Highly Concentrated Electrolytes Nir Gavish, Technion
12:00 to 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 to 15:00	Effects of permanent charges on ionic flow through membrane channels Weishi Liu, University of Kansas
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 to 16:30	The dynamics of Poisson-Nernst-Planck systems Xiang-Sheng Wang, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017
09:30 to 10:30	Electrokinetic dynamics in soft porous networks Reghan Hill, McGill University
10:30 to 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 to 12:00	Cell volume control and cell movement Yoichiro Mori, University of Minnesota
12:00 to 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 to 15:00	Asymptotic Analysis of Perturbed Poisson Boltzmann Equation on an Unbounded doamin Chunhua Ou, Memorial University
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 to 16:30	Gramicidin A is a small and well characterized peptide that forms an ion channel in lipid membranes Shixin Xu, The Fields Institute

Wednesday, August 30th, 2017
09:30 to 10:30	Poisson-Nernst-Planck-Fermi Theory for Biological Ion Channels Jinn-Liang Liu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
10:30 to 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 to 12:00	On connection conditions through boundary layer of PNP system Zilong Song, York University
18:00 to 20:00	Dinner (Location: Via Mercanti, 87 Elm Avenue, Toronto, ON)

Thursday, August 31st, 2017
09:30 to 10:30	3D Poisson-Boltzmann computation of KcsA potassium channel Tzyy-Leng Horng, Feng Chia University
10:30 to 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 to 12:00	Oocyte fertilisation, chemical signalling and waves. Yvonne Stokes, The University of Adelaide
12:00 to 14:00	Lunch break
14:00 to 15:00	Deformation of a soft porous drop in a uniform streaming flow and a linear flow Yuan-Nan Young, New Jersey Institute of Technology
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 to 16:30	Oscillatory networks for self-organisation and quorum sensing in artificial cells Henry Shum, University of Waterloo

Friday, September 1st, 2017
09:30 to 10:30	Electrokinetic behaviour of concentrated suspensions Bronwyn Hajek, University of South Australia
10:30 to 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 to 12:00	An adaptive conservative finite volume method for Poisson -Nernst-Planck equations on a moving mesh Xiulei Cao, York University

Invited Speakers

Name	Affiliation
Xiulei Cao	York University
Tom Chou	University of California, Los Angeles
Nir Gavish	Technion
Bronwyn Hajek	University of South Australia
Reghan Hill	McGill University
Tzyy-Leng Horng	Feng Chia University
Huaxiong Huang	The Fields Institute and York University
Chun Liu	The Pennsylvania State University
Jinn-Liang Liu	National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Weishi Liu	University of Kansas
Yoichiro Mori	University of Minnesota
Henry Shum	University of Waterloo
Zilong Song	York University
Yvonne Stokes	The University of Adelaide
Xiang-Sheng Wang	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Shixin Xu	The Fields Institute
Yuan-Nan Young	New Jersey Institute of Technology

Registered Participants

Name	Affiliation
Xiulei Cao	York University
Joshua Chang	National Institutes of Health
Tom Chou	University of California, Los Angeles
Linda Cummings	New Jersey Institute of Technology
Hao Dong	York University
Nir Gavish	Technion
Nathan Gold	York University
Bronwyn Hajek	University of South Australia
Reghan Hill	McGill University
Tzyy-Leng Horng	Feng Chia University
Huaxiong Huang	The Fields Institute and York University
Jinn-Liang Liu	National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Weishi Liu	University of Kansas
Yoichiro Mori	University of Minnesota
Chunhua Ou	Memorial University
Henry Shum	University of Waterloo
Zilong Song	York University
Yvonne Stokes	The University of Adelaide
Xiang-Sheng Wang	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Shixin Xu	The Fields Institute
Yuan-Nan Young	New Jersey Institute of Technology
Yi Zhu	York University