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SUMMARY:Some challenges in modelling influenza - Dr Julia Gog (CCBI and DA
 MTP\, University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20131023T180000Z
DTEND:20131023T193000Z
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CONTACT:Ivan Lam
DESCRIPTION:_This talk is free for members of BioSoc or £2 for non-member
 s. You can sign up for life membership for the same price as annual member
 ship (£10) at this talk._\n\nWhile the key to controlling infectious dise
 ases is to understand them\, the dynamics of influenza proves extremely ch
 allenging to make sense of. Here we will look at a several current threads
  of research applying mathematics to modelling influenza. Even at the smal
 lest scale\, how an individual virus particle is formed\, the mathematics 
 gets funky quite quickly. Building to the population level\, the evolution
  of "seasonal" influenza in humans\, also proves tricky\, but there has be
 en some good progress recently which I will present. Finally\, looking at 
 the spatial spread of the 2009 pandemic in the US\, we will see that there
  are some real enigmas to be solved. It was NOT the case that influenza sp
 read across the US quickly\, and this is a puzzle given that we live in th
 e age of long distance air travel.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre\, Department of Plant Sciences\, Downing Si
 te
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