Schedule

Week Topic Readings Lead
Jan 02 Syllabus
Jan 9 What is multiscale modeling? Meier-Schellersheim, Fraser, and Klauschen (2009) AG
Jan 23 Deriving transmissibility Begon et al. (2002) JV
Jan 30 Within and between-host transmission Mideo, Alizon, and Day (2008) PM
Feb 6 Mean field theory Black and McKane (2012) ME
Feb 13 Coupled map lattice models Earn, Levin, and Rohani (2000) PM
Feb 20 Heterogeneous environments Melbourne and Chesson (2005) CT
Feb 27 Slow-fast dynamics Rinaldi and Scheffer (2000) RLR
Mar 13 Moment closure techniques Keeling (2000) DK
Mar 20 Evolutionary consequences of spiral waves Boerlijst, Lamers, and Hogeweg (1993) ME
Mar 27 Pattern formation Klausmeier (1999) AB
Apr 3 Integro-difference models Kot, Lewis, and van den Driessche (1996) RLR
Apr 10 Multiple infections Sofonea, Alizon, and Michalakis (2015) CT & AG
Apr 17 Projects
Apr 24 Projects