Courses in Individual-based Modelling (IbM) of biofilms using iDynoMiCS

Since 2008, we have run these one week courses three times so far, twice at the Danish Technical University in Lyngby, Copenhagen, and once at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. Our diverse course participants have been PhD students, postdocs, and faculty from a range of disciplines and countries, working on a variety of interesting research projects.

• iDynoMiCS course 2008

The inaugural iDynoMiCS course in 2008 was attended by 35 participants from 10 countries. It was held from 8-13 of June 2008, at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Lyngby, Denmark.

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• iDynoMiCS course 2009

The second course was again held at the DTU, from the 21-26 of June 2009, and attended by 18 participants from 8 countries.

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• iDynoMiCS course 2010

For the third course we moved to the UK for a change, and welcomed 18 participants from only 7 countries at the University of Birmingham, from the 13-18 of June.

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• NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Individual-based Ecology of Microbes

In 2011, instead of the iDynoMiCS course, we are co-organizing a more general workshop on individual-based ecology of microbes, encouraging experimentalists to attend as well as modellers. This workshop well be held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

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The courses in a nutshell

Why Attend?

Our one week courses give you hands-on experience of individual-based modelling of biofilms. While we teach the use our new software tool iDynoMiCS (individual-based Dynamics of Microbial Communities Simulator), running simulations with iDynoMiCS and analyzing the results, we also cover mathematical modelling of biofilms, and individual-based modelling of non-biofilm systems, more generally!

Who should attend?

The course is intended for all students and researchers who have started to, or are considering to use, individual-based modelling for microbial systems. By the end of the course, participants will be able to independently use iDynoMiCS and apply it to their own work.

Candidates from the fields of environmental science, microbiology, microbial ecology, ecology, computer science, applied mathematics, engineering, and physics are encouraged to apply.