Friday, February 15, 2013
Room 202 (Hynes Convention Center)
Cancer represents one of the biggest problems for modern societies. In 2010, there were 1.53 million new cancer cases and 570,000 cancer-related deaths in the US, leading to an overall cost of $264 billion. By 2020, cancer deaths worldwide could reach 10 million. Therefore, an important goal of life science research is to improve tumor diagnostics and anti-cancer treatment options to alleviate cancer-related morbidity and mortality. We are interested in using the tools of theoretical evolutionary biology, applied mathematics, statistics, and computational biology to address important questions in cancer research.