The Department of Mathematics & Statistics is proud to announce the 40th Annual Ostrom Lecture, returning for the first time since 2019! The Annual Theodore G. Ostrom lecture brings internationally renowned mathematics scholars to the Pullman campus each spring, in honor of Emeritus Ostrom who retired from WSU in 1981 after 21 years on faculty.
The lecture this year will be presented by Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Hillen, Professor in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta, Site Director for the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), and Editor in Chief for the Journal of Mathematical Biology.
The 2023 Lecture will be held on Wednesday, April 26, at 7 p.m. in SPARK G45. A cake reception will follow in Neill Hall 216. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public!
Lecture Title: Mathematical Oncology of Brain Cancer
Abstract: The human brain is a complex tissue where distant parts of the brain are inter connected through nerve fibres. A modern MRI imaging technique, called diffusion tensor imaging, allows us to take a look into the brain and to see the connecting nerve fibres. Can this information help us to treat brain cancer? In this talk I will show that mathematics is the right language for this problem. I will show how it can be used to guide cancer treatment. (joint work with A. Swan, K.J. Painter, A. Murtha)
Please contact the Department of Mathematics & Statistics with any questions!
