New approaches to cystic fibrosis (CF) have recently become available in both the experimental and the theoretical arenas. In the experimental arena, large scale metagenomics on sputum samples has revealed many more species present than traditional culturing methods. MRI scans of CF promise location specific growth data observable often and giving some of the same information that only CT scans could provide. These techniques have made the dynamics of the CF lung as an ecosystem accessible to observation. Such observation needs guidance from theory. The workshop will explore ecological and evolutionary approaches to modeling the CF lung and their application to devising an optimal treatment regimen. The 2009 TSRC workshop on this theme focused on building mathematical models. Much of that work that has been done, and will be summarized in the first couple of days of the meeting. But as with all good Telluride workshops, the aim is to do research on-site. One-hour talks last two hours due to intensive probing from the audience. Come prepared to give chalk talks and/or Powerpoint about your work...especially things that you think are important.
GOAL: IDENTIFY WEAKNESSES IN THE CYSTIC FIBROSIS ECOSYSTEM THAT CAN BE THERAPUTICALLY EXPLOITED...
Possible Products
A) Models of CF lung that help us identify evolutionary and ecological instabilities
B) Identify missing datasets that are critical for managing CF as an ecosystem
C) Exchange information amongst biologists, doctors, and mathematicians
Possible talks/discussion sessions
Paul Rainey - Evolutionary instabilities and the CF lung
Forest Rohwer - Microbial ecology and relationship to CF lung
Peter Salamon - Physiological models and optimal disease treatments
Doug Conrad - Clinicians view of treating CF
Dana Willner - Viral communities in the CF lung
Telluride Intermediate School
725 West Colorado Ave
Telluride C0 81435
Participant | Organization | ||||
Barr, Jeremy | SDSU Research Foundation | ||||
Conrad, Douglas | UC San Diego | ||||
Dutilh, Bas E | SDSU | ||||
Edwards, Robert | San Diego State University | ||||
Evangelista, Jose | UCSD | ||||
Felts, Ben | SDSU | ||||
Hand, Carol | SDSU | ||||
Harris, Kirk | University of Colorado | ||||
Haynes, Matthew | San Diego State University | ||||
Jelsbak, Lars | Technical University of Denmark | ||||
Khasin, Michael | MIT | ||||
Kong, Weidong | UCSF | ||||
Lim, Yan Wei | San Diego State University | ||||
LiPuma, John | University of Michigan | ||||
Rainey, Paul | Massey University | ||||
Rohwer, Forest | SDSU Research Foundation | ||||
Salamon, Peter | San Diego State University | ||||
Schmieder, Robert | San Diego State University | ||||
Shaw, Kevin | UC San Diego | ||||
Singh, Pradeep | University of washington | ||||
Theilmann, Rebecca | UCSD | ||||
Wagner, Brandie | University of Colorado Denver | ||||