News
Update
Posted by Paul Macklin
10 August 2006 at 11:31 AM PDT (UTC +?)
It's been awhile since I've posted an update. First off, John Lowengrub and I submitted a new paper (Nonlinear Simulation of the Effect of Microenvironment on Tumor Growth) to the Journal of Theoretical Biology in the last week of June. The article is still under review, but we're pretty excited about the results!
In other news, I've begun writing my dissertation in earnest. As my recent coding starts to settle out and I find my last bugs, I hope to devote more of my attention to that coding, and perhaps graduate in December!
Lastly, I'm going to Heriot-Watt on August 19th for two weeks of joint coding on our tumor growth-angiogenesis project. Early results are good, and I hope to post an animation on that soon. Now, if only the UK travel restrictions can calm down ... An LAX-LHR flight with no hand baggage sounds incredibly long! :-(
Attended Cancer Modeling Workshop at Dundee (Scotland)
Posted by Paul Macklin
13 June 2006 at 6:40 PM PDT (UTC +?)
From June 5th to June 9th, John Lowengrub and I attended a Cancer Modeling Workshop at Dundee University in Scotland. The workshop was very interesting, and John and I had some extra opportunities to continue our collaboration with Mark Chaplain and Steven McDougall. Things are really starting to come together on this project, and I'm very enthusiastic!
I also got to visit Edinburgh for the first time, which was a lot of fun. I hope to update this posting later with some pictures.
Attended Angiogenesis Workshop at IPAM (at UCLA)
Posted by Paul Macklin
23 May 2006 at 1:12 AM PDT (UTC +?)
A week ago, I attended an excellent angiogenesis workshop at UCLA. I learned a lot about the biology of hypoxia and tumor-induced angiogenesis. Because Steven McDougall and Sandy Anderson were there, it was an excellent opportunity to work on our joint tumor-angiogenesis project, and we made some good progress!
I also met some exciting people, like Mark Sussman (ghost fluid method/CFD), Peter Smereka, Stan Osher (level set co-inventor), and Philip Hahnfeldt and Lynn Hlatky, who recently started an exciting Cancer Systems Biology Program at Tufts University Medical School. I was really excited to get to meet these wonderful people, and it really makes me look forward to future workshops!
Advancement to Candidacy Passed!
Posted by Paul Macklin
3 May 2006 at 1:10 PM PDT (UTC +?)
My advancement talk went well, and my committee passed me! So, now I'm officially a Ph.D. candidate, and I have about a year left to go, possibly less. Yay! It's a relief to see the light at the end of the tunnel ...

Photo credit: Timothy Choi
I'd like to thank all of my friends for attending; your show of support was very important to me! And thanks most of all to my wife, Angela, for her tremendous support!! -- Paul
Advancement to Candidacy Scheduled
Posted by Paul Macklin
9 April 2006 at 12:53 PM PDT (UTC +?)
My advancement to Ph.D. candidacy exam has finally been scheduled. The details:
- Date: Monday, May 1, 2006
- Time: 12:30pm to 2:00pm
- Room: MSTB 254
- Topic: Nonlinear Simulation of Cancer / Computational Oncology
- Committee:
- Natalia Komarova (Mathematics)
- John Lowengrub (Mathematics, chair)
- Qing Nie (Mathematics)
- Dominik Wodarz (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
- Hongkai Zhao (Mathematics)
More details on the talk to follow in an update to this news posting ...