Event Title
3-Compartment Predator-Prey Model for Understanding Normal Brain Cell Signaling and Disease
Faculty Mentor
Mark DeCoster
Location
Library 3B
Session
Session 2
Start Date
13-4-2013 11:00 AM
End Date
13-4-2013 12:00 PM
Description
The biological predator-prey model teaches us how systems balance populations, for example, how sheep population affects wolves, and vice versa. We used this predator-prey model with 3 compartments, that is: wolves, sheep, and grass, to better understand the necessary balance in signaling between brain cells, and what may go wrong in brain disease. The project is informed by both computer simulations and actual brain cell measurements taken in the laboratory. Balance is considered good, both for predator-prey populations and communication between brain cells. Maintaining balances turns out to be a fragile tightrope that must be maintained for normal function.
3-Compartment Predator-Prey Model for Understanding Normal Brain Cell Signaling and Disease
Library 3B
The biological predator-prey model teaches us how systems balance populations, for example, how sheep population affects wolves, and vice versa. We used this predator-prey model with 3 compartments, that is: wolves, sheep, and grass, to better understand the necessary balance in signaling between brain cells, and what may go wrong in brain disease. The project is informed by both computer simulations and actual brain cell measurements taken in the laboratory. Balance is considered good, both for predator-prey populations and communication between brain cells. Maintaining balances turns out to be a fragile tightrope that must be maintained for normal function.