Biomathematicus

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics

  • Experience & Advice

    Good judgement comes from experience. But experience often comes from bad judgement. I am always available to talk to current and prospective students. If you need academic advice, you might want to check the following videos first. These videos were recorded in the 2012 SACNAS Conference, when I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mathematical…

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  • COVID-19 Models

    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel human respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The first cases of COVID-19 disease surfaced during late December 2019 in Wuhan city, the capital of Hubei province in China; this particular virus and is often referred to as the wild type (as opposed to variants that appeared later…

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  • Biomathematics Research Group

    The Biomathematics Research Group (BRG) was initiated by Juan B. Gutiérrez in 2012 at the University of Georgia (UGA). It grew from two students coming to office hours twice per week to a lab occupying half of historic Pound Hall at UGA, with up to 22 lab members. It transitioned to the University of Texas…

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  • Sponsored Research: ALICE

    This is a project of the Biomathematics Research Group. Funding Agency: National Science Foundation  Award #1645325 Research Team:  Juan B. Gutierrez (PI), University of Georgia  Jonathan Arnold (Co-PI), University of Georgia  Pedro Portes (Co-PI), University of Georgia  Co-Investigators from the BRG Karen Aguar, Mehdi Asefi,  Saeid Safaei Funding:  $300K Project Period: 2016-2019 Available at http://mathresearch.utsa.edu/alice We have…

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  • Sponsored Research: HAMMER

    This is a project of the Biomathematics Research Group. A research partnership within DARPA’s THoR (Technologies for Host Resilience) program, the HAMMER project uniquely focuses on malaria and its effects on human and non-human primate hosts.  This project will explore the molecular mechanisms of resilience, susceptibility and resistance of non-human primate hosts when challenged with…

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  • Sponsored Research: NSF INCLUDES

    This is a project of the Biomathematics Research Group. Funding Agency: National Science Foundation  Award #1649226 Research Team:  Suzanne Barbour sbarbour@unc.edu (Principal Investigator) Michelle Cook (Co-Principal Investigator) Timothy Burg (Co-Principal Investigator) Joachim Walther (Co-Principal Investigator) Juan B. Gutierrez (Co-Principal Investigator) Funding:  $117K Project Period: 2016-2019 (Co-PI Gutierrez, PI Barbour) Collaborative Research: NSF INCLUDES: An Integrated…

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  • Sponsored Research: MaHPIC

    This is a project of the Biomathematics Research Group. The MaHPIC combines Emory investigators’ interdisciplinary experience in malaria research, metabolomics, lipidomics and human and non-human primate immunology and pathogenesis with UGA’s expertise in pathogen bioinformatics and large database systems, and Georgia Tech’s experience in mathematical modeling and systems biology. The CDC has provided support in proteomics and malaria research, including nonhuman…

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  • Sponsored Research: CLAIM

    This is a project of the Biomathematics Research Group. The International Centers of Excellence in Malaria Research – Center of Non-Amazonian Regions of Latin America – CLAIM is a comprehensive project designed to establish an international Center of Excellence for Malaria Research in Latin America (CLAIM) composed of multiple public and private research centers from…

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  • How did I obtain my Green Card

    Read Previous: How did I obtain labor certification in the US? After 4 years trying to immigrate through my employer (read other posts in this blog), I found out by accident that there was a way to immigrate into the US without the need of an employer, i.e. through self-petition. It is called “Alien of…

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  • From Visitor to Resident in the US: Labor Certification

    Read Previous: How did I obtain a work visa to come to the US? ISF had offices in North and South America. There was a shortage of skilled workers in my area of expertise in the US in early 2000. I was offered a good salary and the prospect of establishing permanently in the USA.…

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