Exploring Ionic Channels and Cell Membranes Dynamics

Abstract 

In my talk, I first show our study on the electrodiffusion in Ionic Channels via Poisson-Nernst-Planck Models and examine ion size effects on the flow rate of matter through a cross-section. In the second part, I focus on the effects of NMDA receptors on membrane excitation via Morris-Lecar Model. We apply bifurcation analysis and geometric singular perturbation theory to analyze the system. We also study the synchrony analysis in networks of the coupled system.

About the speaker 

Hamidreza Mofidi BIMSA

I am a postdoc at the BIMSA Center, supported by the Yau Center at Tsinghua Uni. Before that, I was a VAP at the Uni. of Iowa, USA, working with Math. and Comp. Biology group in the Mathematics Department. My study lies in applied dynamical systems of DEs, math biology, and PDEs. Specifically, I am interested in using techniques such as GSP theory and Bifurcation analysis in nonlinear dynamical systems to model and analyze biological phenomena and study multiple time/spatial scale dynamics.