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Title: Statistical Models of Cancer Evolution
Speaker: Jasmine Foo
Speaker Info: University of Minnesota
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The process of cancer initiation from healthy epithelial tissue can be modeled using stochastic spatial processes. In particular, cancer is often caused by genetic mutations which confer a fitness advantage to a cell, leading to a clonal expansion of its progeny through the tissue. In this talk I will discuss some models of this evolutionary process, and explore how tissue architecture may impact cancer initiation.