The students will be required to develop their own modelling projects throughout the course of the summer school so that they gain practical experience in the techniques covered in lectures. At the end of the summer school the student groups will present their findings to the entire class.

Sunday May 10

Arrival

7:00- Informal get together in residence lounge

Monday May 11

8:30-9:00 Welcome and Introduction

9:00-10:30 Lecture 1: Simple models of invasions and epidemics - simple probabilistic models and some ODEs (Dr Fred Brauer). Lecture Slides.

10:30-11:00 Morning Break

11:00-12:00 Tutorial 1: A primer on ODE models in ecology (Dr Fred Brauer).Lecture Slides.

12:00-2:00 Lunch Break (guided tour of Banff Centre 1:00-2:00)

2:00 GROUP PHOTO.

2:00-3:30 Lecture 2: Stochastic models of invasions and epidemics (Dr Linda Allen). Lecture Slides.

3:30-4:00 Afternoon Break

4:00-5:00 Tutorial 2: Thresholds in deterministic and stochastic models(Dr James Watmough/Dr Linda Allen).

5:00-8:00 Evening Break

8:00-9:30 Lecture 3: Metapopulation (patch) models (Dr Julien Arino).

Tuesday May 12

9:00- 10:30 Lecture 4: Evolution I - basic principles (Dr Troy Day)

10:30-11:00 Morning Break

11:00-12:00 Tutorial 3: A primer on evolutionary models more generally (Dr Troy Day).

12:00-2:00 Lunch Break

2:00-3:30 Lecture 5: Evolution II - theory on deterministic and/or stochastic models in invasions (Dr Dick Gomulkiewicz).

3:30-4:00 Afternoon Break

4:00-5:00 Tutorial 4: A primer on connecting scales in evolutionary biology (Dr Troy Day).

5:00-8:00 Evening Break

8:00-9:30 Breakout into groups.

Wednesday May 13

9:00-10:30 Lecture 6: Partial differential equation models of epidemics (Dr Stephen Gourley).

10:30-11:00 Morning Break

11:00-12:00 Tutorial 5: Techniques in structured population models (Dr James Watmough).

12:00-2:00 Lunch Break

2:00-5:00 Group discussion and work on projects: instructors available from 3pm-5pm.

5:00-8:00 Evening Break

8:00-9:30 Lecture 7: Case Study I: The origin and resolution of conflicting selection at the within and between host levels (Dr Mike Gilchrist).

Thursday May 14

9:00-10:30 Lecture 8: Case study II: Evolution of weedy species (Dr Loren Reisberg).

10:30-11:00 Morning Break

11:00-12:30

12:30-2:00 Lunch Break

2:00-5:00 Group discussion and work on projects: instructors available from 3pm-5pm

5:00-8:00 Evening Break

8:00-9:30 Lecture 9: Case Study III: Dynamics of mountain pine beetle infestations: scaling from trees to forests (Dr Bill Nelson).

Friday May 15

9:00-10:30 Lecture 10: Case study IV: Drugs and insecticides for malaria control: avoiding another century of evolutionary mismanagement (Dr Andrew Read).

10:30-11:00 Morning Break

11:00-12:00

12:00-2:00 Lunch break

2:00-5:00 Group discussion and work on projects: instructors available from 3pm-5pm

5:00-8:00 Evening Break

8:00-9:30 Lecture 11: Case Study V: Modeling spatial spread of infectious diseases with latency (Dr Xingfu Zou).

Saturday May 16

Student presentations

Tree Munchers

Syphillitics

Infusers

Control Freaks

Unpronouncables

Sunday May 17

9:00-10:30 Student presentations

10:30-11:00 Coffee and closing remarks.

Instructors:

Dr Linda Allen (Texas Tech), Dr Julien Arino (Manitoba), Dr Rachel Bennett (Queen's), Dr Fred Brauer (UBC), Dr Troy Day (Queen's), Dr Dick Gomulkiewicz (Washington State), Dr Stephen Gourley (Surrey), Dr James Watmough (New Brunswick), Dr Jianhong Wu

Case Studies:

Dr Mike Gilchrist (U Tennessee), Dr Bill Nelson (Queen`s), Dr Andrew Read (Penn State), Dr Loren Reisberg (UBC), Dr Xingfu Zou (Western)