Speaker Bio

Martina Conte received her Ph.D. from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) in 2021, under the supervision of Prof. L. Gerardo-Giorda and Prof. J. Soler. From 2021 to May 2024 she held a Research Fellow Position at the Politecnico of Torino (Italy). Then, in May 2024 she started a new position as Research Fellow at the University of Parma (Italy) in the Research group of Mathematical Physics. Her research interests include mathematical and computational modeling techniques to investigate biological and medical systems. Her primary focus is on multi-scale phenomena, which involve mechanisms operating at various levels, from microscopic processes to macroscopic dynamics.

Abstract:

Kinetic equations have been widely used in the modeling of multi-agent systems, allowing for exploring the large scale aggregate trends that emerge from microscopic interactions. These descriptions have been successfully applied to the study of cell mechanisms, which are well-described across different scales: from the individual level, where stochastic mechanism of cell re-orientation can be included, to the corresponding kinetic level for cell collective motion, and, then, up to the aggregate macroscopic description. In this seminar, we will discuss different kinetic models for cell migration, describing their multi-scale characteristics, their derivation, and some comparisons between the model outcomes and experimental results.