Preface

Abstract

This special issue is the proceedings of the International Workshop on Differential Equations in Mathematical Biology held in Le Havre, France, July 11-13, 2005. The workshop brought together internationals researchers in Differential Equations and Mathematical Biology to communicate with each other about their current work. The topics of the workshop included various types of differential equations and their applications to biology and other related subjects, such as, ecology, epidemiology, medicine, etc. There were more than 60 participants came from Algeria, Canada, Cameroun, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, South Africa, UK, and USA. The ple- nary speakers were Pierre Auger (IRD Bondy, France), Josef Hofbauer (University College London, UK), Michel Langlais (Bordeaux 2, France), Hal Smith (Arizona State, USA), Horst Thieme (Arizona State, USA), Glenn Webb (Vanderbilt, USA) and Jianhong Wu (York, Canada). There were also more than 40 presentations by other participants.  &nbspThe 17 articles which appear in this special issue are from the participants of the Workshop and from other leading researchers in these subjects. Topics include malaria intra-host models, stem cell dynamics, tumor invasion, reaction-diffusion systems for competition and predation, traveling waves, optimal control in age structured models, host-parasitoid models, predator-prey models, HIV infection, immune system memory, bacteria infection, innate immune response, and antibiotic treatment.For the full preface, please click the Full Text 'PDF' button above.