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SUMMARY:When mathematics meets medicine
LOCATION:Imperial College: G20\, Ground floor\, Royal School Of Mines
DESCRIPTION:Step into the intersection of mathematics and medicine with Pr
 ofessor Reiko Tanaka\, revealing how equations can explain disease and tre
 atment.\n\nAbstract:\nCan mathematics help us understand why diseases like
  eczema affect people so differently? How can computers reveal why some tr
 eatments work for certain patients but not others? In this lecture\, I wil
 l share my journey from control theory and engineering into the world of c
 omputational biology and medicine: a path that has been both unexpected an
 d deeply rewarding.\nI will describe how my research group develops mathem
 atical models and computational approaches to decode the complexity of bio
 logical systems and human disease. Our bodies are remarkable control syste
 ms: they constantly sense changes\, process information\, and adjust respo
 nses to maintain subtle balance. Through examples spanning eczema\, asthma
 \, and infectious diseases\, I will illustrate how equations can unveil bi
 ological insights: how our immune system responds and adapts\, why disease
 s progress differently across individuals\, and how we might predict which
  treatments will work best for each patient.\nThrough stories of collabora
 tion\, discovery\, and the occasional challenge\, this lecture celebrates 
 the transformative power of interdisciplinary thinking. It demonstrates ho
 w bringing together mathematics\, biology\, and medicine opens new frontie
 rs in our understanding of health and our ability to treat disease more ef
 fectively.\nBiography:\nProfessor Reiko Tanaka uses maths\, computing and 
 engineering to better understand how the body works and why disease happen
 s. Her research examines how biological systems stay balanced and what hap
 pens when they stop working properly.\nBy studying patterns across cells\,
  tissues\, organs and whole-body systems\, her work helps identify the key
  processes behind disease and points to new questions for medicine and bio
 logy. This approach is especially useful for understanding complex conditi
 ons and why they can affect people so differently.\nProfessor Tanaka has w
 orked across engineering\, biology and medicine in research and teaching r
 oles in Japan\, the US and the UK. Before joining Imperial\, she held rese
 arch roles at Keio University\, the California Institute of Technology and
  RIKEN.
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