CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Projects & Working Groups
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Potential Projects
Antagonistic interspecific interactions
After chatting with several people about host-parasite systems and hearing some of the comments at the icebreaker, I want to see if others are interested in potential projects in this area. As a way of getting some brain storming started, I’ve just typed up some topics (these include ideas I’ve heard from others here at Santa Fe) to see if there is critical mass and an interesting question.
Topics (no particular order)
- Impact of immune system on host-parasite (/pathogen) interaction
- Impact of heterogeneous hosts
- Infectious diseases: epidemic outbreaks vs. endemic steady states
- Direct vs. vector transmission of parasites/pathogens
- Non-genetic transmission of disease resistance
- Effects of pathogen competition on epidemic outbreaks
- Spatial heterogeneity of transmission of parasites
Interested? Please add ideas that you find interesting or would like to explore more (or just your name).