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August 15 Update

Happy Sunday #SMB2020 participants!

The 2020 SMB Annual Meeting (eSMB2020) begins tomorrow! Here is today’s installment of our daily countdown to #SMB2020 with important news and updates.

Lost on Monday morning? Don’t miss the opening remarks (8am ET) and the Opening Plenary by Dr. Shayn Peirce-Cottler. The session will be linked in all mini-symposia and overflow rooms on all Subgroup floors. In case you have trouble connecting through Sococo, here is the direct Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97466727056 for this session. Zoom links are for registered participants only – please do not share or post on social media.

Official eSMB2020 Zoom background: For anyone interested, feel free to use our eSMB2020 Zoom background. Find it here in both mirrored & unmirrored settings.

Help – judges needed! We still need a few volunteers to judge posters and contributed talks!
POPD contributed talks judges: contact Christina.Cobbold@glasgow.ac.uk
OTHE posters or contributed talks judges: contact torbjorn.lundh@chalmers.se


All things eSMB2020:
Schedule: All last-minute changes will be posted online and in Slack
SMB Business Meeting(Wed): come learn about our Society and welcome our new President-elect and Board of Directors members
Career Fair(Thurs): ‘SMB Social/Career Fair Floor’ – there’s still time to upload job announcements and CVs
Conference t-shirt: Also linked from ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’
Slack space: New to Slack? Check out our FAQ page
Twitter: @ESmb2020 #SMB2020
Sponsors – Industry, Publishers, & Software: ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’
'Zoom-only’ participants: Zoom links have been sent!


Tips & Tricks:
Have your passwords handy for Zoom, Sococo, and Slack
Initialize yourself in Sococo on the Subgroup Floor that most aligns with your research area
Issues with Sococo? Try refreshing, then ask #help-desk or use ‘find’ feature in Sococo to locate ‘HELP’


All things SMB:

Society Leadership and Committees
Membership: ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’
Subgroups: Not a member? Account -> ‘edit profile’
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology: Editors available on ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’
Merchandise: ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’
SMB Newsletter
Academic Year Mentoring Program
SMB Digest Community Forum
Society Prizes
Travel and Meeting Grants


Looking forward to seeing all 1,732 of you at the best and largest SMB Annual Meeting yet! Sincerely,

Amber Smith & Heiko Enderling
eSMB2020 Co-Chairs


On behalf of the eSMB2020 Organizing Committee,
Sandy Anderson, Ruth Baker, Denise Kirschner, Torbjörn Lundh, John Nardini, Marissa Renardy, Santiago Schnell, Elissa Schwartz, Jeffrey West, Ping Ye

And, all other Subgroup leaders and eSMB2020 track coordinators, Andreas Buttenschoen, Alex Fletcher, Linus Schumacher, Holly Gaff, Shelby Scott, Carrie Diaz Eaton, Angela Reynolds, Jonathan Forde, Stanca Ciupe, Jessica Conway, Jane Heffernan, John Glasser, Zhilan Feng, Cheng Ly, Wilten Nicola, Erica Rutter, John Nardini, Kevin Flores, Christina Cobbold, James Watmough, Torbjörn Lundh

August 15 Update

Happy Saturday #SMB2020 participants!

The 2020 SMB Annual Meeting (eSMB2020) begins in just 2 days! Here is today’s installment of our daily countdown to #SMB2020 with important news and updates.

Getting excited for our eSMB2020 scientific program? We know we are! And, we owe a BIG ‘thank you’ to our amazing Subgroup/track Chairs and organizers that put together a state-of-the-art scientific program:

  • Cell and Developmental Biology (CDEV,@SMBdevBio ): Andreas Buttenschoen, Alex Fletcher, Linus Schumacher
  • Education (EDUC, @Edu2Smb): Holly Gaff, Shelby Scott, Carrie Diaz Eaton
  • Immunobiology and Infection (IMMU, @smb_imin): Angela Reynolds, Jonathan Forde, Stanca Ciupe, & Jessica Conway
  • Mathematical Epidemiology (MEPI, #SMBMathEpi):Jane Heffernan, John Glasser, Zhilan Feng
  • Mathematical Neuroscience (NEUR, @MathNeuro_): Cheng Ly, Wilten Nicola
  • Mathematical Oncology (ONCO, @mathonco): Heiko Enderling, Sandy Anderson
  • Methods for Biological Modeling (MFBM, @SMBmfbm): Erica Rutter, John Nardini, Kevin Flores
  • Population Dynamics, Ecology & Evolution (POPD, @smbpdee): Christina Cobbold, James Watmough
  • General/other track (OTHE): Torbjörn Lundh


Jump on each group’s Slack channel in smb2020.slack.com, ‘get’ them in Sococo, attend the Subgroup business meeting, or drop them an email to thank them!

Want to get involved or find out more about our Subgroups? https://www.smb.org/subgroups/

Not a member of a Subgroup? https://www.smb.org/my-account/  ‘edit profile’

eSMB2020 mentoring program: Our incredible mentoring committee, Elissa Swartz, Robert Smith?, and John Nardini, has outdone themselves organizing the largest mentoring program in our history!

Pre-conference Mentoring workshop with 200+ attendees
eSMB2020 mentoring program with 550+ mentees and 175+ mentors
Mentoring luncheon on the ‘SMB Mentor Session Floor’ on Monday
Want to be a SMB mentor or mentee after eSMB2020 ends? Check out our Academic Year Mentoring Program


‘Zoom-only’ participants: Zoom links will be sent tomorrow! They are for registered participants only - please do not share! Want to upgrade to use Sococo? Contact us at membership@smb.org
Mandatory Sococo orientation (full conference participants only): Please attend one of the remaining 3 orientation sessions (https://zoom.us/j/94700659356)
Saturday, August 15th at 9am ET
Saturday, August 15th at 1pm ET
Sunday, August 16th at 9am ET
eSMB2020 Sponsors – Industry, Publishers, & Software: Visit the ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’ to meet with our sponsors and get information about the companies, products, available jobs, and options for publishing your manuscripts.

eSMB2020 conference t-shirt: Visit the ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’ or get yours today

Slack: Join our Slack channel! New to Slack? Check out our FAQ page

Twitter: Follow us at @ESmb2020 and @SMB_MathBiology use #SMB2020 as the hashtag

SMB membership: Visit the ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’ or join today!

SMB Digest community forum: Visit https://www.smb.org/forums/

Sincerely,

Amber Smith & Heiko Enderling
eSMB2020 Co-Chairs


On behalf of the eSMB2020 Organizing Committee,
Sandy Anderson, Ruth Baker, Denise Kirschner, Torbjörn Lundh, John Nardini, Marissa Renardy, Santiago Schnell, Elissa Schwartz, Jeffrey West, Ping Ye

August 14 Update

Happy Friday #SMB2020 participants!

The 2020 SMB Annual Meeting (eSMB2020) begins in just 3 days! Here is today’s installment of our daily countdown to #SMB2020 with important news and updates.

eSMB2020 Sponsors – Industry, Publishers, & Software: We are fortunate to have 9 companies that have graciously sponsored eSMB2020 and funded special poster and talk prizes. Representatives will be present and available on our ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’ with information about their companies, available jobs, and options for publishing your manuscripts. Check out the PDF flyers linked at the bottom and their websites (hyperlinked) as a preview of the amazing things they have to offer.

Amgen
Applied BioMath
Berkeley-Madonna
DILIsym, a Simulations Plus Co.
Elsevier
Mathdept.org
Merck
Springer Nature
Wiley


‘Zoom-only’ participants: If you selected ‘I only want to attend specific talks, and do not need access to the full conference’ upon registering, you will not receive a Sococo invitation. We will be sending you the Zoom links prior to the start of the conference. Zoom links are for registered participants only and should not be shared with friends and colleagues or on social media. Changed your mind and want to upgrade to use Sococo and have access to the full eSMB2020 experience? Contact us at membership@smb.org Poster presenters are highly encouraged to present their poster in Sococo for the most beneficial experience. Mandatory Sococo orientation (full conference participants only): All registrants who selected ‘full conference’ upon registering should have received their Sococo invitations! Please do not try to create your own account!

Please attend one of the remaining 5 orientation sessions (https://zoom.us/j/94700659356)

Friday, August 14th at 5pm ET (U.S. Eastern Time)
Friday, August 14th at 9pm ET
Saturday, August 15th at 9am ET
Saturday, August 15th at 1pm ET
Sunday, August 16th at 9am ET


eSMB2020 virtual conference t-shirt: Yesterday, we unveiled our eSMB2020 t-shirt. Go get yours today: http://smb2020.org/store or visit our SMB merchandise store on the ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’ in Sococo. We hope to see these …virtually everywhere…

Slack: We’ll only post updates, changes, and be available for help over Slack. Join our Slack channel (smb2020.slack.com) by clicking here: https://bit.ly/31BG64m

Twitter: Follow us at https://twitter.com/ESmb2020 and https://twitter.com/SMB_MathBiology. Use #SMB2020 as the hashtag

SMB membership: Visit the SMB membership team on the ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’ or join today! https://www.smb.org/application/

SMB Digest community forum: Visit https://www.smb.org/forums/

Sincerely,

Amber Smith & Heiko Enderling
eSMB2020 Co-Chairs


On behalf of the eSMB2020 Organizing Committee,
Sandy Anderson, Ruth Baker, Denise Kirschner, Torbjörn Lundh, John Nardini, Marissa Renardy, Santiago Schnell, Elissa Schwartz, Jeffrey West, Ping Ye

AppliedBioMath_CareersFlyer_August2020.pdf
BerkeleyMadonna_SMB2020.pdf
Elsevier.pdf
eSMB_DSS_Flyer.pdf
Springer_MathBio.pdf
Wiley_MeetingFlyer.pdf
WMODatSMB2020.pdf

August 12 Update

Happy Wednesday #SMB2020 participants!

The 2020 SMB Annual Meeting (eSMB2020) begins in just 5 days! Here is today’s installment of our daily countdown to #SMB2020 with important news and updates.

eSMB2020 virtual conference t-shirt: …drumroll, please…

The 2020 eSMB2020 t-shirt features the conference logo on the front, and the map of all registered participants on the back. The Society for Mathematical Biology is …virtually everywhere…

The t-shirt is available as ladies trim or unisex in various sizes and colors. Visit our new online store to order your shirt today at http://smb2020.org/store. Members receive a 22% discount (!) so be sure to log into your SMB account first (located at the top of your screen). You can also order your shirt at the SMB merchandise store on the ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’.

SMB shirt

SMB membership information at eSMB: Want to learn more about the many benefits of SMB membership? Visit the SMB membership team on the ‘SMB Welcome/Industry Floor’ during the conference coffee breaks and social gatherings to discuss in person with our awesome Membership Committee Chairs, Marissa Renardy and Sam Erwin, and SMB leadership. You can also join today! https://www.smb.org/application/

Mandatory Sococo orientation: All registrants will be receiving their Sococo invitations by email from MathDept.org tomorrow, Thursday, August 13th. The full Sococo experience is only available on a desktop or laptop using Google Chrome or the desktop app (https://app.sococo.com/a/download). Please attend one of the 6 orientation sessions (https://zoom.us/j/94700659356)

  • Thursday, August 13th at 9pm ET (U.S. Eastern Time)
  • Friday, August 14th at 5pm ET
  • Friday, August 14th at 9pm ET
  • Saturday, August 15th at 9am ET
  • Saturday, August 15th at 1pm ET
  • Sunday, August 16th at 9am ET


Twitter: Follow us at https://twitter.com/ESmb2020 and use #SMB2020 as the hashtag

Slack: Join our Slack channel (smb2020.slack.com) by clicking here: https://bit.ly/31BG64m

SMB Digest community forum: Visit https://www.smb.org/forums/

Sincerely,

Amber Smith & Heiko Enderling
eSMB2020 Co-Chairs


On behalf of the eSMB2020 Organizing Committee,
Sandy Anderson, Ruth Baker, Denise Kirschner, Torbjörn Lundh, John Nardini, Marissa Renardy, Santiago Schnell, Elissa Schwartz, Jeffrey West, Ping Ye

August 11 Update

Dear friends and colleagues,

The 2020 SMB Annual Meeting (eSMB2020) begins in just 6 days! Here is today’s installment of our daily countdown to #SMB2020 with important news and updates.

Sococo: Through our partnership with MathDept.org, we are creating an immersive conference experience. To get us prepped for the upcoming week:

Orientations: Mathdept.org will host mandatory orientation sessions. All orientations will use the same Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/94700659356

  • Thursday, August 13th at 9pm ET (U.S. Eastern Time)
  • Friday, August 14th at 5pm ET
  • Friday, August 14th at 9pm ET
  • Saturday, August 15th at 9am ET
  • Saturday, August 15th at 1pm ET
  • Sunday, August 16th at 9am ET


Accounts: These are being made for all participants by MathDept.org. All registrants will be receiving their Sococo email invitations on Thursday, August 13th.

Browser/App: Sococo is only supported in the Sococo app or in Google Chrome, so please download one of these ahead of time.

Zoom: All oral presentations will be streamed as a Zoom video-conference or webinar. Plenaries and Keynotes will be linked to all Sococo ‘floors’, and mini-symposia and contributed talks will be linked in their respective track ‘floors’. For those who selected ‘only Zoom’ in the registration, you will receive the links prior to the conference.

Schedule: The schedule of all presentations is on our website at http://smb2020.org/schedule. The program is clickable, sharable, and can be filtered by track (fancy, right?!) Can’t find your abstract or have any questions? Please contact your Subgroup or track Chair or the conference Co-Chairs (Amber Smith, amber.smith@uthsc.edu, or Heiko Enderling, heiko.enderling@moffitt.org).

Twitter: Follow us at https://twitter.com/ESmb2020 and use #SMB2020 as the hashtag.

Slack: Join our Slack channel (smb2020.slack.com) by clicking here: https://bit.ly/31BG64m!

SMB membership: Join today! https://www.smb.org/application/.

SMB Digest community forum: Want to receive and post news on job postings, conferences, and other exciting things happening in Mathematical Biology? Visit https://www.smb.org/forums/ and sign up at https://www.smb.org/smb-digest-community-forum-how-to/.

Sincerely,

Amber Smith & Heiko Enderling

eSMB2020 Co-Chairs

On behalf of the eSMB2020 Organizing Committee:

Sandy Anderson, Ruth Baker, Denise Kirschner, Torbjörn Lundh, John Nardini, Marissa Renardy, Santiago Schnell, Elissa Schwartz, Jeffrey West, Ping Ye

A virtual tour of the Sococo platform

The Society has selected a third-party virtual meeting platform (Sococo and MathDept.org) that seamlessly supports live video presentations of sessions, recording of and technical support for those sessions, pre-recorded talks, poster sessions, networking and socializing. The site also will allow small groups of participants to interact in real-time directly with each other.

Supported Web Browsers

Always use the latest version of Google Chrome. Sococo supports the current version and the previous major release of Google Chrome. Other browsers are not supported.

Network Connection with Adequate Bandwidth

At a minimum, Sococo requires a download speed of 5 Mbps and an upload speed of 2 Mbps.

Supported Operating Systems

Sococo supports the current version and the two previous major releases for the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X
  • Windows (administrator right required for the desktop app)
  • Linux (any modern distribution that is supported by Google Chrome)
  • Note: The desktop app for Linux is not supported.

Computer Hardware

  • Any dual-core processor
  • Integrated camera or USB web camera