Andreas Buttenschön

Andreas Buttenschön

Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Publications

Bridging from single to collective cell migration: A review of models and links to experiments

Published in PLOS Computational Biology, 2020

Mathematical and computational models can assist in gaining an understanding of cell behavior at many levels of organization. Here, we review models in the literature that focus on eukaryotic cell motility at 3 size scales: intracellular signaling that regulates cell shape and movement, single cell motility, and collective cell behavior from a few cells to tissues. Read more

Recommended citation: Buttenschön A, Edelstein-Keshet L PLOS Computational Biology 16(12): e1008411 (2020)

Adhesion-driven patterns in a calcium-dependent model of cancer cell movement

Published in arXiv, 2020

Cancer cells exhibit increased motility and proliferation, which are instrumental in the formation of tumours and metastases. These pathological changes can be traced back to malfunctions of cellular signalling pathways, and calcium signalling plays a prominent role in these. We formulate a new model for cancer cell movement which for the first time explicitly accounts for the dependence of cell proliferation and cell-cell adhesion on calcium. Read more

Recommended citation: Kaouri, K., Bitsouni, V., Buttenschön, A., & Thul, R. arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00612. (2020) https://arxiv.org/abs/2003.00612

Correlated random walks inside a cell: actin branching and microtubule dynamics

Published in Journal of Mathematical Biology, 2019

Correlated random walks (CRW) have been explored in many settings, most notably in the motion of individuals in a swarm or flock. But some subcellular systems such as growth or disassembly of bio-polymers can also be described with similar models and understood using related mathematical methods. Here we consider two examples of growing cytoskeletal elements, actin and microtubules. Read more

Recommended citation: Buttenschön, A. & Edelstein-Keshet, L. J. Math. Biol. (2019) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-019-01416-6

Nonlocal Adhesion Models for Microorganisms on Bounded Domains

Published in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 2019

For the one dimensional Armstrong model of cell-cell adhesion, we derive various types of adhesive, repulsive, and no-flux boundary conditions. We prove local and global existence and uniqueness for the resulting integro-differential equations. Read more

Recommended citation: Hillen T., Buttenschön, A. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (2020) https://epubs.siam.org/doi/abs/10.1137/19M1250315

Cops-on-the-Dots: The Linear Stability of Crime Hotspots for a 1-D Reaction-Diffusion Model of Urban Crime

Published in European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2018

In a singularly perturbed limit, we analyze the existence and linear stability of steady-state hotspot solutions for an extension of the 1-D three-component reaction-diffusion (RD) system … Read more

Recommended citation: Buttenschoen, A., Kolokolnikov, T., Ward, M.J. and Wei, J., 2019. Cops-on-the-dots: The linear stability of crime hotspots for a 1-D reaction-diffusion model of urban crime. European Journal of Applied Mathematics, pp.1-47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956792519000305

Integro-partial differential equation models for cell-cell adhesion and its application

Published in University of Alberta, 2018

In my dissertation, I explore models of non-local effects in biological systems. To study these nonlocal phenomena, I use iPDEs. The thesis has three chapters: (1) a derivation of non-local models from an underlying stochastic random walk; (2) an analysis of the steady-states of a non-local model of cell-cell adhesion; and (3) the construction of no-flux boundary conditions for a non-local model of cell-cell adhesion. Read more

Recommended citation: Buttenschoen, A. (2018). Integro-partial differential equation models for cell-cell adhesion and its application. https://doi.org/10.7939/R3M902J30

Off-Lattice Agent-Based Models for Cell and Tumor Growth: Numerical Methods, Implementation, and Applications

Published in Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes, 2017

Lattice-free agent-based models (ABMs) of multicellular systems are mathematical models in which each cell is represented individually and can move continuously in space. In this chapter we present an overview of the methodology of ABMs that are used to simulate mechanical and physiological phenomena in cells and tissues. Read more

Recommended citation: Van Liedekerke, P., Buttenschön, A. and Drasdo, D., 2018. Off-lattice agent-based models for cell and tumor growth: numerical methods, implementation, and applications. In Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes (pp. 245-267). Academic Press. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811718-7.00014-9

Agent-Based Lattice Models of Multicellular Systems: Numerical Methods, Implementation, and Applications

Published in Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes, 2017

Agent-based models (ABMs) of multicellular systems are models in which each cell is represented individually. These models allow taking the variability between individual cells and the spatial heterogeneity of tissues on histological scales into account. In this chapter we present an overview and methodology of ABMs that are used to simulate mechanical and physiological phenomena in cells and tissues. Read more

Recommended citation: Drasdo, D., Buttenschön, A. and Van Liedekerke, P., 2018. Agent-based lattice models of multicellular systems: numerical methods, implementation, and applications. In Numerical Methods and Advanced Simulation in Biomechanics and Biological Processes (pp. 223-238). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811718-7.00012-5