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Tracy Stepien

Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Verified email at ufl.edu
Cited by 187

[HTML][HTML] Mathematical analysis of glioma growth in a murine model

EM Rutter, TL Stepien, BJ Anderies, JD Plasencia… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
StepienStepien. The code is platform independent and written in MATLAB, which requires
a … Stepien, TL, Rutter, EM & Kuang, Y. A data-motivated density-dependent diffusion model of …

Traveling waves of a go-or-grow model of glioma growth

TL Stepien, EM Rutter, Y Kuang - SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 2018 - SIAM
Glioblastoma multiforme is a deadly brain cancer in which tumor cells excessively proliferate
and migrate. The first mathematical models of the spread of gliomas featured reaction-…

A data-motivated density-dependent diffusion model of in vitro glioblastoma growth

TL Stepien, EM Rutter, Y Kuang - Mathematical Biosciences & …, 2015 - aimsciences.org
Glioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive brain cancer that is extremely fatal. It is characterized
by both proliferation and large amounts of migration, which contributes to the difficulty of …

[HTML][HTML] Moth mating: Modeling female pheromone calling and male navigational strategies to optimize reproductive success

TL Stepien, C Zmurchok, JB Hengenius… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Male and female moths communicate in complex ways to search for and to select a mate. In
a process termed calling, females emit small quantities of pheromones, generating plumes …

An Agent-Based Model of Biting Midge Dynamics to Understand Bluetongue Outbreaks

SL Gladson, TL Stepien - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2023 - Springer
Bluetongue (BT) is a well-known vector-borne disease that infects ruminants such as sheep,
cattle, and deer with high mortality rates. Recent outbreaks in Europe highlight the …

TGF-mediated dynamics in a system of many coupled nephrons

S Bayram, TL Stepien, EB Pitman - Bulletin of mathematical biology, 2009 - Springer
This paper presents a mathematical model of a system of many coupled nephrons branching
from a common cortical radial artery, and accompanying analysis of that system. This …

[HTML][HTML] Global stability and parameter analysis reinforce therapeutic targets of PD-L1-PD-1 and MDSCs for glioblastoma

…, DC Harris, Y Kuang, JK Harrison, TL Stepien - Journal of Mathematical …, 2024 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive primary brain cancer that currently has minimally
effective treatments. Like other cancers, immunosuppression by the PD-L1-PD-1 immune …

[HTML][HTML] Using a continuum model to decipher the mechanics of embryonic tissue spreading from time-lapse image sequences: An approximate Bayesian computation …

TL Stepien, HE Lynch, SX Yancey, L Dempsey… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Advanced imaging techniques generate large datasets capable of describing the structure
and kinematics of tissue spreading in embryonic development, wound healing, and the …

Discovering news frames: An approach for exploring text, content, and concepts in online news sources

LH Cheeks, TL Stepien, DM Wald… - … Methodologies, Tools, and …, 2020 - igi-global.com
The Internet is a major source of online news content. Current efforts to evaluate online news
content including text, storyline, and sources is limited by the use of small-scale manual …

Discovering news frames: An approach for exploring text, content, and concepts in online news sources

LH Cheeks, TL Stepien, DM Wald… - International Journal of …, 2016 - igi-global.com
The Internet is a major source of online news content. Current efforts to evaluate online news
content including text, storyline, and sources is limited by the use of small-scale manual …