Program |
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| Day 1: June 13, 2019 (Thursday) | ||
| 8:30-9:00 | Registration | |
| 9:00-9:10 | Welcome and meeting overview: David Stone (UIC) & Elizabeth Sztul(UAB) | |
| 9:10 - 9:50 | Project Presentation 1: Dan Szymanski and Joe Turner (Purdue) |
Mechanical modeling of epidermal morphogenesis with integrated experimental verification (PDF, 19.1MB) |
| 9:50 - 10:30 | Project Presentation 2: Gregor Neuert (Vanderbilt) |
Predictive understanding of cell biological systems through kinetic analysis (PDF, 11Mb) |
| 10:30 - 11:10 | Project Presentation 3: Matthias Falk and Wonpil Im (Lehigh) |
Modeling Gap Junctions and Direct Cell-to-Cell Communication: A few examples (PDF, 4.5Mb) |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Keynote Talk 1: Julien Berro (Yale) |
"Essentially all models are wrong, but some are useful" (PPT, 53.8MB) |
| 12:30 - 1:10 | NSF MCB Program Officer:Rita Miller (NSF) | Funding opportunities at NSF-MCB for biological modeling |
| 1:10 - 2:30 | Catered lunch | |
| 2:30 - 3:10 | Community modeling: Anne Cowan (U Conn) |
VCell and the potential of community modeling (PPT, 8.8MB) |
| 3:10 - 4:00 | Project Presentation 4: Shahid Mukhtar (UAB) |
Rescheduled for 2:00 pm, June 14 |
| 4:00 - 5:30 | Poster Session (abstract) | |
| 5:30 - ? | Happy hour mixer | |
| Day 2: June 14, 2019 (Friday) | ||
| 9:00-9:40 | Project Presentation 5: Belinda Akba and Marcela Rojas-Pierce (NCSU) |
Qualitative-to-quantitative modeling directs experimental inquiry: uncovering mechanisms of membrane fusion in plants |
| 9:20-10:20 | Project Presentation 6: Wouter Jan Rappel (UCSD) |
Computational modeling of Eukaryotic cell migration inspired by experiments (PPT, 37.9MB) |
| 10:20-11:00 | Project Presentation 7: Lynn Dobrunz (UAB) |
Use of Mathematical Modeling to Investigate Mechanisms Regulating Neurotransmitter Release |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Coffee break | |
| 11:20 - 12:20 | Keynote Talk 2: Wonpil Im (Lehigh) |
Biomolecular Modeling and Simulation using CHARMM-GUI (PPT, 704MB) |
| 12:20 - 12:50 | Match website: David Stone (UIC) and Michael Blinov (UCHS) |
Matching computational and modeling expertise among biologists (PPT, 374KB) |
| 12:50 - 2:00 | Catered lunch | |
| 2:00 - 2:40 | Project Presentation 4: Shahid Mukhtar (UAB) |
Getting to the Edge of Diverse Biological Networks |
| 2:40 - 3:40 | Panel Discussion/Town Hall | Szymansky, Neuert, Im, Lopez, Rappel, Berro, Blinov, Mukhtar, Stone, Turner, Cowan, Akpa |
| 3:40 - 5:40 | Meet a Modeler 30 minute consultation sessions:
(reservation) Cowan, Rappel, Mukhtar, Im, Neuert, Berro, Blinov, et al |
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| 5:40 | Closing remarks: David Stone(UIC), Carlos Lopez(Vanderbilt), & Elizabeth Sztul (UAB) | |
| 5:50 | Depart for the airport or a vacation in the “Heart of Dixie” | |