Conference "First International Symposium on Computational Cell Biology" held March 4-6, 2001 in Lenox, MA.

该基金为将于2001年3月4日至6日在马萨诸塞州莱诺克斯举行的第一届计算细胞生物学国际研讨会提供部分支持。计算细胞生物学是一个新兴的跨学科领域，它响应了对计算方法的需求，以分析和组织有关细胞结构和功能的丰富实验数据。虽然其他会议已经举行，重点是生物信息学和分子和结构生物学，这将是第一次会议面向使用计算建模应用在细胞生物学，并将主要针对细胞生物学家。会议的主要重点将是细胞生物学领域的建模方法目前正在开发，或计算建模方法已经成熟。一个关键的目标是汇集细胞生物学家的研究解决定量方面的细胞机制与计算机科学家和数学家谁可以提供计算工具。该研讨会由位于康涅狄格大学健康中心生物医学成像技术中心（CBIT）的国家细胞分析和建模资源（NRCAM）组织。组委会由博士组成。莱斯利·M勒夫，NRCAM和CBIT的主任，约翰卡森，NRCAM的联合主任和弗拉基米尔Rodionov，CBIT的副教授，并由安科万，CBIT的副主任和NRCAM的传播和培训负责人主持。组委会成员认为，现在是时候将细胞生物学家、数学家和计算机科学家聚集在一起，建立一个真正的科学家社区，共同致力于开发用于细胞生物学建模和模拟的计算工具。 会议的主题将涵盖一系列细胞机制，包括细胞骨架和分子马达的调节，膜和蛋白质运输，钙动力学的调节，信号转导途径和细胞周期控制。在这些领域中的每一个关键研究人员谁利用高度定量的实验方法和/或正在应用数学建模方法将被邀请发言。会议将是一个密集的平台会议，海报会议和小型研讨会和教程的组合。会议地点是伯克希尔山区的一个度假胜地，最多限制125名与会者。 这种设置和会议规模将是鼓励这一多样化科学家群体之间进行个人互动的理想选择。它也将作为一个优秀的教育活动，研究生和博士后学生在这个年轻的和不断扩大的领域工作。

This grant provides partial support for the First International Symposium on Computational CellBiology to be held March 4-6, 2001 in Lenox, MA. Computational Cell Biology is an emerging interdisciplinary field that responds to the need for computational methods to analyze and organize the abundance of experimental data on the structure and function of the cell. Whereas other meetings have been held that focus on bioinformatics and molecular and structural biology, this will be the first meeting geared to the use of computational modeling applications in cell biology, and will be primarily targeted to cellbiologists. The major focus of the meeting will be on areas of cell biology for which modeling approaches are currently being developed, or that are ripe for computational modeling approaches. A key goal is to bring together cell biologists whose research addresses quantitative aspects of cellular mechanisms with computer scientists and mathematicians who can provide the computational tools. The symposium is being organized by The National Resource for Cell Analysis and Modeling (NRCAM), located in the Center for Biomedical Imaging Technology (CBIT) at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The organizing committee consists ofDrs. Leslie M. Loew, Director of NRCAM and CBIT, John Carson, co-Director of NRCAM and Vladimir Rodionov, associate faculty of CBIT, and is chaired by Ann Cowan, Deputy Director of CBIT and head of dissemination and training for NRCAM. The members of the organizing committee feel that the time is ripe to bring together cell biologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists to develop a true community of scientists sharing the common goal of developing computational tools for cell biological modeling and simulation. Topics at the meetings will encompass a range of cellular mechanisms including regulation of the cytoskeleton and molecular motors, membrane and protein trafficking, regulation of calcium dynamics, signal transduction pathways, and cell cycle control. In each of these areas key researchers who utilize highly quantitative experimental approaches and/or are applying mathematical modeling approaches will be invited to speak. The meeting will be an intensive mix of platform sessions, poster sessions and small workshops and tutorials. The venue for the meeting is a resort in the Berkshire mountains that is limited to a maximum of 125 participants. This setting and meeting size will be ideal for encouraging individual interactions between this diverse group of scientists. It will also serve as an excellent educational activity for graduate andpostdoctoral students working in this young and expanding field.