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

这笔赠款为将于 2001 年 3 月 4 日至 6 日在马萨诸塞州莱诺克斯举行的首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，它满足了对计算方法来分析和组织有关细胞结构和功能的大量实验数据的需求。虽然已经举行的其他会议侧重于生物信息学以及分子和结构生物学，但这将是第一次针对细胞生物学中计算建模应用的使用的会议，并将主要针对细胞生物学家。会议的主要焦点将是目前正在开发建模方法或计算建模方法已经成熟的细胞生物学领域。一个关键目标是将研究解决细胞机制定量方面问题的细胞生物学家与能够提供计算工具的计算机科学家和数学家聚集在一起。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中心 (NRCAM) 主办。组委会由博士组成。 NRCAM 和 CBIT 主任 Leslie M. Loew、NRCAM 联席主任 John Carson 和 CBIT 副教授 Vladimir Rodionov，主席由 CBIT 副主任兼 NRCAM 传播和培训负责人 Ann Cowan 主持。组委会成员认为，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的时机已经成熟，他们的共同目标是开发用于细胞生物建模和模拟的计算工具。 会议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、钙动力学调节、信号转导途径和细胞周期控制。在这些领域中，利用高度定量实验方法和/或应用数学建模方法的关键研究人员将被邀请发言。会议将包括平台会议、海报会议以及小型研讨会和教程。会议地点是伯克希尔山区的一个度假村，参加人数上限为 125 人。 这种设置和会议规模非常适合鼓励不同科学家群体之间的个人互动。对于在这个年轻且不断发展的领域工作的研究生和博士后来说，它也将成为一项出色的教育活动。

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.