Third International Symposium on Computational Cell Biology to be held March 19-23, 2005 in Lenox, MA

该奖项是为了支持学生参加2005年3月19日至23日在马萨诸塞州莱诺克斯举行的“第三届计算细胞生物学国际研讨会”。计算细胞生物学是一个不断发展的跨学科领域，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复杂实验数据。而在计算生物学的其他会议侧重于生物信息学和结构生物学，这是唯一的会议专门面向使用计算建模应用程序在细胞生物学，这是主要针对细胞生物学家。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。组委会由莱斯利·M博士组成。NRCAM和CBIT主任Loew，NRCAM联合主任John卡森，CBIT副主任兼NRCAM传播和培训负责人Ann科万，他担任委员会主席。 2001年和2003年举行的前两届研讨会在科学内容和为细胞生物学家与理论家和计算机科学家互动提供场所方面都非常成功。2005年专题讨论会继续作为科学界在这一迅速扩大的领域中的一个重要联络点。会议的科学重点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。会议的主题包括一系列细胞机制，包括细胞骨架动力学，细胞周期控制，信号转导途径和钙动力学调节。 会议形式是平台会议、海报会议和小型研讨会和教程的密集组合。会议地点是伯克希尔山区的一个小型度假胜地，现场参与者最多可达125人，这种环境和会议规模非常适合鼓励个人互动，并鼓励研究生和博士后学生积极参与。

This award is for support of student participation in the "Third International Symposium on Computational Cell Biology," held March 19-23, 2005 in Lenox, MA. Computational Cell Biology is a growing interdisciplinary field that responds to the need for computational methods to analyze and organize complex experimental data on the structure and function of the cell. Whereas other meetings in computational biology focus on bioinformatics and structural biology, this is the only meeting geared specifically to the use of computational modeling applications in cell biology and that is primarily targeted to cell biologists. 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 of Drs. Leslie M. Loew, Director of NRCAM and CBIT, John Carson, co-Director of NRCAM, and Ann Cowan, Deputy Director of CBIT and head of dissemination and training for NRCAM, who chairs the committee. Previous symposia, held in 2001 and 2003, were highly successful both in their scientific content and in providing a venue for cell biologists to interact with theoreticians and computer scientists. The 2005 Symposium continues to serve as an important focal point for the community of scientists in this rapidly expanding field. The scientific focus of the meeting is on areas of cell biology for which modeling approaches are currently being developed or that are ripe for computational modeling approaches. Topics at the meetings encompass a range of cellular mechanisms including cytoskeletal dynamics, cell cycle control, signal transduction pathways, and regulation of calcium dynamics. The meeting format is an intensive mix of platform sessions, poster sessions and small workshops and tutorials. The venue is a small resort in the Berkshire mountains that is limited to a maximum of 125 on-site participants, a setting and meeting size that is ideal for encouraging individual interactions, and encouraging active participation by graduate and postdoctoral students.