Computational cell biology is the field of study that applies the mathematics of dynamical systems together with computer simulation techniques to the study of cellular processes. The field encompasses several topics that have been studied long enough to be well established in their own right such as calcium signaling, molecular motors and cell motility, the cell cycle, and gene expression during development. In addition to providing a recognizable larger community for topics such as these, this course will provide a base for the development of newer areas of inquiry -- for example the dynamics of intracellular second-messenger signaling, of programmed cell death, of mitotic chromosome movements, and of synthetic gene networks. Unlike computational genomics or bioinformatics, computational cell biology is focused on simulation of the molecular machinery (genes-proteins-metabolites) that underlie the physiological behavior (input-output characteristics) of living cells.
The three week course in Computational Cell Biology will incorporate a series of didactic lectures on the mathematics of dynamical systems, computational simulation techniques, cell biology and molecular biology. Practicing theoreticians and experimentalists will rotate in for 1-3 day visits during the course to give lectures and interact with the students. Midway through the course, students will select an area for independent study, and the focus of the last week of the course will largely be on these projects, supplemented by continued visiting lecturers.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course on Computational Cell Biology July 1 – 21, 2011 INSTRUCTORS: Leslie Loew, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT Gregory Smith, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA John Tyson, VirginiaTech, Blacksburg, VA ASSISTANTS: A y Ahmet, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY Sherry-Ann Brown, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT Chun Chen, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Kaylin LaMar, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA Cihan Oguz, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Olivia Walch, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA SUMMARY: Computational cell biology is the field of study that applies the mathematics of dynamical systems together with computer simulation techniques to the study of cellular processes. The field encompasses several topics that have been studied long enough to be well established in their own right such as calcium signaling, molecular motors and cell motility, the cell cycle, and gene expression during development. In addition to providing a recognizable larger community for topics such as these, this course will provide a base for the development of newer areas of inquiry – for example the dynamics of intracellular second-messenger signaling, of programmed cell death, of mitotic chromosome movements, and of synthetic gene networks. Unlike computational genomics or bioinformatics, computational cell biology is focused on simulation of the molecular machinery (genes-proteins-metabolites) that underlie the physiological behavior (input-output characteristics) of living cells The three week course in Computational Cell Biology incorporated a series of didactic lectures on the mathematics of dynamical systems, computational simulation techniques, cell biology and molecular biology. Practicing theoreticians and experimentalists rotate in for 1-3 day visits during the course to give lectures and interact with the students. Midway through the course, students selected an area for independent study, and the focus of the last week of the course will largely be on these projects, supplemented by continued visiting lecturers. This course is supported with funds provided by the National Science Foundation
