W O R K S H O P
 

“Computational Methodology in Modeling Complex Biological Systems”

October 13, 2004

Mellon Institute Social Room (map)

9 am - 1 pm
(pdf announcement)

 

This is the second scheduled workshop within the scope of the NIGMS-funded Pre-NPEBC project. The goal is to focus on "computational models and methods" developed and used by researchers in the Pittsburgh area for investigating complex biological systems at molecular, supramolecular, and subcellular/cellular levels, and the integration of these methods. A major objective of this workshop is to allow the computational-theoretical-mathematical researchers to exchange ideas, and thereby strengthen collaborative interaction among different groups.
 

TIME

TOPIC, SPEAKER
   
9 – 9.10 am Registration
9.10 – 9.15 am

Introduction
 Dr. Ivet Bahar (CCBB, Pitt)
   
9.15 - 10.15 am SESSION I
Molecular Simulations
 Chair: Dr. Carlos Camacho (CCBB, Pitt)
9.15 – 9.30 am Dr. Christopher Langmead (CS, Biol Sci, CMU)
 Chemical Shift Prediction and Dynamics Regime Classification: Applications of Probabilistic and Geometric Reasoning in NMR
9.30 – 9.45 am Dr. Daniel Zuckerman (CCBB, Pitt)
 Free Energy Calculations: The Slow, The Fast, and The Abrupt
9.45 – 10.00 am  Dr. Carlos Camacho (CCBB, Pitt)
 From Recognition to Docking: Predicting Protein-Protein Interactions
10.00 – 10.15 am Discussion
10.25 – 11.25 am Session II
Supramolecular Simulations
 Chair: Dr. Joel Stiles (PSC/CMU)
10.25 – 10.40 am Dr. A. J. Rader (CCBB, Pitt)

Simulating Viral Capsid Maturation Using Elastic Network Models
10.40 – 10.55 am Dr. Russell Schwartz (Biol Sci, CMU)
Efficient Discrete Event Modeling of Molecular Self-Assembly
10.55 – 11.10 am Dr. David Swigon (Math, Pitt)
 Mesoscale Modeling of Nucleo-Protein Assemblies
 11.10 – 11.25 am Discussion
11.35 am – 12.45 pm SESSION III
 Subcellular / Cellular Simulations
 Chair: Dr. Ivan Maly (CCBB, Pitt)
11.35 –  11.50 am Dr. Alan Wells (Pathology, Pitt)
Decision Tree Analysis of Cell Motility
11.50 –  12.05 pm Dr. Shlomo Ta'asan (Math, CMU)
A Framework for Logical Modeling of Cellular and Subcellular
Systems
12.05 pm –  12.20 pm Dr. John Pattillo (PSC)
Spatially Realistic Monte Carlo Simulations Predict Calcium Dynamics Underlying Transmitter Release at a Neuromuscular Active Zone
12.20 pm – 12.35 pm Dr. Ivan Maly (CCBB, Pitt)
 Reaction-Diffusion Models of Signaling Networks, From Cells to Tissues
12.35 – 12.50 pm Discussion
12.50 – 1 pm Concluding Remarks
 Dr. Joel Stiles (PSC/CMU)
1 pm LUNCH (Mellon Institute Social Room)

        

RSVP to rajan@pitt.edu 

        

Questions/Comments regarding this workshop:

 

Dr. Ivet Bahar

Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

Departmentof Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry

School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

Biomedical Science Tower, Rm W1043

200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261

Voice: 412 648 3332, Fax: 412 648 3163

bahar@ccbb.pitt.edu  |  www.ccbb.pitt.edu  |  www.health.pitt.edu/pcbc

 

Dr. Rajan Munshi, Pre-NPEBC Coordinator

Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

W1044 Biomedical Science Center

200 Lothrop Street

Pittsburgh, PA 15261

rajan@pitt.edu  |  www.ccbb.pitt.edu  |  www.health.pitt.edu/pcbc

Tel: 412-648-7799, Fax: 412-648-3163