From owner-bphyssoc@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Tue Feb 1 15:40:53 2000 Return-Path: Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 110) id 3084E17B5A; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:40:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 1) id E4D0317B4B; Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:40:39 +0000 (GMT) To: bphyssoc@net.bio.net Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.biophysics From: Kathy King Subject: The Virtual Cell: An Annual Meeting Tutorial Message-Id: <20000201154039.E4D0317B4B@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:40:39 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-bphyssoc@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Tutorial Title: The Virtual Cell - a web-based environment for compartmental and spatial modeling of cell biological events. Organized by: Les Loew, John Wagner, Jim Schaff, Boris Slepchenko and Ion Moraru, National Resource For Cell Analysis and Modeling, U. Conn. Health Center. Description: The Virtual Cell is a software environment to enable cell biologists and biophysicists to build and test complex hypotheses. Numerical methods for both single point (i.e. compartment) models and spatial models are provided as part of the infrastructure. Spatial models can be based on geometries derived from microscope images. The model building and simulation tools are accessible over the WWW via a server at the University of Connecticut Health Center. The development of this technology is supported by the NIH/NCRR and is free to all academic users. The tutorial will consist of an introduction, results from several example simulations, and a demonstration of the user interface. Time: Monday, 2/14/00, 8:30-10:00AM Place: New Orleans Convention Center, Room 211 From owner-bphyssoc@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Fri Feb 4 20:38:13 2000 Return-Path: Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 110) id 439D317B2C; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:38:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 1) id 3EF5A17A74; Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:38:07 +0000 (GMT) To: bphyssoc@net.bio.net Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.biophysics From: Dianne McGavin Subject: Biological Transport Group Meeting Message-Id: <20000204203807.3EF5A17A74@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 20:38:07 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-bphyssoc@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk LAKE CUMBERLAND BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT GROUP 38th ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 11-13, 2000 Affiliated with the American Physiological Society CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS Registration & Room Reservation Deadline May 1, 2000. The Lake Cumberland Biological Transport Meeting is an excellent forum for principle investigators, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students alike to present published data or work in progress. No abstracts or publications are involved. The central theme of the meeting is biological transport, but presentations in related areas (cell biology/physiology, molecular biology, biochemistry) are welcome. Presentations are made in an informal atmosphere with open discussion encouraged. The scientific sessions will be held morning and evening. Afternoons are free to enjoy swimming, fishing, golfing, riding, hiking, or just relaxing in this beautiful 3,000 acre state park. Housing is available in the park and meals are served in the Lodge dining room at a modest cost, families are encouraged and welcome! Visit the Meeting web site at: http://iupucbio1.iupui.edu/cumberland/ One- and two-bedroom cabins as well as rooms in the Main Lodge and Pumpkin Creek Lodge are reserved. Tent camping is available for the more adventurous. One-bedroom cabins are $89/day, two-bedroom cabins are $95-125/day, and Lodge rooms (Main Lodge or Pumpkin Creek Lodge) are $66-79/day. Please make reservations as soon as possible because the cabins go fast!! Rooms will be held for until May 1, so it is essential that you make your lodging reservations before that date. When making your reservation, please be sure to mention that you will be attending the Biological Transport Meeting. To make reservations contact: Lake Cumberland State Resort Park Jamestown, KY 42629 (800) 325-1709 (502) 343-3111 Registration fee for the meeting is $15 for graduate students, $25 for post-doctoral fellows and other professionals, and $50 for faculty. Please register by May 1 by sending (e-mail encouraged, FAX, or mail accepted too) your Name, academic information, and presentation title along with the number of persons attending to Roger T. Worrell. If you are planning to attend the meeting, but do not plan to present a paper, please send a note to that effect. Registration fee will be collected at the meeting or may be sent by mail to Roger by May 1. Feel free to call one of the persons below if you have any questions or suggestions. Chair Roger T. Worrell, Ph.D. Center for Cell & Molecular Signaling Dept. Physiology, Emory University 1648 Pierce Drive Atlanta, GA 30322 (404) 727-9141 FAX (404) 727-0329 rworrel@emory.edu Vice-Chair Dan Halm, Ph.D Dept. Physiology & Biophysics Wright State University 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy Dayton, OH 45435-0927 (937) 775-2742 Fax (937) 775-3769 dhalm@wright.edu Chair Emeritus Ann Sherry, Ph.D. Dept. Molecular & Cellular Physiology Univ. Cincinnati College of Med. PO Box 670576 Cincinnati, OH 45267-0576 (513) 558-3021 FAX (513) 558-5738 ann.sherry@uc.edu From owner-bphyssoc@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Thu Feb 17 22:16:27 2000 Return-Path: Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 110) id 04B6C17B22; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:16:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: by mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk (Postfix, from userid 1) id A885317ADB; Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:16:20 +0000 (GMT) To: bphyssoc@net.bio.net Newsgroups: bionet.prof-society.biophysics From: "Dianne McGavin" Subject: 2000 Int'l Conference on Math & Engineer. Techniques Message-Id: <20000217221620.A885317ADB@mercury.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:16:20 +0000 (GMT) Sender: owner-bphyssoc@hgmp.mrc.ac.uk Precedence: bulk The METMBS'2000 Conference will be held concurrently (i.e., same location and dates) with the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000), the International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology (CISST) and the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI). You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 4 pages and/or a proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission information). All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS ON THE COVER OF THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. SCOPE Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: o Bioinformatics: This includes informatics techniques in genomics gene sequencing, gene pattern discovery, gene pattern-function studies, and other genomics related studies). o Data mining in medicine and biological sciences. o Pattern recognition in medicine and biological sciences. o Signal processing in medicine and biological sciences (e.g. biomedical signal processing, etc.) o Image processing in medicine and biological sciences (e.g. biomedical image processing, biomedical imaging, etc.) o Medical decision-making. o Medical Physics. o Biomedical Engineering. o Biomedical Electronics. o Biosignal interpretation. o Any application of computers in Medicine and biological sciences (protein structure-function analysis, drug and protein design, molecular modeling and simulation, etc.) o Application of information technology in biomedicine (e.g. medical database management, information retrieval and use of computers in hospitals) o Application of Computational Intelligence (artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary computing) in medicine and biological sciences o Medical and bio-computing. o Computer-based medical systems (automation in medicine, etc.) o Recent history (1990-1999) of Mathematics and engineering techniques in medicine and biological sciences, and what to expect during the next decade (2000-2009); New horizons. Review articles) o Other aspects and applications relating to technological advancements in medicine and biological sciences. For more information, visit: http://www.cns.bu.edu/metmbs/ ---