---------------------------------------------------- Subject: SMB Digest v10i29 SMB Digest July 22, 2010 Volume 10 Issue 29 ISSN 1086-6566 Editor: Ray Mejía ray(at)smb(dot)org Note: Information about the Society for Mathematical Biology, including an application for membership, may be found in the SMB Home Page, http://www.smb.org/ . Access the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, the official journal of SMB, at http://www.springer.com/11538 . Inquiries about membership or BMB fulfillment should be sent to membership(at)smb(dot)org . Issue's Topics: Results of the Recent SMB Election Workshop: Modeling Angiogenesis: Joining Cells, Maths & Computers Dynamical Neuroscience XVIII Satellite at Society for Neuroscience Workshops: Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus Call for Workshop Proposals: PAKDD2011, 24-27 May, Shenzhen Call for Tutorial Proposals: PAKDD2011, Due November 14 CfP: STCAN 2010, December 1-3, Boston Registration: The Non-Coding Genome, 13-16 Oct, Heidelberg CfP: CBMS2010 - Special Track (ST-04) on HealthGrid & Cloud Computing Beyond Bio 2010: Article in BioScience PhD Position: Computational Systems Biology, ETH Zurich Postdoc: Computational Immunology, Yale University School of Medicine Postdoc: Maths Neuroscience/Comp Biology, University of Warwick NIH Welcomes Proposals for 2011 NIH Director's Award Programs SMBnet Reminders ---------------------------------------------------- From: Torcom Chorbajian Date: Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:30 PM Subject: Results of the Recent SMB Election The results of the recent SMB election: President-Elect: Gerda de Vries Board of Directors: Heiko Enderling Holly Gaff Claudia Neuhauser Respectfully, The Election Committee ---------------------------------------------------- From: Roeland Merks Date: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:57 AM Subject: Workshop: Modeling Angiogenesis: Joining Cells, Maths & Computers Modeling Angiogenesis: Joining Cells, Maths and Computers Lorentz Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, 4th-8th October Registration at: http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2010/407/info.php3?wsid=407 The outgrowth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels, called angiogenesis, is a crucial step in myriad physiological and pathological mechanisms. Unfortunately, the complicated causes and effects of angiogenesis make it very difficult to control. Computational models and simulations help unravel both the basic mechanisms of angiogenesis and can help identify the steps in the mechanisms most amenable to intervention. A wide range of mathematical and computational models range from is currently available. Single cell-based models predict how vascular-like patterns follow from the behaviors and interactions of individual endothelial cells. Many discrete models describe the branching conditions of blood vessels, and predict the morphology of vascular trees near tumors. Continuum models often focus at the tissue level, and describe densities of blood vessels rather than individual vascular structures. Despite the biological insights these mathematical models have produced, modeling rarely finds application in experimental angiogenesis research yet. Why is that? One reason is a different focus: experimental and pharmaceutical research necessarily focus on the molecular level, whereas most angiogenesis models take single interacting endothelial cells or vessel branches as the smallest units of their models. Another reason is the lack of predictive, quantitative models and the required quantitative experimental data to feed such models. We will need models that bridge organizational scales, by showing how molecular intervention modifies the behavior of endothelial cells and, consequently, changes the dynamics of angiogenesis. Our workshop will host both experimental researchers and computational models working in vascular biology, endothelial cell biology, angiogenesis, and pharmaceutics. We will a) identify the requirements for computational models to make a true impact in basic angiogenesis research, tissue engineering and drug innovation, b) inventarize pre-existing and missing components of such a model, and c) discuss how we can couple such components. ---------------------------------------------------- From: Jonathan D. Victor Date: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:36 PM Subject: Dynamical Neuroscience XVIII Satellite at Society for Neuroscience 18th Annual Dynamical Neuroscience Satellite Symposium The Resting Brain: Not At Rest! Preceding the 40th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Thursday and Friday, November 11-12, 2010 The San Diego Convention Center or a nearby hotel, San Diego, CA The theme of this year's meeting emphasizes the role of endogenous, ongoing activity (and noise) in determining behavior. The concept of "the brain at rest" has received much current interest as technologies have evolved which allow measuring electrical and physiological activity during periods when the subject is not engaged in pursuing any active physical or cognitive activities. In addition to being active at rest, the brain continuously monitors both internal and external environments, processes information, and alters its activity enabling it to orchestrate specific behaviours regard-less of ongoing tasks. As an example, considerable recent research activity has been devoted to examining how the phase of ongoing EEG oscillations influence ensuing perception or motor activities. Other areas focus on how correlations of activity across brain regions during rest are related to memory for recent experiences. Resting state functional connectivity shows characteristic changes in various psychiatric and neurological disorders, and a better understanding of the relationship between brain state and its induced activity due to task demands would broaden our understanding of how alterations in this relationship may be relevant to these illnesses. Invited Speakers Kwabena Boahen, Lila Davachi, Michael Fee, Michael Hasselmo, Vinod Menon, Earl Miller, Tirin Moore, Yarom Nir, Sheila Nirenberg, Patricio O'Donnell, Marcus Raichle, Matthew Wilson Keynote Address Winner of the 3rd Annual Swartz Prize in Computational Neuroscience Symposium Organizers Jonathan Victor, Weill Cornell Medical College and Dennis Glanzman, NIMH/NIH For logistical information please contact Nakia Wilson, The Dixon Group, Inc., (202)-281-2825, nwilson@dixongroup.com For programmatic information, please contact Dennis Glanzman, NIMH/NIH, (301) 443-1576, glanzman@nih.gov . Register for the meeting and submit a poster at this website: http://neuro.dgimeetings.com . ---------------------------------------------------- From: Stella Cornett Date: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 8:48 AM Subject: Workshops: Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus Workshop 1: Mathematical Modeling of Plant Development September 27 - October 1, 2010 Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH http://www.mbi.osu.edu/2010/ws1description.html Workshop 2: Circadian Clocks in Plants and Fungi October 25-29, 2010 Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH http://www.mbi.osu.edu/2010/ws2description.html Blackwell-Tapia Conference November 5-6, 2010 Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Columbus, OH http://www.mbi.osu.edu/2010/ctwdescription.html ---------------------------------------------------- From: PAKDD2011 Date: Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 9:53 AM Subject: Call for Workshop Proposals: PAKDD2011, 24-27 May, Shenzhen Call for Workshop Proposals The 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD-2011), 24-27 May, 2011, Shenzhen, China http://pakdd2011.pakdd.org/ Hosted by: Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China ---------------------------------------------------- From: PAKDD2011 Date: Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 10:04 AM Subject: Call for Tutorial Proposals: PAKDD2011, Due November 14 CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS, Due: November 14, 2010 PAKDD-2011: The 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Shenzhen, China May 24 - 27, 2011. http://pakdd2011.pakdd.org/ ---------------------------------------------------- From: Hiroki Sayama Date: Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 6:17 PM Subject: CfP: STCAN 2010, December 1-3, Boston Deadline Extension: July 30th, 2010 (for regular papers) CALL FOR PAPERS STCAN 2010: Special Track on State-Topology Coevolution in Adaptive Networks In BIONETICS 2010 December 1-3, 2010, Boston, Massachusetts, USA http://www.bionetics.org/sp/stcan.shtml Important Dates Regular paper submission due: July 30  ** EXTENDED DEADLINE ** Short, work-in-progress and demo paper submission due: September 19 Notification of acceptance for regular papers: September 12 Notification of acceptance for other papers: September 30 Camera ready due: October 10 ---------------------------------------------------- From: EMBO|EMBL Symposia Date: Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 11:02 AM Subject: Registration: The Non-Coding Genome, 13-16 Oct, Heidelberg Dear Colleagues, Registration has been extended until 1 August for the third meeting in the EMBO|EMBL Symposia Series: The Non-Coding Genome, 13 - 16 October 2010 which will take place in Heidelberg, Germany at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre. A preliminary programme can be found on the conference website: www.embo-embl-symposia.org This symposium will provide an interdisciplinary discussion of the roles of non-coding RNAs with the aim of enhancing our understanding of gene regulation and function. Topics will include recent discoveries in the fields of prokaryotic and eukaryotic long and short non-coding RNAs. The functional roles of non-coding RNAs in a wide variety of cell processes will be discussed. Registration and abstract deadline: 1 August 2010. Please register first and then submit your abstract. There are registration fee fellowships available and you will find further information on the website. ---------------------------------------------------- From: Maria Mirto Date: Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:34 AM Subject: CfP: CBMS2010 - Special Track (ST-04) on HealthGrid & Cloud Computing 23rd IEEE International Symposium on COMPUTER-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEMS Perth, Australia, 12-15 October 2010 4th Special Track on HealthGrid & Cloud Computing http://sara.unile.it/cbms2010/ * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Extended deadline July 31, 2010 * * * ---------------------------------------------------- From: John Jungck Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:08:56 -0500 Subject: Beyond Bio 2010: Article in BioScience http://smb.org/publications/SMBnet/pubs/bio.2010.60.7.4.pdf Dear Colleagues, I am attaching an article from BioScience written about our "Beyond Bio 2010" conference in DC in May that was written by an independent journalist. Thanks to each and every one of you for your part in supporting this important event. Sincerely, John ---------------------------------------------------- From: Iber Dagmar Date: Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 9:12 AM Subject: PhD Position: Computational Systems Biology, ETH Zurich Applications are invited for a PhD position, within the Computational Biology Group at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of ETH Zurich. The group focuses on the development of detailed, predictive models for the behaviour of cellular signaling networks in time and space with a view to develop a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics and evolution of cellular signaling. All projects are carried out in close collaboration with experimental groups so that quantitative data is available and model predictions can be tested in experiments. Applicants should hold or expect to obtain a degree in a numerate discipline (e.g. mathematics, physics, statistics, computational biology, or related areas). The Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering of ETH Zurich is an integral part of SystemX.ch, the Swiss initiative in Systems Biology. It is located in Basel, a European hotspot for biomedical research, in close proximity of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, and the pharmaceutical and biotech industry. ETH Zurich is a major research university, offering an excellent environment for innovative and collaborative research across disciplines. Please send the usual application material, including at least two references, as a single PDF file to dagmar.iber@bsse.ethz.ch (preferred), or via surface mail to: Prof Dagmar Iber ETH Zurich D-BSSE Mattenstrasse 26 4058 Basel Switzerland For further information please visit our web page at http://www.bsse.ethz.ch/cobi ---------------------------------------------------- From: Steven Kleinstein Date: Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:42 AM Subject: Postdoc: Computational Immunology, Yale University School of Medicine Postdoctoral Associate: Computational Immunology Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral associate to work on collaborative projects. The successful candidate will develop and apply computational methods/models and bioinformatics approaches to disease processes and the immune response in close collaborations with experimentalists. The ideal candidate will have strong quantitative and programming abilities, along with a demonstrated interest in applying these skills to problems in biology. Interested candidates should forward a CV and short description of research interests together with the names and addresses of three references to: steven.kleinstein@yale.edu -or- Steven Kleinstein, Ph.D. Department of Pathology Yale University School of Medicine 300 George Street, Suite 505 New Haven, CT 06511-6663 Yale University is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. Minority and female applicants are encouraged to apply. ---------------------------------------------------- From: Yulia Timofeeva Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:46:51 +0100 Subject: Postdoc: Maths Neuroscience/Comp Biology, University of Warwick Research Fellow in Mathematical Neuroscience/Computational Biology Department of Computer Science and Centre for Complexity Science, University of Warwick, UK Fixed Term Contract for 3 years with start date 1 February 2011 You will work on a project funded by the BBSRC that aims to investigate the role of calcium dynamics in neuronal computation underlying important brain functions. The project will be led by Dr Y Timofeeva and run in collaboration with experimentalists at Oxford and Cambridge. Your working environment will be at the Warwick Centre for Complexity Science (http://go.warwick.ac.uk/complexity). You should have a PhD, or equivalent, in applied mathematics/theoretical physics or a related discipline and a strong interest in mathematical and/or computational biology. Programming skills and previous experience of research in theoretical/computational neuroscience or computational biology are highly desirable. Some knowledge of reaction-diffusion systems would be an advantage. For further details see https://secure.admin.warwick.ac.uk/webjobs/jobs/research/job18693.html Deadline for applications: 24th August 2010 ---------------------------------------------------- From: "Murcia, Ellie (NIH/OD) [E]" Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:29:04 -0400 Resent-from: ray@helix.nih.gov Subject: NIH Welcomes Proposals for 2011 NIH Director's Award Programs NIH Welcomes Proposals for 2011 NIH Director's Award Programs: Pioneer and New Innovator Awards Funding Opportunities NIH welcomes proposals for 2011 NIH Director's Pioneer Awards and New Innovator Awards. Both programs are part of the NIH Common Fund and support exceptionally creative scientists who take highly innovative, potentially high-impact approaches to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research. Pioneer Awards provide up to $2.5 million in direct costs over 5 years and are open to scientists at any career stage. New Innovator Awards provide up to $1.5 million in direct costs over the same period and are for early stage investigators (ESI), defined as those who have not received an NIH R01 or similar grant and are within 10 years of completing their terminal research degree or medical residency. NIH expects to make at least 7 Pioneer Awards and at least 33 New Innovator Awards in summer 2011. To continue its strong record of diversity in these programs, NIH especially encourages women and members of groups that are underrepresented in NIH research to apply. The deadline for submitting Pioneer Award applications is September 13, 2010. See the instructions in the RFA http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-10-008.html (RFA-RM-10-008) and http://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer for more information. Send questions to pioneer@nih.gov . The deadline for submitting New Innovator Award applications is September 20, 2010. See the instructions in the RFA http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-10-009.html (RFA-RM-10-009) and http://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator for more information. Send questions to newinnovator@nih.gov . ---------------------------------------------------- Subject: SMBnet Reminders To subscribe to the SMB Digest please point your browser at http://list.auckland.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/math-smbnet and complete the subscription information. Alternatively, if you prefer to simply receive notice when the next issue is available, send mail to LISTSERV@listserv.biu.ac.il with "subscribe SMBnet Your Name" in the body of the mail (omit the quotes and include your name). 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