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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>COMPUTING A TISSUE<br class="">
1st International Workshop on Modelling Multicellular Systems<br class="">
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September 4, 2016<br class="">
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To be held in conjunction with the<br class="">
<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> 15th European Conference on Computational Biology<br class="">
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The Hague, Netherlands; September 3-7, 2016 --- <a href="http://saso2012.univ-lyon1.fr/" class="">http://www.eccb2016.org</a><br class="">
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Aims and Scope<br class="">
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Computational modeling and simulation are emerging as important tools to answer the age-old question in biology:<br class="">
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How do cells form tissues</i>?</span><br class="">
While modern microscopy and bio-image informatics are generating quantitative data on tissue formation at unprecedented rates, </span><span style="font-style: inherit;" class="">computational models are increasingly necessary to interpret these data, test biological
hypotheses and ultimately provide a mechanistic understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that drive the morpho-dynamics of multicellular systems.</span></p>
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<span class="s1" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In recent years, <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">computational
models of multicellular systems</span>have been successfully applied in a wide range of fields including animal and plant morphogenesis, stem cell biology, regeneration, vascular development and tissue engineering. Despite notable differences in the application
and validation of models, a common set of approaches has emerged to elucidate the logic of the biochemical and biomechanical interactions between cells.</span></p>
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<span class="s1" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The workshop “<i class="">Computing a tissue</i>” present the state-of-the-art in computational modeling of multicellular systems.
It highlights <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">landmark studies</span> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" class="">of
multicellular modeling</span> across a range of biological fields, discusses the strengths and challenges of various modeling approaches and examines the current and upcoming computational methods and tools. </span></p>
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<span class="s1" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 14px;"><b class="">All students and researchers interested in the computational modeling of multicellular systems are welcome.</b></span></p>
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Applications of computational modeling to
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animal and plant development</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
regeneration</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
organ physiology</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
skin homeostasis</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
tissue engineering</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
organoids</li></ul>
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Innovative methods concerning
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quantitative image analysis</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
image-based modeling</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
cell-based models</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
multi-scale modeling</li></ul>
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Online registration: September 2, 2016 (extended)</b></div>
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Walter de Back, TU Dresden, Germany</li></div>
<div class="">Roland Merks, <span style="color: rgb(43, 43, 43); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">CWI Amsterdam & Uni Leiden, the Netherlands</span><br class="">
Sara Montagna, Università di Bologna, Italy</div>
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<a href="http://walter.deback.net/ECCB2016/speakers/#peyrieras" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 137, 13);" class="">Nadine Peyriéras</a> (CRNS, France)</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">
<a href="http://walter.deback.net/ECCB2016/speakers/#godin" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 137, 13);" class="">Christophe Godin</a> (INRIA, France)</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">
<a href="http://walter.deback.net/ECCB2016/speakers/#grabe" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 137, 13);" class="">Niels Grabe</a> (Uni Heidelberg, Germany)</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">
<a href="http://walter.deback.net/ECCB2016/speakers/#galle" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 137, 13);" class="">Jörg Galle</a> (Uni Leipzig, Germany)</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">
<a href="http://walter.deback.net/ECCB2016/speakers/#melnikova" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 137, 13);" class="">Natalia Melnikova</a> (ITMO Uni, Russia)</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">
<a href="http://walter.deback.net/ECCB2016/speakers/#hoehme" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 137, 13);" class="">Stefan Hoehme</a> (Uni Leipzig, Germany)</li><li class="p2" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(43, 43, 43);">
<a href="http://walter.deback.net/ECCB2016/speakers/#alber" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 137, 13);" class="">Mark Alber</a> (Uni Notre Dame, USA)
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