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Published: Wednesday, 25 November 2015 13:41

Mary Cheng and the Power of Computational Biology: Biology in 3D

An Interview with Assistant Professor Mary Cheng, on her recent work on dopamine transporter dynamics, by Cell Press, highlighting recent paper published in Structure (see Cheng MH, Bahar I (2015) Molecular Mechanism of Dopamine Transport by Human Dopamine Transporter Structure pii: S0969-2126)

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Published: Thursday, 22 October 2015 13:40

Terrence Sejnowski Receives Swartz Prize

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) will award the Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience to Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Dr. Sejnowski is also a member of the MMBioS Executive Committee and co-leader of the TR&D2 project.  The $25,000 prize, supported by The Swartz Foundation, recognizes an individual who has produced a significant cumulative contribution to theoretical models or computational methods in neuroscience.

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Published: Friday, 04 September 2015 13:12

Murphy and Faeder organize NIMBioS Working Group for Spatial Cell Simulation

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis has announced support for a working group on Spatial Cell Simulation based on a proposal by Bob Murphy and Jim Faeder, both of whom are project leaders in MMBioS. Systems biology emphasizes the creation of mathematical or computational models of biological systems such as cells and tissues, as a means both to integrate all available information and to make predictions about unmeasured mechanisms or behaviors. The working group will address critical challenges currently faced in creating mathematical/computational simulations of the inner workings and dynamics of eukaryotic cells that reflect realistic cell architecture, especially for accurately simulating changes in cell shape and organization over time.

The issues to be addressed include methods for simulation that can consider dynamic cell and organelle shapes and positions and methods for learning joint probability distributions for thousands of cellular components. The working group will meet 2-3

times per year to develop new approaches to these problems, implement them in software, develop proposals for future funding of such research, and develop training materials for biomedical researchers. The first meeting will be December 1-3, 2015.

Scientists interested in contributing to the effort are encouraged to contact the organizers at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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Published: Wednesday, 10 June 2015 12:24

Bahar and MMBioS Featured in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

Dr. Ivet Bahar comments on the MMBioS collaboration in a Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News article: Read More.

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Published: Monday, 11 May 2015 16:04

MCell 3.3.0 Released

MCell version 3.3.0 has been released.  For more information on MCell and to download version 3.3.0, see the MMBioS software page.