The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) is now accepting applications for its Investigative Workshop, *"**Mathematical Modeling of Intracellular Movements**"** *to be held October 24-26, 2011, at NIMBioS.
*Objectives: * Recent advances in live cell microscopy have resulted in a flood of time-lapse observations that reveal a high degree of motility inside cells. Quantitative analysis of these movements is necessary to gain a full understanding of intracellular dynamics and their regulation. This analysis is often hampered by the sheer complexity of the movements, the great number of objects to be tracked, and the diffraction limit of optical microscopes. At the same time, mathematical and statistical models have made significant progress in producing fast algorithms that reliably track multiple objects in space. In some cases, these models were successfully applied to cell biological data sets, but the full potential of a rigorous mathematical approach that can be employed across a wide range of biological processes has not been realized. This workshop will bring together experts from cell biology as well as mathematics, statistics, computational science and physics to discuss current approaches and possible alternatives. * Location: *NIMBioS at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville *Co-Organizers: *Vasileios Maroulas (Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Tennessee); Andreas Nebenführ (Dept. of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, Univ. of Tennessee); Ram Dixit (Dept. of Biology, Washington Univ. ); Panos Stinis (Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Minnesota); Anja Geitmann (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Montreal) For more information about the workshop and a link to the online application form, go to http://nimbios.org/workshops/WS_intracellular_mv.html If needed, applicants may request travel and lodging support. Participation is limited, and those selected to attend will be notified within two weeks of the application deadline. *Application deadline: July 24, 2011* The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) (http://www.nimbios.org) brings together researchers from around the world to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to investigate solutions to basic and applied problems in the life sciences. NIMBioS is sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. ***************************** Catherine Crawley, Ph.D. Communications Coordinator National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis University of Tennessee 1534 White Avenue, Suite 400 Knoxville, TN 37996-1527 e [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> t +1 865 974 9350 <tel:%2B1%20865%20974%209350> f +1 865 974 9461 <tel:%2B1%20865%20974%209461> http://www.nimbios.org http://twitter.com/nimbios To receive email notifications of blog updates, click here <http://www.nimbios.org/wordpress/subscribe2updates/>. To subscribe to our bi-monthly newsletter, click here <http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001RgvbKVLa7a4Psoj8H7c43A%3D%3D>.
