Together with Stanford’s National NIH Center for Physics-based Simulation of Biological Structures, Bio-X hosted this event to educate students and scientists from different disciplines about the exciting uses of simulations driven by the laws of physics and mechanics across a range of scales, from molecules to organisms.
EVENT AGENDA:
Breakfast and Registration
Clark auditorium lobby
Carla J. Shatz, Director of Bio-X, Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurobiology
Russ B. Altman, Professor and Chair of Bioengineering
Scott L. Delp, Professor of Bioengineering
Welcome and overview of Bio-X
Mimi A.R. Koehl, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Locomoting in natural environments: Swimming by microscopic organisms in currents and waves
Joachim Frank, Investigator, Computational Biology and Molecular Imaging; Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Ribosome in Motion, as seen by Cryo-EM
Break - Refreshments served
Clark auditorium lobby
Klaus Schulten, Swanlund Professor of Physics; Director, Theoretical and Computational Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Computational Approach to Structural Systems Biology
Roger D. Kamm, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Polymerization dynamics, structure and rheology of actin-like networks
Vijay S. Pande, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Structural Biology, Stanford University
New paradigms for molecular simulation: from protein folding to the ribosome
Lunch break
Robert J. Full, Chancellor's Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley
Using Dynamic Models to Test Neuromechanical Control Hypotheses
John R. Hutchinson, Lecturer, Structure and Motion Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London
Simulation of giant land animals: biomechanical explorations of the “right wall” of locomotor design
Break
Claire J. Tomlin, Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University; Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley
How modeling and computation can help to understand cell polarity in developmental biology
Jessica K. Hodgins, Professor, Computer Science and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University
Controlling Human Characters
Demetri Terzopoulos, Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Biomechanics and Control for the Simulation of Humans and Lower Animals