Center for Muscle Biology

Modeling workshop for trainees in muscle biology
July 25-28, 2011

The University of Kentucky Center for Muscle Biology will be hosting a workshop from the 25th to the 28th July 2011 for PhD students and postdocs who are currently developing, or want to develop, computer models of muscle.

The objectives of the workshop are to

• help trainees to integrate technical quantitative skills, creative development processes, and broad biological and biophysical knowledge, to develop better predictive models of muscle systems
• stimulate trainees to think about novel ways of integrating models of molecular-scale systems into simulations of complete cells and whole organ systems
• encourage trainees to think about how they can use models to help solve clinical problems

Workshop organizers

The workshop will be led by three faculty members

• Silvia Blemker, University of Virginia
• Ken Campbell, University of Kentucky
• Mike Regnier, University of Washington

Registration

Trainees can register through this website by clicking on the link below. The Organizers will accept the first 20 qualified trainees who apply. Applicants may be accepted after the initial complement is filled at the discretion of the Organizing Committee.

The formal deadline for registration was June 1st but NEW INFO the organizers will continue to accept registrations until administrative deadlines (accommodation bookings etc.) force us to close the workshop. Please contact Ken Campbell if you have questions about this issue.

The registration fee has been fixed at $200 and can be paid with any valid credit card. The fee covers accommodation for the workshop, all meals, and refreshments at each session. Attendees are responsible for their own travel to and from Lexington, KY.

Registered attendees (updated 13 July)

Abstracts, Oral presentations and posters

All attendees should submit a 250 word abstract describing their work by e-mail to Ken Campbell before 1 June. They should also arrive at the meeting prepared to

• introduce themselves and their work in a maximum of 20 words
• give a 15 minute oral presentation (with an additional 15 minutes for questions)
• show a poster

The meeting room will be equipped with a Windows PC and an LCD projector. You are welcome to use your own laptop if you prefer.

The boards for the poster sessions will be quite small (4 feet wide by 3 feet tall) but it is acceptable to center a slightly larger poster (5 feet by 3 feet, for example) on the board. This doesn't create too many problems.

Travel advice

You can travel from LEX to the university campus by taxi or a relatively infrequent local bus. Realistically the taxi option is simpler. If you are arriving close to 4 pm, head directly for Ingels Hall (at the corner of UK Complex Drive and Sports Center Drive on the UK campus - see map below). If you are arriving much earlier in the day, you may wish to drop your bags in the Campbell lab (MN510, Chandler Medical Center - see map below). In this case, ask the taxi to take you to the UK hospital. If you are struggling to find MN510 once you get to the hospital, ask at the information desk or call the lab on 859-323-8158 for help.

If you are willing to rent a car, you may want to consider flying to Cincinnati (CVG) or Louisville (SDF). Both airports are about 90 minutes drive from Lexington. Unfortunately there is no simple way of getting from these airports to Lexington by public transport.

If you need additional travel advice, please contact Ken Campbell.

Workshop locations

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Schedule

Workshop Booklet