This coming Monday the 6^th our All-Hands session for EMBRIO (formerly titled Weekly Update) will feature a tutorial on VCell. To those of you interested in learning more about computational modeling - this November 6th seminar is for you! There are many different platforms for modeling cell biological events. VCell (short for "Virtual Cell") is a comprehensive platform for modeling cell biological systems. The seminar by Dr. Michael Blinov, one of the faculty associates of VCell, will cover what VCell can do for you -- with the added bonus that VCell can write and solve differential equations for you!

Learning Objectives for the Session:

Get familiar with kinetic modeling using VCell graphical user interface.
Understand different types of modeling techniques (deterministic/stochastic, compartmental/spatial, network/rule-based/network-free).
Be able to look for additional modeling resources within VCell framework or elsewhere.

Check out these VCell links for more on the capabilities and models of this tool:

VCell website: https://vcell.org/
Publications that use VCell: https://vcell.org/vcell-published-models
VCell help: https://vcell.org/support:
Video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@compcellbiol8898

Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute

Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University

Office: Hall for Discovery Learning and Research, Ste. 203
207 S. Martin Jischke Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907

laddb@purdue.edu