CCAM alumni continue to collaborate after graduation. Our recent graduate Ani Chattaraj (PostDoc at Harvard) teaches a Computational Modeling in Biology module for a Molecular Biology Techniques course offered at Saint Elizabeth University by our alumni Sofya Borinskaya (Assistant Professor at SEU).

Congratulations to Dr. Vera-Licona for the invited talk “Network-Based Cell Reprogramming: Tools and Applications” at the inaugural event for the Mexican Biology and Mathematics Network (RedMexBiomate), November 7-10 in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

CCAM has organized two scientific meetings this October: the The 22nd International Conference on Systems Biology (ICSB2023) October 8-12 co-chaired by Pedro Mendes and Ion Moraru, and the “Computational Modeling in Biology” Network (COMBINE) workshop 2023

October 5-8 organized by Michael Blinov and Ion Moraru. Both VCell and COPASI were highlighted at the meetings with tutorials, posters, and multiple models presented that were developed with these tools. CCAM students Milda, Siyu, Rudradeep, and Jinhong helped with organization, working at registration and presenting CCAM at a recruitment table.

08-14-2023. CCAM Faculty Yan, Acker and Loew publish a paper on near infrared fluorescent voltage sensors in PNAS. The organic synthesis of the new ElectroFluor dyes is described as well as an application to optogenetic activation and sensing of cardiac action potentials in live mouse hearts.

Yan, P.; Acker, C. D.; Biasci, V.; Judge, G.; Monroe, A.; Sacconi, L.; Loew, L. M. (2023). Near-Infrared Voltage-Sensitive Dyes Based on Chromene Donor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (34), e2305093120.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2305093120