August 15, 2024.  The Agmon Lab is thrilled to welcome Dr. Arnab Mutsuddy as a new postdoctoral researcher, focusing on whole-cell community modeling. Dr. Mutsuddy, who recently earned his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from Clemson University, brings extensive expertise in single-cell modeling, mathematical modeling, and computational biology. His prior work in the Birtwistle lab, where he developed scalable mechanistic models of cell proliferation and death signaling, positions him to make significant contributions to the lab’s research on complex biological systems.

 

11 August 2024. Dr. Blinov and Dr. Mertins from NIH have published an editorial for the special issue on “Network-based mathematical modeling in cell and developmental biology” that they organized for the Frontiers in Cell Developmantal Biology journal they edited (https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2024.1475005).

July 22-24, 2024.  VCell  and COPASI teams run 25th Annual Workshop on Computational Cell Biology. Nine students (one could not attend due to flights being cancelled) from Arkansas,  Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Texas and  Viginia worked with instructors for 3 days, developing their computational models. Thanks to NIH for the funding!

 

July 08, 2024. New version of COPASI released (4.44 build 295)
The new version of COPASI has numerous bug fixes. Get it from https://copasi.org/Download/

June 28, 2024. Dr. Sarabipour’s article on the benefits of preprints for the academic enterprise has been cited on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) report to the U.S. Congress on financial mechanisms for open access publishing of federally funded research. The report details developments in the open access publishing landscape including potential and anticipated impacts of a Memorandum to Executive Departments and Agencies titled, “Ensuring Free, Immediate, and Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research” on federal research investments, research integrity, and the peer review process.