Modeling biology: minicourse on multiscale analysis and mechanistic modeling of biological systems

May 15th to May 26th, 2023

Virginia Tech and community college undergraduate students welcome!

Course Topics:

• Cell cycle
• Circadian cycle
• Image analysis
• Data analysis
• Computational modeling
• Modeling the spread of disease
• Bioinformatics
  

Students will:

• Interact with Virginia Tech faculty, establishing connections for potential future research.
• Find out how the different research areas under biological systems modeling align with their own interests.
• Gain hands-on experience with several cutting-edge computational and biological research techniques.
• Develop confidence in their ability to understand and participate in scientific research.

Daily Schedule:

• There will be a morning and an afternoon session (~3 hours each) each day, Monday – Friday.
• All sessions will be held in Steger Hall at Virginia Tech.
• There will be a combination of lectures and hands-on activities.
• Lunch and breakfast items will be provided each day.
• Lodging will not be provided; the course is meant for local students or students who have housing through the end of May.
  

Confirmed Participating Faculty:

• Frank Aylward
• Anand Banerjee
• Anne Brown
  
• Young Cao
• Jing Chen
• Daniela Cimini
• Daniel Cortes
• Silke Hauf
• Shihoko Kojima
  
• Pavel Kraikivski
• Omar Saucedo