[Biomedical-cybernetics] The NeuroPhysiome Workshop: Bridging computational neuroscience and systems biology

[Erik De Schutter]

The NeuroPhysiome Workshop takes place at the Okinawa Institute of 
Science and Technology, Japan, October 4-6, 2010.

The workshop covers the commonalities between multiscale modelling of 
cellular and molecular processes and neuronal systems physiology. How 
does robust function emerge from complex, plastic processes? The goal 
of the workshop will be to address the need for better communication 
and interaction between the system's biology and computational 
neuroscience communities. It will focus on bridging the divide in 
cellular modeling that is present in both fields, and look at 
parallels between neuronal network computation and signaling network 
computation.
Two focus points will serve to foster discussion:
	* Multiscale neural control of cardiorespiratory function: 
bridging gene networks to neural networks;
	* Multiscale modeling and systems biology of synapses and 
synaptic plasticity.

Participation to the workshop is free but limited by the size of the 
seminar room. Interested scientists need to register in advance and 
take care of their own travel and accommodation arrangements.

Program and registration are available at 
http://www.irp.oist.jp/NeuroPhysiome2010/index.html

This workshop is supported by the US-Japan Brain Research Cooperative 
Program (NIH/NIPS).