The European Society of Biomechanics

Workshop on microscale Modeling in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

30 May - 1 June, 2011, Ericeira, Portugal
http://www.wksp-mbiomech.dem.ist.utl.pt/

This scientific workshop will address problems in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology. Its main objective is to promote the development of biomechanical analysis capabilities at the microscopic level and characterize their influence across scales. The workshop takes a multidisciplinary approach involving leading researchers from a wide range of areas, namely mathematics, applied mechanics, biomechanics, biophysics, biology and material science. It brings together expertise on theoretical and computational modeling and experimental analysis to investigate multi-scale phenomena related to the behavior of biological materials and systems present in the Human Body. It will be an ideal forum for broad and instructive discussions on the grand challenges of multiscale modeling and scale bridging in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology and how to undertake them.

TOPICS

Micromechanics and homogenization applied to biological systems.
Meso-scale mechanics and signaling in biological systems.
Emergent behavior in complex multi-scale biological systems.
Applications of heterogeneous computing in multi-scale biological systems.
Scale-bridging from the molecular to cellular, cell to tissue, and tissue to organ levels.
Multi-scale mechanosensing at the molecular, cellular, and tissue levels.
Integration of mechanical and chemical signaling networks and emergent behavior.

Workshop Dates

May 30 - June 1, 2011

Important Deadlines

->>>>> Abstract Submission*: February 21, 2011

Abstract Acceptance:February 14, 2011

Full Paper**:May 9, 2011

*- Abstract in PDF format (two pages maximum), with work title and author(s) identified (name, email and affiliation).

Email it to: wksp.mbiomech@dem.ist.utl.pt

**- Published in a special issue of "Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering" after properly reviewed.

Registration
430 €
(includes workshop materials, lunches and coffee breaks)

Organizing Committee
Rodrigues, Helder C.
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Jacobs, Christopher
Columbia University, USA

International Scientific Committee
David, Timothy
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Doblaré, Manuel
University of Zaragoza, Spain
Holzapfel, Gerhard
Graz University of Technology, Austria
Ito, Keita
Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Kamm, Roger D.
MIT, USA
Spilker, Robert L.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Weinberg, Peter
Imperial College, UK
Weiss, Jeffrey A.
University of Utah, USA

Information
Mrs. Andrea Freitas

Mechanical Engineering Blg. II
Instituto Superior Técnico
Av. Rovisco Pais,
1049-001 LISBOA
Portugal

Phone: +351 218 417 914
Fax: +351 218 417 915
Email: wksp.mbiomech@dem.ist.utl.pt