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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'>>> Simbios Research Highlight <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#548DD4'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'>Multiscale Computational Models for Optogenetic Control of Cardiac Function <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Biophysical Journal, Sept 2011, 101(6):1326-1334</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Stanford researchers have engineered cardiac cells that can be paced by light. To demonstrate the potential of this new technology, Simbios faculty Ellen Kuhl developed a light-sensitive cardiac cell model that can be used within a 3-D finite-element model of the heart. See a video and learn more at <a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu">http://simbios.stanford.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C0504D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'>>> Simbios News<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu/news.htm"><span style='color:#943634'>OpenMM 3.1.1 Recently Released</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://simtk.org/home/openmm">OpenMM</a> enables rapid development <i>and</i> rapid execution of new molecular dynamics methods. Use it to quickly develop new sampling algorithms and force fields or integrate it into your own code for improved performance on GPUs. Version 3.1.1 includes support for the AMOEBA polarizable force field and parallelization across multiple GPUs, plus more.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#C0504D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'>>> Upcoming Events and Opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://www.aacpdm.org/meetings/2011/"><span style='color:#943634'>Introductory OpenSim tutorial at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>October 12-15, 2011; Las Vegas, Nevada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://mmvmb.usacm.org/"><span style='color:#943634'>Multiscale Methods and Validation in Medicine and Biology I: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>February 13-14, 2012; Embassy Suites Hotel – San Francisco Airport, California<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Abstract Deadline: September 30, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://sfsudmparesearch.eventbrite.com/"><span style='color:#943634'>Data Mining and Predictive Analytics in Life Sciences</span></a></span> – a CCLS Seminar/Panel Discussion<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(with a focus on research applications)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>October 13, 2011; San Francisco, California<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://www.sel.uniroma2.it/Mod4Sim12/"><span style='color:#943634'>Workshop on Model-driven Approaches for Simulation Engineering</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(part of the Society for Modeling & Simulation International Spring Multiconference</span>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>March 26-29, 2012; Orlando, Florida<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Abstract Deadline: November 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'>Joy P. Ku, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'>Director, Simbios<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>http://simbios.stanford.edu</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'>Director of Communications & Training,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'>National Center for Simulation in Rehabilitation Research<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>http://opensim.stanford.edu</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'>(W) 650.736.8434, (F) 650.723.7461<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'>Email: </span></i><a href="mailto:joyku@stanford.edu"><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>joyku@stanford.edu</span></i></a><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>