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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><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'>A Biologically Accurate, Computationally Efficient Musculotendon Model<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Flexing Computational Muscle: Modeling and Simulation of Musculotendon Dynamics</i>, <i>Journal of Biomedical Engineering 135(2):021005 (2013).</i><span style='color:#943634'><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'>The recently published work by Simbios postdoctoral fellow Matthew Millard describes a new muscle model with biologically accurate results and fast simulation times. Hear more about the model at <a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu">http://simbios.stanford.edu</a>. The data and code for the models, as well as the comprehensive benchmarking tests, are available at <a href="https://simtk.org/home/opensim_muscle">https://simtk.org/home/opensim_muscle</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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#C0504D'><o:p> </o:p></span></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://simtk.org/home/openmm"><span style='color:#943634'>OpenMM 5.1 Released</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This latest version of our accelerated molecular dynamics code for GPUs is dramatically faster than previous ones. New features include a GROMACS TOP file reader and support for Intel’s OpenCL.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://bcr.org/"><span style='color:#943634'>Summer Issue of BCR Now Available</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Features: Behind the Connectome Commotion; Betting on Genome Interpretation – Six Startups Jockey for a Place at the Table<i><o:p></o:p></i></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'><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><span style='color:#943634'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#943634'><a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/event_details.html?id=77&title=Webinar-All-Models-Are-NOT-Wrong-Contrary-to-Popular-Belief-http://opensim.stanford.edu/support/event_details.html?id=77&title=Webinar-All-Models-Are-NOT-Wrong-Contrary-to-Popular-Belief-"><span style='color:#943634'>Webinar: All Models Are NOT Wrong (Contrary to Popular Belief)</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Learn how models can integrate experimental data from different studies to lead to a deeper understanding of human movement <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>July 16, 2013 at 9:30am PDT<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://simbios.stanford.edu/jamboree.htm"><span style='color:#943634'>OpenMM Jamboree</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Work closely with OpenMM developers and other OpenMM users on your OpenMM project<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>August 22-23, 2013; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA <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://opensim.stanford.edu/support/event_details.html?id=75&title=Advanced-User-Workshop-at-Stanford"><span style='color:#943634'>OpenSim Workshop</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>August 28-30, 2013; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA<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://opensim.stanford.edu/support/pilot.html"><span style='color:#943634'>OpenSim 2014 Pilot Projects: Call for Proposals</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Funding up to $25,000 in total costs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Deadline: August 30, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu/">Simbios</a> is the NIH-funded center on physics-based simulations of biological structures, supported through grant U54 GM072970 as part of the <a href="http://ncbcs.org/">National Centers for Biomedical Computing</a>.<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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>---<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Joy P. Ku, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Director, </span><a href="http://simbios.stanford.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>Simbios</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Director of Communications & Training, </span><a href="http://opensim.stanford.edu/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>NCSRR</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Stanford University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>(w) 650.736.8434, (f) 650.723.7461<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:joyku@stanford.edu"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'>joyku@stanford.edu</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#595959'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>