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This workshop will introduce faculty to the use and development of mathematical models in undergraduate biology focused courses. The workshop broadly introduces areas of computational biology, focuses on the use and creation of dynamic models, and facilitates choosing resources and a curricular design consistent with the needs of both faculty and students.

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9:45

• Computational Biology: Intro to scientific and educational practices

10:30 Tea-Coffee Break

10:45

• Modeling basics: The cell cycle and modeling with Stella

12:00 Lunch

1:00

• Virtual Cell: Cellular compartments, transport and image data

2:45 Break

3:00

• Computational biology resources

5:00 Wrap Up: next steps

• Workshop Exercises
• Tools used during the workshop
• References for workshop exercises
• Links to modeling databases
• Computational science education

• Other software tools of interest
• Literature on teaching
• Other relevant literature

• Links to additional training opportunities

• Job Sites For Computational Biology, BioPhysics and Computational Sciences
  • Physics Today Job Site http://www.physicstoday.org/jobs/ includes jobs for biophysics and biological studies.