2019-02-14. A VCell spatial model created to identify mechanisms regulating membrane abundance of the small Gprotein RAF1 at the plasma membrane has been published in Molecular Biology of the Cell. Visit our published models page for links to the paper and to the VCell Biomodel.
2019-02-04. A new publication from the Hille lab uses a VCell model to reveal emergent properties of the behavior of voltage-sensitive phosphatases. Visit our published models page for links to the paper and to the VCell Biomodel.
2019-01-25. A new publication from Karvinen et al uses VCell models to analyze photobleaching experiments in their characterization of hydrogel properties. Visit our published models page for links to the paper.
2018-07-10. A new Vcell spatial model of calcium influx, buffering and diffusion in mossy fiber boutons was published by Chamberland and co-authors in PNAS. Visit our published models page for links to the paper.
2018-03-13. A paper by Kinglsey et al assesses the effects of complex geometries on FRAP recovery curves. They develop a computational model of the FRAP processes to assess methods of analyzing FRAP experiments. They determined that the Vcell VirtualFRAP tool provides the best accuracy to measure diffusion coefficients. A link to the paper can be found on our published models page.
2017-12-15. A new publication from the Iyngar, Hone and He laboratories using Vcell among a number of other modeling strategies to explore how cell shape information can alter cellular phenotype via tension-independent mechansims. A link to the publication is found in our published models list.
11-30-2017. Version 2 of the SpringSaLaD software was released today. The primary new feature is the ability to directly build models from atomic coordinates in pdb files, using an interactive 3D viewer to compare the course-grained linked spheres representation in SpringSaLaD with the PDB structure.
11-14-2017. A new publication, Nickaeen et al. 2017, from the VCell team describes a novel free-boundary model of actin -myosin contractility that couples force-balance and myosin transport equations. A previously developed mass-conservation algorithm originally developed for VCell to solve parabolic equations in moving domains with know kinematics was augmented by coupling with the FronTier front-tracking software and a segregated solver.
2017-12-06. Simulations from a VCell model were used to estimate the diffusion coefficient of myosin II in fission yeast in a new publication from the Pollard laboratory. Visit our published models page for links to the paper and the public model.
2017-11-25. A new VCell model explores the effect of SH2 domain overexpression on the EGFR signaling pathway in a publication by Jadwin et al. The results suggest that signaling via SH2 domain binding is buffered over a wide range of concentrations. Explore the model from the listing on our Published Models page
