VPH News Folder

This folder contains al public news relative to the VPH, STEP Project, Europhysiome and all the other related initiatives. This news stream is syndicated, and can be subscribed at this RSS feed: feed://www.biomedtown.org/biomed_town/VPH/VPHnews/RSS.

Comment on Nature Reviews calls for federated clincial databases by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-01-04 08:59

In the last issue of Nature Reviews there is paper that may be relevant for the VPH: "A call for the creation of personalized medicine databases", by David Gurwitz, Jeantine E. Lunshof and Russ B. Altman.

The VIrtual Soldier used to look at whole body vibration by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2006-06-14 13:40

The last issue of the LifeMOD Quarterly Newsletter presents a study on the active human response to a vibration environment part of the ongoing research on Whole Body Vibration at the Virtual Soldier Research Program (VSR) at The University of Iowa

IMEC2006 by abandieri — last modified 2006-03-20 16:50

The primary venue for discoveries and ideas exchange in the muscle energetics field

33rd Computers in Cardiology Conference by abandieri — last modified 2006-04-19 10:57

Call for papers

TERMIS-EU meeting (former 5th Annual ETES Meeting) by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

Subscribtion and registration are opened!

MOC2006 by abandieri — last modified 2006-03-16 17:01

1st International Workshop on Multi-Objective Cybernetic

ISSS-MDBS 2006 by abandieri — last modified 2006-09-29 15:55

Call for papers

EAMBES reccomandation on FP7 points to VPH by abandieri — last modified 2006-07-02 10:55

The European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Sciences submitted to the European Commission a reccomandation on the forthcoming 7th Framework Program.

Pulmonary Functional Imaging by abandieri — last modified 2006-05-24 08:57

3rd International Workshop

STEP coordination action kickoff meeting by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

Monday 9 January 2006 all the partners of the STEP consortium gathered in Bologna for the kickoff meeting of the project.

ICT for BIO-Medical Sciences 2006 by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 13:43

Advancing Health Knowledge through ICT

Physiome vs Virtual Physiological Human by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 13:45

The STEP consortium has finally reached the consensus on the definitions of Physiome vs Virtual Physiological Human.

Renal Physiome Project by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-09 16:52

Official launch

Nutritionist paper advocate physiome research by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

A paper published on American Journal of Clinical Nutrition advocates the importance of integrative biology and database research to solve the grand challenges in nutrition research.

What about meeting at the STEP Square? by abandieri — last modified 2010-06-01 13:24

The Virtual Physiological Human Square represents STEP Community. This is a space open to BiomedTown members for meeting people, discussions and exsperiences exchanges.

Health First Europe Book by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

Health First Europe publish its first information book

Multiscale modelling at WCB2006 by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-16 09:25

During the recent World Congress of biomechanics, held in Munich (DE), a session was devoted to the Physiome Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, with presentations on the Giome Project, the Living Human Project, the Epitheliome project, and the Europhysiome initiative

STEP kickoff meeting minutes by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 14:04

STEP kickoff meeting minutes available in the STEP consortium private repository.

EC revises Medical Devices Directives by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

Commission launches much-awaited revision to the Medical Device Directives

EuroPhysiome Projects by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

Step has gathered the existing European projects which are working under the Physiome umbrella.

Additions to the STEP Building by abandieri — last modified 2009-10-14 14:31

We have added some new services to the Administrative floor of the STEP Building.

Reccomandations for VPH in FPVII by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

The STEP consortium has submitted to the officers of the e-health unit of DGINFSO a list of topics that they reccomend should be included in the workprogramme of the forthcoming 7th Framework Program of the European Commission.

Europhysiome is a Wikipedia term! by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

The terms "Physiome", "Europhysiome", and "Virtual Physiological Human" were added to Wikipedia today.

WTEC report on System Biology by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

The World Technology Evaluation Center published a report entitled "Assessment of International Research and Development in Systems Biology".

The Royal Society new Fellows 2006 by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-24 10:56

A Biomed Town citizen elected Fellow of the UK Royal Society

BIRNing Newsletter - Nov 2005 by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

November 2005 BIRN News letter is out.

University of Bedfordshire is born by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-05 08:01

The University of Luton, STEP and LHDL Consortium Partner, merged with De Montfort University's Bedford campus

Hands-on Course on Multichannel Surface EMG by abandieri — last modified 2006-10-12 17:10

Promoted by the European Project on Cybernetic Manufacturing Systems

they are Talking about us! by abandieri — last modified 2008-03-27 15:15

The BioInfoGRID useful links page now points to STEP, LHDL and Aneurist, three of the projects hosted by Biomed Town.

STEP Draft Roadmap Index by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

The STEP consortium released the first draft of the Index of what will become the Europhysiome Roadmap to the VIrtual Physiological Human.

VPH Newsletter by abandieri — last modified 2006-09-05 18:30

How to follow VPH main facts & events?

Physiome Project: the Living Human Project by abandieri — last modified 2009-05-17 10:35

The Living Human Project is a low-budget initiative to coordinate all efforts around the physiome of the musculoskeletal apparatus. It is coordinated by Marco Viceconti, Technical Director of the Medical Technology Lab at the Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli in Bologna, Italy.

Physiome Project: BioBridge by abandieri — last modified 2006-09-13 17:20

Integrative Genomics and Chronic Disease Phenotypes:modelling and simulation tools for clinicians

ISTA 2006 Annual Symposium by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

Abstract Deadline Extended

Advanced Technologies for Neuro-Motor Assessment and Rehabilitation by abandieri — last modified 2009-08-23 15:25

The First International Summer School on Advanced Technologies for Neuro-Motor Assessment and Rehabilitation will be held in Bologna, Italy, 18-24 June, 2006

Who is Who in Physiome: Entelos by abandieri — last modified 2008-03-27 15:15

Entelos Inc, founded in 1996, is one of the first companies that are exploiting commercially physiome-related research.

Proceedings of IEEE special issue on Physiome by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

The latest issue of "Proceedings of the IEEE" is fully dedicated to a special issue on "The Physiome and Beyond"

The Doctor Will See Your Prototype Now by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

Februrary 2005 Peter Hunter, leader of the IUPS Physiome project, released and interview to Wired.

Clapworthy talks to Cordis News by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2006-07-07 13:48

During the ICT-BIO Conference Gordon Clapworthy, who coordinates with Marco Viceconti the STEP action, was interviewed on the perspectives of the VPH by Cordis News.

VPH-related patent by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-01 11:24

Entelos Inc. filed a patent for the Development and Use of Virtual Patients

NSR creates a metabolic models repository by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

The NSR Physiome project, based at the University of Washington, has developed a collaborative repository for metabolic models.

STEP presented at ISBI2006 by abandieri — last modified 2009-11-24 09:33

The STEP action was presented at the ISBI2006 special session on vertical integration of biomedical data

ICT for Biomedical Sciences conference officially launches the VPH by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2006-07-21 17:39

On 29-30 June 2006 more than 400 delegates from all over the world, representing research, industry and the clinical pratice designed the future of information technology in biomedical research: the Virtual Physiological Human.

Simulation and Modeling of Medical Devices and Implants by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-01 11:23

Minisymposium held at the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics

Announcement: Second STEP conference by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2008-03-27 15:15

STEP Conference #2: Towards the Virtual Physiological Human 5-7th November 2006, Solbosh campus of Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB - Brussels, Belgium

Consensus reached on STEP Scope definition by abandieri — last modified 2006-06-15 11:50

During the recent meeting in Brussels the STEP experts reached a consensus on the definition of Scope.

When the body makes the genes by abandieri — last modified 2006-09-29 16:12

During the recent World Congress of Biomechanics, held in Munich (DE) was presented a preliminary study that reports significant changes in the expression of genes related to the musculoskeletal apparatus due to external whole body loading due to vibrations.

Registration open for STEP Second Conference by abandieri — last modified 2006-09-15 16:51

No registration fee - limited room available

The French VPH Information Day by abandieri — last modified 2006-11-24 14:24

Organised by STIC - Santé: Théme A - Physiome, Modélisation (mathématique, thérapeutique)

Commissioner Reding supports VPH by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2006-07-07 13:25

In her plenary message during the ICT-BIO conference Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, said that the Virtual Physiological Human will be the Seventh Framework Programme flagship activity.

EuroPhysiome Project: HAEMODEL by Portal Administrator — last modified 2006-11-21 13:09

Mathematical modelling of the cardiovascular system

Second meeting of the ERCIM WG in Digital Patient by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-13 09:42

STEP initiative disseminated in Thessaloniki

Physiome Project: The Epitheliome by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-09 16:42

The aim of the Epitheliome Project is to develop a computational model that is able to predict the social behaviour of cells in epithelial tissues.

Workshop on cancer modelling and therapeutic innovation by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-02 20:37

Announcement

Physiome Project: Cardiac Computations by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-09 17:16

The purpose of the Cardiac Computations project is to develop an efficient simulator for the elctrical and mechanical behavior of the heart.

Health Grid 2007 by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 20:06

Call for papers

Sydney Brenner Middle-out approach by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2006-09-22 11:12

In a recent interview Noble Laureate Sydney Brenner reccomends that we focus on a meso scale and then try to work up and down from there.

Physiome Project: GIOME by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-09 09:19

GIOME is a non-profit organisation and a completely new concept in gastroenterology based on the Human Physiome Project.

Virtual Physiological Human within FP7 by abandieri — last modified 2006-09-26 10:50

Some opportunities for our Community

XII International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-18 12:10

15th November 2006 - deadline for Papers and Tutorials submission

ERCIM: the European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics by abandieri — last modified 2006-10-24 15:07

STEP represented by Gordon Clapworthy

Detailed Programme of Second STEP Conference by abandieri — last modified 2006-11-02 12:40

Available on the Conference site

Biomechanics in Cardiovascular Disease: Shaer stress in Vascular Biology by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-18 13:03

Official Announcement of the Second Symposium on this topic

XXI International Congress of Biomechanics by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-16 11:08

Deadline for abstract submission

Call for papers - Early Clinical Applications of the Virtual Physiological Human in Musculoskeletal Biomechanics by abandieri — last modified 2006-10-22 15:24

Guest Editor: Marco Viceconti, Scientific Coordinator of STEP Coordination Action

Third Public Draft of the VPH Road Map by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 13:51

 

Europhysiome Project: BioSim Network by abandieri — last modified 2006-09-19 14:34

The main objective of the Network is to demonstrate how the use of modern simulation technique through a deeper and more quantitative understanding of the underlying biological, pathological and pharmacological processes can lead to a more rational drug development process, improved treatment procedures, and a reduction in the use of animal experiments.

The 6th International Summer School on Biomedical Signal Processing by abandieri — last modified 2006-10-11 17:57

For an exciting and stimulating week of learning, teaching and brain storming on advanced biomedical signal processing methods for quantification of biosignal parameters and their integration.

FP7 in Motion:Cognitive Systems, Interactions, Robotics, Digital Libraries and Content Information Day by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-01 23:29

A two-day event to present the research challenges in the first ICT Work Programme of FP7

STEP @ IST 2006 by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2006-12-13 11:56

The Virtual Physiological Human gets great attention at the IST2006 conference.

EuroPhysiome Project: TUMATHER by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-19 17:39

Modelling, Mathematical Methods and Computer Simulation of Tumour Growth and Therapy

STEP: Towards the End by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-31 12:20

An update on STEP official reporting activity

BioModels Database by abandieri — last modified 2006-10-21 18:22

A Database of Annotated Published Models

STEP Conf # 2 Breakout Sessions feedbacks by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-11 11:48

Now on the web the material collected in Brussels

Computer Simulations in Medical Engineering by abandieri — last modified 2006-10-17 08:37

Our Rod Hose presents local Sheffield developments towards the Virtual Physiological Human

Wants & Offers VPH Board by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-12 11:05

A new service is now available for Biomed Town citizens

On-line: STEP Conference # 2 presentations by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-08 16:24

A quick link to download

Call for papers - Simulation of Multiphysics Multiscale Systems by abandieri — last modified 2009-09-21 15:02

4th International Workshop

Medicine and Life Science: a Computational Approach by abandieri — last modified 2006-11-15 22:00

Sponsored by National Physical Laboratory, Health Technologies KTN, Taylor and Francis, Mediwales, ARUP

The new Health First Europe Web Site has been launched by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-11 11:49

The website has been completely restructured and updated with new content.

Marco Viceconti as Keynote Speaker at ISBMDA 2006 by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-13 09:32

To the Virtual Physiological Human through the EU STEP initiative experience

The VPH on the Italian radio network 105 Live by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-11 11:48

Our Marco Viceconti has been interviewed for the programme "Mouse to mouse"

STEP by Blog by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-18 13:20

Speakers in STEP Conference

Jean-Louis Coatrieux got the EMBS Career Achivement Award by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-10 11:33

For the first time this award was presented to a French researcher

STEP: From Helsinki to Paris across China by abandieri — last modified 2009-08-23 15:34

Prof. Gordon Clapworthy Speaker for STEP

The date for first FP7 calls was announced by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-13 09:43

On 22nd December the European Commission will publish the first call for proposals

The VPH Newsletter becomes weekly by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-23 15:22

The dissemination effort around STEP increases

IST Africa 2007 by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-18 13:20

Call for papars

Multilevel study on the brain functions by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-18 13:19

One of the first examples of VPH-related research funded at national level

The roadmap after STEP Conference 2 by abandieri — last modified 2006-12-18 19:22

On Biomed Town is downloadable the new draft of STEP Roadmap

FP7 - A Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence (NoE) by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-21 14:03

A meeting to identify key targets for a VPH NoE initiative and suggest pathways towards reaching them

IMI recommendations by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-13 13:25

The modeling for the future development of new drugs

STEP conference #2: A measurable success by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-23 13:44

Completed the post-processing of the polls conducted at the beginning and at the end of the STEP Conference #2

VPH at HealthGrid2007 by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-01 09:30

A dedicated Session during the 5th HealthGrid Conference

Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-09 12:02

XIII Annual Meeting

STEP in the surroundings of the Venetian Lagoon by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-27 18:07

Marco Viceconti speaker for Cocoon Conference

VPH disseminated in Spain by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-09 19:44

A flyer spread across Inforsalud 2007 delegates

VPH in FP7: creation and deployment by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-28 10:01

Waiting for the call

Position paper on VPH and the Grid by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-05 17:59

STEP and SHARE consortia jointly published a position paper on the Grid for VPH

VPH Roadmap to the final editing by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 13:54

The last draft uploaded in the Public Repository of STEP Building

First Immunomics Summer School by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-22 17:35

Under the auspices of the ImmunoGrid EC Project, the International Immunomics Society, ImmunoGenetics and the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Catania

STEP representatives flew to Shanghai by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 13:57

Marco Viceconti and Gordon Clapworthy within the Iternational Expert Committee of VMHC

What is the Virtual Physiological Human? by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-05 17:35

A brief description to inform the Citizens at large of the VPH initiative

What do they say of VPH? by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-09 14:06

Two papers VPH-related published in a flagship publication of IEEE Computer Society

STEP Review Meeting by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-31 14:56

The STEP Consortium and the EC agreed on the date

STEP Conference # 2 - Listening by abandieri — last modified 2007-01-22 16:48

The audio version of the event is now availble on this portal

The Digital Patient by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-13 11:16

ERCIM News open to contributions

SysBio by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-09 12:52

Interdisciplinary Biology Research at the Five Colleges

Prediction and evaluation of total hip replacement performance: can we plan success? by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-22 15:16

Call for papers

XX IEEE International Symposium on Computer-based Medical Science by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 20:36

Paper submission deadline extended to February 15, 2007

XI Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing by abandieri — last modified 2010-05-04 06:36

Paper submission: deadline extended

STEP: Change of Project Officer by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-21 18:09

Alessandra Martini replaced Jean-Marie Auger

The future of the Integrative Biology by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-13 12:37

UK Academies investigated the potential opportunities

Chinese Mechanical Virtual Human Project by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-23 11:58

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Inforsalud 2007 by abandieri — last modified 2007-02-23 16:33

Health Information Systems, balance and future perspectives

The ERC and the Virtual Physiological Human by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-29 06:20

Marco Viceconti met the rapporteur to the European Parliament on the European Research Council

Advancements of Medicine and Health Care through Technology by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-08 12:41

Approaching deadline for abstract submission

STEP-VMHC cooperation agreement by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2007-03-16 15:42

European STEP and Chinese VMHC sign a bilateral cooperation agreement on the Virtual Physiological Human

Finite Element Modelling in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-27 14:55

European Society of Biomechanics Workshop

The Kidney: Cellular, Tubular, and Vascular Physiology by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-01 14:36

S. Randy Thomas co-organiser of the Workshop and of session on Physiome/Renal Physiome

VPH NoE initiative within FP7 by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-09 18:56

To continue the momentum of STEP

Multi-Agent and Grid Systems for Medicine, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-12 16:18

Call for Papers

A special issue on the Giome Project by abandieri — last modified 2007-03-27 18:19

The World Journal of Gastroenterology will soon publish a special issue entitled: "GIOME: Concept and current role in gastrointestinal tract studies", edited by Hans Gregersen and Donghua Liao.

ESF Forward Look Wokshop by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-06 15:21

The STEP Project and Scientific Coordinators are both invited to represent the Bio-Engineering Community.

The End of STEP by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-11 16:19

On 31st March 2007 this EU initiative closed its activity.

Report on HFE Health Survey 2007 by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-06 15:45

An illuminating insight into the EU opinion leaders' views on how best to tackle today's patient and healthcare priorities

The First German e-Science Conference by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-24 14:12

International Experts, involved in grid computing, knowledge networking, e-learning and open access, will meet in Germany

CIMST Interdisciplinary Summer School for Master and PhD students by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-01 23:34

An opportunity to discuss advances and challenges of imaging and processing techniques in biology and medicine

VPH is big in Japan by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2007-04-27 06:52

Our colleage Alex Frangi, coordinator of the @neurIST project, reports on the role of simulation at the 4th Intracranial Stenting Meeting held in Kioto on 18-20 April 2007

The Virtual Physiogical Human within ERCIM News by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-13 18:31

ERCIM News 69, dedicated to the Special Theme "The Digital Patient", published an article on VPH by Marco Viceconti.

The 3rd WSEAS International Conference on Remote Sensing by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-13 17:55

Prof. Vlasta Zanchi organizer of the Special Session: "Signals and Systems in Human Motion"

LHDL supports VPH dissemination by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-01 21:19

For the rest of 2007 the LHDL project funding will support VPH news service

IX International Meeting on Human Genome Variation and Complex Genome Analysis by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-24 15:36

Call for Papers!

How to find project partners for EU VPH Research Programmes within FP7 by abandieri — last modified 2007-05-31 15:50

Publish your announcement on Biomed Town

The significant industrial benefits of VPH by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-26 16:31

The forecast made by the Europhysiome Initiative

STEP evaluated a success story by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2009-08-23 15:27

The STEP coordination action, which closed on the end of March 2007, was recently evaluated by a panel of independent experts, in accordance with the standard review procedures of the European Commission. The overall assessment was Good to Excellent.

The TELEOS System by abandieri — last modified 2007-04-30 10:42

The new training simulator, currently being tasted at hospitals in France, allows surgeons to practice their skills outside of a "live enviroment"

New home for LHPBuilder by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2008-03-27 15:16

Biomed Town hosts a new web page dedicated to the LHDL fat client, the LhpBuilder software.

Building on the momentum of the STEP initiative. Who want to contribute? by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 20:21

The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society are planning to publish a two-volume special issue, focused on computational biology tools & applications relevant for physiome-style integrative research.

VPH & FP7: Call for Proposal! by abandieri — last modified 2010-04-29 15:42

Deadline for submission: October 9th, 2007

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation:from Molecules to Cells to Organisms by abandieri — last modified 2009-08-23 15:30

Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing: Call for papers and abstracts

VPH Research is becoming mainstream by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2007-07-09 14:41

The Philosophical Transactions of the of the Royal Society, Part A, invited expressions of interest for two special issues dedicated to original papers on topics related to Physiome, multiscale modelling, and the Virtual Physiological Human. The response of the research community was overwhelming.

The @neurIST Project and the VPH by abandieri — last modified 2007-07-30 10:07

SPIE published in the Newsroom an article with a quite detailed description of @neurIST Project whose developed concepts have obvious implications and applications within the framework of the STEP Roadmap initiative.

New editor leads Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2007-08-30 17:38

Curt D. Sigmund, University of Iowa, has been recently appointed editor in chief of the "American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory, Integrative, and Comparative Physiology"

Bologna hosts the International Shoulder Group meeting by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2007-08-22 09:45

The 7th International Shoulder Group meeting will be held in Bologna on 10-13 July 2008.

ISPRS 2008 Beijing by abandieri — last modified 2007-10-19 18:07

October 20th, 2007 - Deadline for submission abstract

VPH paper in CMBBE2006 Proceedings by abandieri — last modified 2006-08-01 11:27

The proceedings of CMBBE2006 include a VPH-related paper

Computer models can accurately predict the mechanical stresses in the patients’ skeleton by abandieri — last modified 2007-05-21 14:17

Last April, the research, conducted by Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica c/o Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, was published on Journal of Biomechanics

The second annual NBRC Summer School by abandieri — last modified 2007-06-06 07:48

Cyberingfrastructures and Multiscale Modeling Approaches

The 14th annual Finite Element Workshop at University of Ulm by abandieri — last modified 2007-07-05 12:45

Last days for particpants registration

VIII International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 20:28

Call for papers!

8th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering by abandieri — last modified 2007-11-09 15:37

Deadline for abstract submission: November 16th, 2007

XVI Congress European Society of Biomechanics by abandieri — last modified 2007-11-14 11:24

Abstract submission: deadline approaching

What about trying clothes on our virtual body? by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 20:23

November 11th, 2007. The Sunday Star Times published a press article dedicated to the advanced results that the Phyiome Project aims to achieve by developing the computer model of individual humans

From the virtual heart to the virtual human. by abandieri — last modified 2007-11-20 09:00

How Systems Biology approach plays in building the entire virtual human: An Herculean task which the Technology will help to perform

A blog dedicated to the future of Health IT by abandieri — last modified 2007-11-20 09:03

Which is the future of health information and its effects on society and culture, especially with respect to the future of biomedical research informatics?

The Worldwide Challenge to Physiome and Systems Biology by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 13:56

The 2nd MEI International Symposium

Ergonomics is a lifestyle by abandieri — last modified 2007-11-23 15:43

The 40th Nordic Ergonomics Society Annual Conference

Predictive Multiscale Models of the Physiome in Health and Disease by abandieri — last modified 2007-11-30 10:24

A Funding Opportunity Announcement under the NIH Research Project Grant award mechanism

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials by abandieri — last modified 2007-12-04 17:42

New for 2008

ICCS2008: Advancing Science through Computation by abandieri — last modified 2007-12-10 11:48

Call for papers!

VPH Square gets re-organised by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2007-12-18 13:46

After the end of the STEP coordination action, all activities related to the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) hosted by Biomed Town have been moved to the “Virtual Physiological Human Square.

International co-operation accord on Integrative Research signed in Osaka by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2008-01-08 15:18

STEP coordinator reports on the 2nd MEI International Symposium and on the Osaka Accord, an international co-operation agreement that was signed by many of the symposium participants, and that could open up a new season of worldwide co-operation on Physiome research.

Agreement signed for International co-operation on Integrative Research by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2008-01-08 15:13

A group of delegates from Europe, Japan, USA, Korea, and New Zealand signed in Osaka, Japan, an agreement for international co-operation on Integrative Research

International Symposium on Computational Models for Biomedical Simulation - ISBMS08 by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-07 16:51

Organised by Departments of Biosurgery and Surgical Technology and Computing at Imperial College London (ICL)

Advance course on patient-specific modelling in biomechanics by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-13 10:37

Proposed by the Laboratory of Biomechanics (Arts et Metiers ParisTech - CNRS)

Journal of Computer Animation and Virtual World: Special Issue on Physiological Human by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-20 09:02

Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2008

8th IEEE EMBS International Summer School on Biomedical Imaging by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-20 09:03

Rod Hose and Peter Hunter in the name of Physiome

2nd Summer School on ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR NEURO-MOTOR ASSESSMENT AND REHABILITATION by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-20 15:04

Today expires the deadline for applications submission

The legislation to advance the use of medical simulation by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-25 07:10

AIMS simulation legislation would help to improve the quality of healthcare in the United States

5th Annual Advanced Initiatives in Medical Simulation by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-25 07:10

A great opportunity to be part of the political process and advocate for the AIMS simulation legislation

Symposium on Frontiers in Cardiovascular Engineering by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-21 16:03

Deadline for abstract submission is approaching

GEN2PHEN: a person's health and disease processes web-capture by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-25 07:11

This new EU funded project will oversee the electronic gathering and use of data from worldwide research investigating the links between genetic variation and health

Does our body work like a computer? by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-27 10:11

The Guardian published an article which tells how Prof. Noble, pioneer in the field of computer models, challenged the popular idea of a program to describe how the body works.

VPH against HIV by abandieri — last modified 2008-02-25 07:12

The UCL scientists are enabled to simulate the efficacy of an HIV drug in blocking a key protein used by the lethal virus

Engineering the Upper Limb: Patient Specific Surgical Planning and Implementation by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-01 23:37

Organised by the Medical Engineering Division of IMechE and the British Elbow and Shoulder Society

Medical imaging on grids: achievements and perspectives by abandieri — last modified 2008-03-05 16:54

Call for Papers!

ICT-Bio 2008: Computer Modelling and Simulation for Improving Human Health by abandieri — last modified 2008-03-17 14:49

VPH and Integrative System Biology: opportunities and challenges. Draft programme on line!

Conference on Systems Biology of Mammalian Cells 2008 by abandieri — last modified 2008-03-14 16:37

Deadline for abstract submission approaching!

A dental test for early osteoporosis signs identification by abandieri — last modified 2008-03-17 15:35

The Univesity of Manchester developed a specilist sofware that can detect osteoporosis via routine dental x-rays.

Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine 2008 by abandieri — last modified 2009-09-21 15:04

Call for papers!

UK e-Science: All Hands Meeting 2008 by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 13:17

Call for Papers!

Emerging Challenges in Multi-Scale Modeling in Biology: A special session by abandieri — last modified 2009-06-05 12:10

Call for Papers or Abstracts!

MiCCAI-Grid Workshop. Medical imaging on grids: achievements and perspectives by abandieri — last modified 2008-04-11 14:10

Call for Papers!

@neurIST is linked with the international IUPS Physiome Project by abandieri — last modified 2008-04-22 16:38

In the @neurIST Newsletter Issue n. 6, appared the article co-written with the founder of IUPS Physiome Project - Peter Hunter, from Auckland University - where they investigated into the contributions they gave to @neurIST.

Entelos got the U.S. patent for its diabets model by abandieri — last modified 2008-04-16 13:23

Reaching the leadership position in the quantitative modelling of human biology generally and diabets in particular

ICCB2009: the pre-registration is open! by abandieri — last modified 2008-06-05 14:09

Express now your interest in participating by filling in the form available on line

Computer simulations to help the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis by abandieri — last modified 2009-11-03 07:36

Using a Blue Gene supercomputer, scientists of ETH Zurich and the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory demonstrated the most extensive simulation yet of actual human bone structure.

Summer School: From Images to Computational Hemodynamics by alessandro chiarini — last modified 2009-11-03 07:36

Patient-specific modeling of blood vessel anatomy and hemodynamics is a promising tool that may aid clinicians in their decision-making and, as such, it is a current hot-topic in computational life-sciences.

VPHOP contributes to VPH NoE outreach event by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2009-11-03 07:36

The VPH NoE Network of Excellence organised in connection with the world congress of the International Union of Physiological Societies (IUPS) conference, a satellite symposium entitled “Building the Virtual Physiological Human Community. As part of the outreach initiatives of the European VPH action, the event saw the contribution, amongst others, from Marco Viceconti, coordinator of the VPHOP project, who co-chaired a round table on the pros and cons of public access to biomedical data and models.

New Funding Opportunity for Functional Modeling of Pediatric Upper Airway Disorders by Tara Chapman — last modified 2009-11-03 07:36

There is a new funding opportunity for Functional Modeling of Pediatric Upper Airway Disorders.

VPH NoE Strategic Vision Document by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-04 09:05

Public review by 8th November 2009

RSS Feed for the VPH News by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2009-11-05 11:53

 

New article on VPH in Molecular Systems Biology by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-19 15:20

Peter Kohl and Dennis Noble have recently published an article in Molecular Systems Biology which has been in the top-ten Nature downloads since August.

IMAG Futures Meeting 15-16 December by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-18 12:05

Potential impact needs to be proven with successful validated models. Once successful models are widely accepted by non-modelers, VPH and multiscale modelling can effectively permeate into the research communities and eventually translate to medical practice. IMAG is holding an IMAG Futures Meeting to cover exactly this question.

ICT call 6 has just been launched. by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-04 09:06

The deadline is 13th April 2010 and there is an indicative budget of 286 million Euro’s. IP/STREP – EUR 61 million; with a minimum of 30% to STREPs and with more than 50% to IPs, including at least one IP under a [patient-specific computer based models and simulation] and at least one IP under b [ICT tools, services and specialised infrastructure for the biomedical researchers].

VPH Jobs: new resources by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-01-04 09:04

The VPH Jobs area inside the VPH Square is now listing also a large collection of research jobs in Europe from some of the best specialised web sites.

VPH NoE: Want Offer Billboard for the formation of consortia for Call 6. by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-04 09:03

A new call for proposals on VPH projects has been announced as part of the ICT program of FP7: http://www.biomedtown.org/biomed_town/vphop/reception/news/fp7-ict-2009-6-has-been-released.

VPH Workshop Announcement: Ontologies for the Virtual Physiological Human by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-04 09:02

Announcing the first joint workshop organized by the Open Biomedical Ontologies Foundry and the VPH-NoE (Feb 14th 2010)

EARLY NOTICE OF VPH2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-04 09:02

The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence (VPH NoE) will hold the first of a series of VPH Conferences (VPH2010) on 30th September - 1st October, 2010. The first meeting will be held in Brussels, Belgium and is supported by the European Commission ICT for Health / DG Information Society and Media. The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence is an umbrella project representing the Virtual Physiological Human Initiative set up by the European Commission with a budget of ~ 350 million Euros for the Framework 7 Program. The VPH NoE is also responsible for producing a ‘Vision document’ to inform the next calls for the VPH field for FP7, FP8 and for European large infrastructural actions.

VPH Institute: sign the support petition by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-01-04 09:01

The creation of the VPH Insitute is now in process. Give your support to this initiative.

United States IMAG makes plans for the future by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-01-04 09:01

The Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group (IMAG) is coordination effort between various USA funding agencies interested in the application of multiscale modelling to biomedical research. After a number of years of activities, the group organised a strategic planning meeting entitled “IMAG Futures meeting: The Impact of Modeling on Biomedical Research”. The meeting, which was held on December 15th and 16th, 2009 at the NIH premise in Bethesda, MD, saw the participation of a selected panel of experts, including two representatives of the European VPH Network of Excellence.

Exemplar Projects Call 2 VPH NoE - Request for Suggested Topics by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-01-04 09:00

VPH Network of Excellence invite all participants to the VPH initiative to propose topics for the forthcoming second call for Exemplar projects to be funded by the VPH NoE.

Health-e-Child Final Conference, Sestri Levante, 23/24th April 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-14 18:10

The upcoming up-coming Health-e-Child Final Conference will take place in Sestri Levante (Italy), next 23rd and 24th of April 2010. This conference will represent a unique opportunity to discuss modern aspects of personalized healthcare from innovative new health IT to clinical advancements in Paediatrics, while contributing to the progress made throughout the VPH community.

Model Reproducibility and VPH Institute petition by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-08 21:05

If you are involved in VPH research we need your help and support! Please look at the following news items which are petitions based on a Model Reproducibility statement and the creation of the VPH institute

Obituary to Brian Goodwin: Hugely influential and insightful biologist, philosopher and writer by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-13 14:13

We are sorry to inform you that a much admired and respected member of the scientific community passed away last year. Brian Goodwin was an invited speaker to the last STEP conference and was well known in VPH circles.

IEEE EMBS (International summer school on biomedical imaging) by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-18 16:01

June 18-26 2010, Berder Island, France

VPH Presented at the medical simulation community by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-01-25 16:38

The SSH/ISBMS 2010 meeting in Phoenix, AZ, included a keynote plenary presentation dedicated to the Virtual Physiological Human. The talk, given by Marco Viceconti, Outreach Program responsible for the VPH Network of Excellence, presented the scope, vision, and the current development of the VPH initiative. This presentation targets one of the research communities, that of simulation in healthcare, which is considered neighbourhood domain for the VPH initiative. The high interest the presentation received confirmed that simulation in healthcare training, planning, and provision is a natural target application for VPH technologies.

Virtual human to save lives by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-03 11:11

MELBOURNE scientists are helping build the world's first "virtual human".

European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB10) by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-03 15:01

The European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB10) will be held on September 26-29, 2010 in Ghent, Belgium.

4th European Life Sciences Forum 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-03 16:56

The 4th European Life Sciences Forum 2010 which will be held in Geneva from March 16th – 17th.

HealthGrid Conference 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-08 10:49

The eighth HealthGrid conference will take place June 28-30 2010 at University Paris XI in Orsay (France). Every year, this conference is the opportunity to discuss the state of the art for the integration of grid practices into the fields of biology, medicine and health.

eHealth Week 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-08 10:17

From the 15th to 18th of March 2010, Barcelona will be host to "eHealth Week 2010" where for the first time, in the same place and during the same week, the two most important European events in eHealth will take place: The High Level eHealth Conference and World of Health IT (WoHIT).

HIMSS AsiaPac’10 Exposition by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-08 10:27

The HIMSS AsiaPac’10 Exposition will take place in Beijing, China, from the 26th to 28th of May, 2010. This exhibition-led event will help healthcare IT stakeholders connect and exchange ideas in order to help advance quality healthcare delivery through the use of IT.

ICT 2010 - Call for Networking Proposals by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-08 10:32

The Networking Sessions at ICT 2010 complement the conference and exhibition and provide an open forum for exchanging views and ideas on how to address current ICT challenges. These sessions are designed to facilitate contacts between researchers, innovators and engineers from all ICT fields. That is why the networking proposals are defined and proposed by the ICT community itself. They offer the opportunity for forward-thinking ICT 2010 participants to set up collaboration initiatives that address the wide European Research Area.

International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-08 10:44

ICCS 2010 will be held at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands May 31 - June 2, 2010

Living IMaging (LIVIM) 6-8th September 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-10 11:23

Biophotonics from the subcellular to the organ level (Imaging, Virtuality and synergistics approaches) is now launched.

Camera invention 'could make conventional photography obsolete' by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-17 10:38

A British invention in camera design that makes it possible to shoot video or capture a single moment could herald the end of conventional photography.

HealthGrid 2010 - Final Reminder by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-24 11:35

Call for Papers will close on March 1st 2010

ICT 2010: Call for Exhibit Proposals by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-02-24 11:42

27-29 September 2010, Brussels.

Open postdoctoral and scientific developer positions in Barcelona, Spain by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-02 11:58

CISTIB seeks proactive and talented junior and senior researchers with proven track record of publications in leading international journals and conferences. Candidates must hold a PhD degree and have expertise in the area of interest. Background or strong interest in biomedical engineering and proficiency in spoken and written English is expected.

Reminder for the Health-e-Child international conference by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-12 13:49

The Health-e-Child international conference will be held in Sestri Levante, Italy from 23 - 24 April 2010

To all VPH researchers: Do you believe that modelling should be reproduced? by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-18 09:41

Last year there was a great deal of discussion and debate on the importance of the accessibility and reproducibility of computational models in VPH research. This debate took place in VPH conferences and workshops throughout the world (Kyoto, Brussels, Australia) with the result being the drafting of the document ‘Model Reproducibility for Physiome Research’ which is a statement in support of joint action. We now need your support to sign the petition in agreement with this.

ISN and COVER Workshop on Biomechanical experiments by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-19 12:01

The Workshop on Biomechanics experiments with human subjects will be held in Hannover, Germany, September 14, 2010. This Workshop has been scheduled on the day before the IRCOBI Conference on behalf of the Integrated Safety Network (ISN) and the COVER Coordination and Support Action.

DEISA Training Courses by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-17 14:38

5 - 6 May 2010; University College, London

2nd Call for VPH NoE Exemplar Projects by May 15th 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-21 16:05

In keeping with the general ethos of the VPH NoE - to support interdisciplinary and integrative research - Workpackage 2 (WP2) develops Exemplar Projects (EPs) which work towards integration amongst VPH researchers, in order to address specific research problems or challenges. The aim of these projects is to provide solid examples of horizontal and vertical model/data integration, which may only be achieved through the integration of disparate knowledge and research infrastructure which will be provided through development of the VPH ToolKit (WP3). The second call for proposals for Exemplar Projects (EPs) will focus on the reinforcement of VPH Toolkit development. The submission deadline for this call is May 15th 2010.

VPH NoE and VPH Initiative Toolkit Meeting 4-5th February 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-22 14:33

On the 4th and 5th of February, delegates from workpackages 2 and 3 of the VPH-NoE, and from almost all of the current VPH-I projects, met in Brussels for a technical workshop to develop a strategy for the sustainability of the VPH. The aims of this workshop were fourfold: to communicate the strategy being adopted by the WP3 ToolKit team, to agree the key sustainability principles for VPH tools, to learn from the NoE Exemplar Projects about their contributions to the ToolKit, and to build a solid foundation for collaboration within the VPH-I. The outputs from this meeting will feed into the second release of the VPH ToolKit, and the corresponding deliverable to the EC in April 2010.

Workshop on Digital tools for 3D modelling in anatomy and evolution by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-21 16:05

May 5th 2010, Burgos, Spain

BIOCOMP'10, The 2010 International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-21 16:04

July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, USA

New International eHealth Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Physiome Project by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-21 16:04

Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Physiome, or NMS Physiome for short, officially started on January 27th, 2010. This is a VPH Internationalisation cooperation project between the European integrated project VPHOP, and the United States NIH Center for physics-based Simulation of Biological Structures, SIMBIOS.

VPH 2010: Registration and Call for Abstracts by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-03-23 08:14

From 30th September to 1st October 2010 the Université Libre de Bruxelles hosts at its Solbosch campus the first international conference on entirely dedicated to the Virtual Physiological Human: VPH2010. This is the first call for papers, abstracts submissions in now open! With keynotes by Aleksander Popel (Johns Hopkins University), Nadia Rosenthal (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), Norbert Graf (University Hospital of the Saarland, and Janet Thornton (European Bioinformatics Institute), VPH2010 is likely to be "the" event for the VPH community worldwide.

VPH Institute: start of the constituent process by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-03-27 15:34

The STEP VPH Research roadmap suggested the possibility to establish a European Institute entirely dedicated to the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH). This was seen asa means to ensure longevity to the community of practice which was established with the STEP Action and is currently running with the VPH Network of Excellence (VPH NoE). This idea has been re- proposed and expanded in the recent "Vision & Strategy" document of the VPH NoE, and has recently been exposed to the judgement of the community at large through the launch of a petition. Given the overwhelmingly positive reaction of the community, with nearly 300 signatures from over 30 countries, the Pro Tempore Board of Directors has now formally entered the Constituent process and should be completed before the end of 2010.

VPH Industry Day, Barcelona 2010 - call for abstracts by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-04-01 09:47

This is the call for abstract for those VPH researchers that would like to present the results of their research to the industrial audience during the second VPH Industry Day that the VPH NoE is organising in Barcelona in September 2010. due to the limited number of available slots, we invite you all to send abstracts as soon as possible.

Argos at World of Health IT: EU-US policies on VPH Research by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-06-05 17:26

World of Health IT (WoHIT) 2010 is the leading forum for the advancement of Health Information Technology (IT) in Europe. Addressing the needs of key stakeholders in the European eHealth Community, the objective of the conference was to create the largest European high-level platform for stakeholders sharing the common goal of advancing eHealth in Europe. March 15th program featured an invitation-only ministerial day, hosted by the Spanish EU Presidency, the European Commission, and the Regional Government of Catalonia. In conjunction with this opening day, the ARGOS eHealth observatory organised a public presentation of the project activity toward the definition of a transatlantic policy brief on EU-US research cooperation on the Virtual Physiological Human.

Reminder of Second Call for NoE Exemplar Projects! by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-04-16 06:26

Two birds with one stone! The VPH NoE has opened the call for NoE Exemplar Projects. This call is reserved to core and general members of the NoE. However, it is possible to apply for membership at the same time as the submission of the Exemplar Project proposal. The submission deadline is May 15 2010.

Future Internet: backbone of the Virtual Physiological Human? by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-04-26 10:55

European ICT experts are designing the future of the Internet. How this will affect the Virtual Physiological Human initiative? At the The Future Internet Assembly, held in Valencia, Spain, a panel session discussed the future of the Internet from an eHealth perspective. The role of VPH in this regard could be important; some VPH-derived concepts such as the VPH Infostructure of the Web of Models, could have a profound impact on the future of the Internet.

VPH2010: Second Call for abstracts by 1st May 2010! by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-04-27 10:21

From 30th September to 1st October 2010 the Université Libre de Bruxelles will host at its Solbosch campus, the first International conference on entirely dedicated to the Virtual Physiological Human: VPH2010. This is the second call for abstract submissions!

Funding Opportunity: U.S. EPA calls for multiscale by Ilaria Masinara — last modified 2010-04-27 10:21

Following the consensus produced by the Virtual Tissues 2009 conference organised jointly by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and by the European Commission, where it was recommended to support research in the area of multiscale modelling, EPA is seeking applications for research in developing quantitative, dose-response models to elucidate the associations between environmental agents and toxicity pathway across multiple scale of biological organization. The call, part of EPA Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is reserved to US-based institutions.

VPH2010: Extension of Call for abstracts by 17th May 2010! by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-04-27 21:16

From 30th September to 1st October 2010 the Université Libre de Bruxelles will host the first of a series of international conferences entirely dedicated to the Virtual Physiological Human: VPH2010. This is a high level scientific event supported by the European Commission with key stakeholders to further establish the field in the clinic, in industry and research as well as with funding agencies.

Virtual Tissues 2009 position paper now public by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-05-03 09:45

In 2009 the US Environmental Protection Agency and the European Commission jointly organised an event on the role of tissue modelling in biomedical and environmental research and practice. The event, called Virtual Tissues 2009, included a consensus panel where a group of world-recognised experts from the United States and from Europe discussed the role, the opportunities and the challenges associated with tissues modelling. Now the position paper that summarizes some of the main conclusions is public.

2nd VPH Call for Proposal closes with considerable success by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-05-03 16:54

As part of the Seventh Framework Program of the European Commission, the 6th call for proposals of the ICT cooperation workprogramme included the second call for proposals relative to the Virtual Physiological Human. The call closed on April 13th, 2010, and the European Commission has just released the statistics on submission.

2010 special issue of Phil Trans part A on the Virtual Physiological Human by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-05-05 11:33

The June 2010 issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Part A is now available on-line with a new themed issue on the VPH! This two-volume special issue (the next will be published next month) provides an accurate snapshot of the current state of the art for VPH research. The issue also includes the update on vision and strategy of the VPH Research roadmap.

VPH2010 - First VPH Conference! Reminder of call for abstracts. Deadline - 17th May 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-06-05 17:26

This is a reminder of the call for abstracts by Monday 17th May 2010 for the VPH2010 – the first VPH conference!

Publications on VPH research are some of the most cited academic papers from RSTA in 2009 by Marco Viceconti — last modified 2010-05-18 09:57

The Royal Society Publishing has recently released the statistics for the year 2009 on the most cited papers in its journals. In the statistics for the Transactions of the Royal Society Part A, which since 2008, traditionally hosts a two-volume special issue related to the VPH, four of the ten most cited papers are from the 2009 VPH special issue. These articles will be freely available online throughout 2010.

Get involved in VPH Training activities! by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-05-31 11:47

We are pleased to announce the 2nd VPH NoE study group which will take place in Barcelona from October 4th-8th 2010. The second VPH NoE study group will be held in Barcelona in October 2010. The event will be carried out in conjunction with the second Barcelona School of Biomedical Informatics (BSBMI’10). The event, hosted by the IMIM Hospital del Mar (IMIM), the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB) and the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), will take place in the outstanding premises of the PRBB, located next to the beachfront in Barcelona.

Reminder of HealthGrid Conference - Paris, 28 June - 30 June 2010 by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-05-31 11:48

The 'HealthGrid Conference':http://paris2010.healthgrid.org will be held in Paris from June 28th to 30th

Last call for Papers - MICCAI 2010 Workshop by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-06-09 10:33

Please note that this is the last call for papers for the MICCAI 2010 Workshop on Statistical Atlases and Computational Models of the Heart: Mapping Structure and Function + a Cardiac Electrophysiological Simulation Challenge (STACOM-CESC'10). Authors are asked to register to the website by the 8th of June, but the submission can then be updated until the deadline (the submission website will be available shortly).

VPH candidate for FET Flagship by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-06-21 17:12

The Future Emerging Technologies (FET) scheme as part of the DG INFSO ICT programme is in the process of setting up the FET Flagship Initiatives, as laid down in the Communication 'Moving the ICT frontiers – a strategy of research on future and emerging technologies in Europe’ (COM (2009) 184) and endorsed by the COMP Council Conclusions of 04/12/2009. As one of the key actions, these communications envisage the launch of at least two of these initiatives by 2013. The "SCIENCE & POLICY FORUM on FET Flagships' Workshop was held in Brussels on 9-10 June 2010, at the Centre Albert Borschette, with the scope of further discuss the consolidated flagship ideas with scientific stakeholders and representatives of national funding agencies.

1st VPH NoE Workshop on Toolkit Hands-on Training by Tara Chapman — last modified 2010-06-21 15:23

We are pleased to announce the 1st VPH NoE Workshop on Toolkit Hands-on Training which will take place in Barcelona from the 6th - 8th of September at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). The event is part of several activities undertaken by the VPH NoE in order to contribute to the consolidation of the VPH community. This event will take place prior to the VPH Industry day that will also take place at UPF from the 8th - 9th September.

Complete female 3D human skeleton model available on PhysiomeSpace by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-06-28 19:13

Super Computing Solutions –SCS- and the Computational Bioengineering Lab –BIC- by the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli are happy to announce the release of the first dataset that composes the Living Human Digital Library –LHDL- multiscale musculoskeletal data collection.

13.000 researchers in favor of a simplification of the European Research funding by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-06-30 16:49

The "Trust Researchers" Initiative is a bottom-up Initiative which aims to obtain a simplification and a new funding philosophy for European Research funding. Launched in February 2010, it has so far collected over 13.000 signatures by researchers from more than 43 countries.

Call for a VPH FET Flagship All Hands meeting, Barcelona 22nd July 2010 by Ilaria Masinara — last modified 2010-08-09 15:03

This meeting follows a consultation workshop organised in Brussels by the European Commission on 10 June, and it aims to explore funding opportunities under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship initiative. The EC workshop gave many researchers the opportunity to present their proposals, many of which revolved around the idea to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve human health and to better understand human physiopathology. In particular two recurring themes, actually the roots of the European Virtual Physiological Human (VPH), were the use of predictive models and the need for integration into data, information and knowledge.

Free access to the "The virtual physiological human: computer simulation for integrative biomedicine" by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-07-14 12:22

Royal Society Publishing has just published a double-issue of Philosophical Transactions A dedicated to the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) initiative compiled and edited by Marco Viceconti and Peter Kohl. In celebration of the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary all articles of this double issue are free to access until the end of July 2010.

LHDL data collection, second release: whole body CT and MRI by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-07-15 11:20

The Computational Bioengineering Lab –BIC- by the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli in Bologna (Italy) announces the release of the second dataset belonging to the Living Human Digital Library –LHDL- multiscale musculoskeletal data collection.

The BEL repository has been migrated to PhysiomeSpace by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-07-21 13:47

The BEL repository contains a collection of models of general utility in biomechanics research. The repository, which was previously available on Biomed Town, has now been integrated to the PhysiomeSpace service.

LHDL data collection, third release: muscles quantitative data and thigh muscle external surfaces models by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-07-28 17:39

The Computational Bioengineering Lab –BIC- by the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli in Bologna (Italy) announces the release of the third selection of data belonging to the Living Human Digital Library –LHDL- multiscale musculoskeletal data collection relative to LHDL_Donor1.

VPH Position paper draft open for public comments by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-08-23 10:40

The ARGOS initiative project aims to elaborate a policy brief between Europe and USA on the common methods for responding to global eHealth challenges and is funded by the European Commission / DG RELEX - Relations with the US and Canada.

Statute of the VPH Institute open to public revision by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-08-31 08:29

The Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) Institute will be an European institute entirely dedicated to the Biomedical Integrative Research, whose member are all private and public institutions that are involved with VPH research and integrative biomedicine. As part of the statutory process, the draft statute of the VPH Institute, which defines among the other things its governance model, is now open for public discussion and comment within the VPH community.

LHDL data collection, fourth release: skeleton body-level template and femur Computer Tomography (CT) dataset by Martina Contin — last modified 2010-09-01 16:57

The Computational Bioengineering Lab –BIC- by the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli in Bologna (Italy) announces the release of the fourth selection of data belonging to the Living Human Digital Library –LHDL- multiscale musculoskeletal data collection, relative to LHDL_Donor1.