Workshop: Mathematical models for biological multi-scale systems

Invited talk

Multi-resolution methods for modelling intracellular processes

Radek Erban

 Tue, 9:40 ! Livein  Erhard-Schmidt-Hallfor  40min

All-atom and coarse-grained molecular dynamics (MD) and Brownian dynamics (BD) are computational methodologies, which have been applied to spatio-temporal modelling of a number of intracellular processes. I will discuss connections between MD, BD and macroscopic PDEs, with a focus on the development, analysis and applications of multi-resolution methods, which use (detailed) MD simulations in localized regions of particular interest (in which accuracy and microscopic details are important) and a (less-detailed) coarser stochastic model in other regions in which accuracy may be traded for simulation efficiency. I will discuss applications of multi-resolution methodologies to modelling of intracellular calcium dynamics, actin dynamics and DNA dynamics.

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