Call for abstracts and special issue papers: Computational mechanics of cells, tissues, and biomaterials

We would be pleased to have a contribution from you or from one of the members of your group among the presentations of the symposium entitled
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS OF CELLS TISSUES  AND BIOMATERIALS
organized within the joint World Congress on Computational Mechanics and European Conference on Computational Mechanics (http://www.wccm-eccm-ecfd2014.org/frontal/default.asp )
to be held on 20-25 July 2014 in Barcelona (Spain).

This mini-symposium aims to bring together researchers who study cells and tissues at different length and time scales using either single- or multi-scale computational models. The methodology may be finite element, boundary element, molecular and cellular dynamics, or any combination of these methods. The mini-symposium considers (but is not limited to) contributions in the following areas of research:

‐ Bone, cartilage, and soft tissue mechanics
‐ Tissue growth, adaptation, and differentiation
‐ Patient-specific finite element modeling of tissues
‐ Cell mechanics
‐ Optimal design of scaffolds, implants, and biomaterials
‐ Mechanical characterization of cells and tissues
‐ Reaction-diffusion, chemotaxis, and mixture theory models

Deadline for abstract submission is November 29, 2013.

After the conference, the authors of a number of selected presentations will be invited to submit their full-length papers for review and possible publication in a special issue of ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.

Please see the attached call for papers.