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Biological Modeling
Specialty Section (BMSS)
| Presidents' Letter | Membership
| Officers | Documents
| Awards | Recent Events |
| Newsletter | Photo Gallery | Links |
Welcome to the Web site of the Biological Modeling Specialty
Section (BMSS) of the Society of Toxicology (USA). The BMSS was established
in 2000 (History).
Its mission/objective is to:
- Serve as the focal point for interaction of members of the Society
of Toxicology interested in “BIOLOGICAL MODELING” toxicology.
- Develop, propose, and conduct programs and educational activities
that emphasize the latest development in “BIOLOGICAL MODELING”
toxicology.
- Relate those developments to the activities of the Society of Toxicology
and stimulate new growth in “BIOLOGICAL MODELING” toxicology
as it relates to the science of toxicology.
- Act as a resource to the Society in the area of the Section’s
interes
If you have any comments, suggestions, or other feedback about this Web
site or any activities of the Specialty Section, please contact any of
the officers. Become
a BMSS member.
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Membership
Information
To become a BMSS
member, you must be a member in good standing of the Society of Toxicology.
To become an SOT member, you can join online or mail your application
to the Society of Toxicology.
If you are already
a member of the SOT, you can become a BMSS member at any time
by filling the application for membership.
The cost of BMSS membership is $15.00 per year. Student
members received one free membership in the Specialty Section of their
choice.
Additional student memberships in Specialty Sections are $15.00
per year per section. You can apply at the same time for SOT and BMSS
memberships. You can also email, fax or mail your BMSS application to
SOT. For more information regarding SOT or Specialty Section memberships,
please contact SOT Headquarters directly.
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Officers
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Officer |
Affiliation |
President |
Sean
M. Hays |
Summit
Toxicology
Lyons, CO |
Past
President |
Charles
A. Timchalk |
Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA |
Vice
President |
Craig
M. Zwickl |
Eli
Lilly & Co.
Greenfield, IN |
Vice
President-elect |
Richard A. Corley |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Bradford
W. Gutting |
US
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Dahlgren, VA |
Councilor |
Justin G. Teeguarden |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA |
Councilor |
Cecilia
Tan |
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC |
Student
Representative |
Rebecca
A. Clewell |
The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
Research Triangle Park, NC |
Past Officers:
SOT
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Chapter
Documents
Chapter
By-Laws: By-Laws (PDF)
Annual Reports:
2007 (PDF);
2002 (PDF);
2001 (PDF)
Minutes
of meetings: January 2007 (PDF); December
2006 (PDF); October 2006 (PDF); August
2006 (PDF); April 2006 (PDF); June
2004 (PDF); June 2003 (PDF); October
2002 (PDF); August
2002 (PDF); July 2002 (PDF); June
2002 (PDF)
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Awards
| Award Title |
Biological Modeling SS Student Award |
| Award Description
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The Biological Modeling Specialty Section (BMSS) is again sponsoring Student Award’s for Meritorious Poster/Platforms that are focused on all aspects of biologically based modeling in Toxicology, at the 2008 Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. The Student Awards will be presented at our BMSS Business Meeting and Reception in Seattle. Each award will consist of a plaque and a cash award. The competition is open to any current graduate and post-doctoral students. Each candidate, whose abstract has been accepted by the SOT for presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting, must submit: (1) a copy of the abstract, (2) a letter (2 pages maximum) discussing the significance and potential impact of the work on toxicology and biological modeling, and (3) a letter of support from their major advisor. The application submission should be submitted as a single PDF file containing all supporting documents. To participate in the BMSS Student Award competition, membership in SOT and/or BMSS is not necessary. Research areas of interest include all aspects of biologically based modeling and simulation. Issues of interest may include, but are not limited to: models of complex biological systems, biological insights gained through model development, model validation, and mathematical/statistical/computational approaches to modeling.
The deadline for submission of applications is January 1, 2008. We encourage all interested graduate and post-doctoral students to consider submitting their abstract for consideration. Full applications should be submitted to Sean Hays at shays@summittoxicology.com. |
| Deadline
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January 1, 2008 |
| Applicable Documents
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Information on the 2008 BMSS Student Award application will be posted in December 2007.
• 2007 Awards
• 2006 Awards
• 2003 Awards
• 2002 Awards
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Recent Events
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Newsletter
Newsletter Volume 1, No. 1
Newsletter Volume 1, No. 2
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Photo
Gallery
BMSS Activities at the 2007
SOT Annual Meeting
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Links
 Society
of Toxicology
Aegis
Technologies—Makers of modeling software acslXtreme®
Entelos—Entelos is a life sciences company improving human health through predictive biosimulation. Using in silico disease models and a virtual patient approach, Entelos identifies and validates targets, develops biomarkers, improves the success rates of clinical trials, and helps bring therapeutics to market faster.
Leadscope—Leadscope develops and markets a chemofinformatics application that
provides seamless access to research data. It incorporates chemically based
data mining, visualization and advanced informatics techniques (prediction
tools,scaffold generators, etc.). The platform, coupled with our content
databases, provides a comprehensive in silico discovery solution.
Lhasa Limited—Lhasa Limited develops database system and computer programs that is used to predict toxicity and metabolic fate of chemicals and provide chemical toxicity information management tools.
Pharsight—Pharsight facilitates strategic decision making in drug development. Pharsight software improves the value and availability of preclinical and clinical program data for PK/PD modeling, analysis, drug attribute visualization, reporting and trial simulation. Strategic consulting based on quantitative, predictive models builds the foundation of knowledge to strengthen the quality, visibility, and value of critical drug development decisions.
U.S.
EPA—Free downloadable copy of EPI Suite v3.11 software for estimation
of physical & chemical properties (e.g., Kow, Henry’s Law constant,
etc.)
U.S.
EPA—Free downloadable copy of Benchmark Dose software (BMDS)
U.S.
EPA—Council of Regulatory Environmental Modeling (CREM) links
page – this is a page of general links that are useful for the environmental
modeling community that is not limited to physiological modeling, but
includes fate and transport, etc.
Biological
Simulators, Inc.—Makers of modeling software QCP (Quantitative
Circulatory Physiology) that is used to study the dynamics and complexity
of integrative human physiology
Berkeley
Madonna—Software of modeling and analysis of dynamic systems.
It is a general purpose differential equation solver that is relatively
inexpensive and runs on both Windows and Mac OS. It is currently used
by academic and commercial institutions for constructing mathematical
models for research and teaching.
The
Mathworks—Makers of software MATLAB®
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