Challenges for Computational Stem Cell Biology: A Discussion for the Field

Owen Rackham; Patrick Cahan; Nancy Mah; Samantha Morris; John F Ouyang; Anne L Plant; Yoshiaki Tanaka; Christine A Wells

doi:10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.12.015

Challenges for Computational Stem Cell Biology: A Discussion for the Field

Stem Cell Reports. 2021 Jan 12;16(1):3-9. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2020.12.015.

Authors

Owen Rackham¹, Patrick Cahan², Nancy Mah³, Samantha Morris⁴, John F Ouyang⁵, Anne L Plant⁶, Yoshiaki Tanaka⁷, Christine A Wells⁸

Affiliations

¹ Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders and Centre for Computational Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore. Electronic address: owen.rackham@duke-nus.edu.sg.
² Institute for Cell Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
³ Biomedical Data and Bioethics Group, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT), Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Weg 1, 66280 Sulzbach, Germany.
⁴ Department of Developmental Biology, Department of Genetics, and Center of Regenerative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8103, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
⁵ Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders and Centre for Computational Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
⁶ Biosystems and Biomaterials Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg MD, 20899 USA.
⁷ Department of Genetics, Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
⁸ Centre for Stem Cell Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia. Electronic address: wells.c@unimelb.edu.au.

Abstract

The first meetup for Computational Stem Cell Biologists was held at the 2020 annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research. The discussions highlighted opportunities and barriers to computational stem cell research that require coordinated action across the stem cell sector.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Congress

MeSH terms

Computational Biology / methods*
Humans
Research
Stem Cells / cytology
Stem Cells / metabolism*

Grants and funding

R01 AR055299/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States