PhysioDesigner, an open platform supporting multilevel biofunctional modeling, and Physiome.jp model database were presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomedical Engineering held in Sendai, June 24~26, 2014.
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, medical developments and research on biological functions have become increasingly important. The “Japan Biomedical Engineering Congress” is working to propose new solutions and lead to innovations through collaboration between medicine and engineering.
At the conference, Dr. Yoshiyuki Asai, group leader of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), presented two papers on PhysioDesigner and the Physiome.jp model database. We have been involved in the PhysioDesigner and related projects promoted by OIST and Osaka University since 2007, and we have contributed to the development of these projects by taking on some of the development work.
Dr. Asai gave a presentation on PhysioDesigner and related tools in the organized session titled “Advances in Multi-Hierarchical Biofunctional Modeling Support Technology with PhysioDesigner”.
In this presentation, he introduced the current state of the art in which it is now possible to construct and simulate multilevel models of the heart using PhysioDesigner and other tools, and even visualize them using morphological data.
The second topic, “Development of Physiome.jp Model Database and Tool Linkage,” introduced the Physiome.jp model database, in which we also participated in the development. After the presentation, some participants asked questions about the application of the database in education, showing the expectation of its development in various fields.
Presentation 1:
“Advances in Multi-Hierarchical Biofunctional Modeling Support Technology with PhysioDesigner”
Authors
Yoshiyuki Asai (OIST), Takeshi Abe (OIST), Li Sheng (IntaSect), Hideki Oka (RIKEN), Yoshihisa Kurachi (Osaka University), Hiroaki Kitano (OIST, SBI)
Presentation 2:
“Development of Physiome.jp Model Database and Tool Linkage”
Authors:
Yoshiyuki Asai (OIST), Takeshi Abe (OIST), Shigeru Li (IntaSect), Hideki Oka (RIKEN), Yasunobu Nomura (Osaka University), Hiroaki Kitano (OIST, SBI)
Related links:
1. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomedical Engineering, http://www.congre.co.jp/jsmbe53/endai.html
2. PhysioDesigner, http://physiodesigner.org/
3. Physiome, http://www. physiome.jp