Raquell Holmes
Research Assistant Professor

3 Cummington St.
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-353-6266
Fax: 617-358-2487
e-mail: raquell@bu.edu

Assistant Professor
Cell Biology

263 Farmington Ave, MC1507
Farmington, CT 06032
Phone: 860-679-7519
Fax: 860-679-1039
email: rholmes@uchc.edu

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Current Projects

Virtual Cell

The Virtual Cell is a web accessible modeling framework designed for cell biologists to formally examine hypotheses about the spatial, temporal dynamics of cellular behaviors. We are beginning to add educational resources to the overall set of user guides and tutorials associated with this National Resources for Cell Analysis and Modeling, a center funded as NIH National Biomedical Research Resources. If you have courses or labs that you wish to add a modeling component to, contact Raquell and check out our resources

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Empowering Leadership Alliance: Computing Scholars of Tomorrow.

The Empowering Leadership Alliance, a national network of dedicated students, faculty, and staff, provides empowering experiences and two-way programs that aim to ensure the success of minority scholars in computing at majority institutions. It focuses on community building strategies and practices to create an inclusive professional network in which students and young faculty develop as leaders in the field of computing. There are several ways to become involved. I focus on engaging students in the New England area who work in the field of computational cell biology in the Alliance. This is one of the areas within computational biology that often uses numerical methods to model simple to highly complex nonlinear descriptions of cellular behaviors. If you are looking to build and be part of a community of computing scholars in your area, contact us.

Computational Cell Biology: Teaching modules

Computational Cell Biology is the increasingly recognized area of research that uses computational approaches to address basic research questions regarding cellular processes. Often described as the intersection or synthesis of theory, mathematics and experiment, computational cell biology is in need of teaching materials that can be used by educators to introduce this emerging field to undergraduate biology students. Researchers are contributing to the development of teaching modules at the nascent CompCellBio Twiki site hosted by the CCAM Technology Center for Networks and Pathways.

Integrating Computational Biology into Undergraduate Education

I have created introductory materials on modeling in cell biology for use in undergraduate biology courses or by individuals interested in learning more about modeling (http://eot.bu.edu/ccb/). This site is meant to serve as a resource for researchers and educators. Please let me know if you have requests or suggestions for the site.

A Cell Biologist's Guide to Modeling and Bioinformatics was written to provide an easy to read text for novice users of bioinformatics and modeling tools. The chapters are designed to be implemented as a modeling or research project. Educators ask for your evaluation copy. Requests for clarifications and additions are appreciated. Contact your friendly author.

Previous workshops:

Advanced Computing in Cell Biology

Computational Biology

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