PICASso

Part of the PICASso program

 

When a foreign substance is introduced into our bodies, our immune system acts to neutralize that substance. This is a complex process involving the collective and coordinated response of approximately 1012 cells. In the effort to fit detailed experimental findings into a comprehensive model of the immune system, computer models and simulations are just beginning to play a role.

 

Computational Immunology Research at Princeton University

IMMSIM is an in machina cellular automata model of the humoral and cellular immune responses.
Modeling germinal center dynamics and affinity maturation.
Using mathematical modeling and computer simulation to estimate hypermutation rates and other biologically relevant parameters  from clonal trees derived from experimental micro-dissections.

 

 

©2003 Steven Kleinstein