This page contains selected publications which were done using CompuCell3D. While we try to keep this page updated some of the publications might be missing from it. If you want your CompuCell3D-based publication to be displayed here, please e-mail us ( mswat@indiana.edu )

How to cite CompuCell3D

Multi-Scale Modeling of Tissues Using CompuCell3D – M. Swat, Gilberto L. Thomas, Julio M. Belmonte, A. Shirinifard, D.Hmeljak, J. A. Glazier, Computational Methods in Cell Biology, Methods in Cell Biology 110: 325-366 (2012)

Recent Publications

Large-scale parameter studies of cell-based models of tissue morphogenesis using CompuCell3D or VirtualLeaf, Margriet Palm, Roeland Merks , CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands, In: Nelson, C.M. (ed.), Tissue Morphogenesis. Methods in Molecular Biology , Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, in press, 2014

Multiscale modeling of the early CD8 T cell immune response in lymph nodes: an integrative study - SA Prokopiou, L Barbarroux, S Bernard, JMafille, Y Leverrier, C Arpin, J Marvel, O Gandrillon, F Crauste, to appear in Computation, 2014

Somites Without a Clock – Ana S. Dias, I. de Almeida, Julio M. Belmonte, J. A. Glazier, Claudio D. Stern, Science 343: 791-795 (2014)

Dynamics of cell aggregates fusion: Experiments and simulations – Gilberto L. Thomas, Vladimir Mironov, Agnes Nagy-Mehez, José C. M. Mombach, Physica A 395: 247-254 (2014)

Synergy of cell–cell repulsion and vacuolation in a computational model of lumen formation – Sonja E. M. Boas, Roeland M. H. Merks, J. R. Soc. Interface 11(92): 20131049 (2014)

The effects of cell compressibility, motility and contact inhibition on the growth of tumor cell clusters using the Cellular Potts Model – Jonathan F. Li, John Lowengrub, Journal of Theoretical Biology 343: 79-91 (2014)

Advances in Modelling of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition – R. Summers, T. Abdulla, J.-M. Schleich, XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 41: 1225-1228 (2014)

Ph.D. Theses, Master and Bachelor Dissertations

MODELOS FORMALES PARA LA SIMULACIÓN DE LA EPIDERMIS HUMANA, Carlos Alfonso Castaneda Marroquin, Universidad Autonome de Madrid, Spain (Oct 1st 2014)

High-throughput simulation studies of angiogenesis Margriet Palm, CWI, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sept 30th 2014)

Advances in modelling of epithelial to mesenchymal transition – T. Abdulla, Ph.D Loughborough University (June, 2013)

Modeling interactions between a tumor cell and its host epithelium – D.S. Laman Trip, Bachelor degree, Leiden University, Mathematical Institute (June, 2013)

Integrative modelling of angiogenesis in the bovine corpus luteum – Sotiris Prokopiou, Ph.D. University of Nottingham, Centre for Mathematical Medicine and Biology, School of Mathematical Sciences (Feb, 2013)

Modelagem e simulação de mobilidade celular – Eduarda D. Susin, Bacharel em Física, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Física (2013)

Multi-Scale Cell-Based Computational Models of Vertabrate Segmentation and Somitogenesis Illuminate Coordination of Developmental Mechanisms Across Scales – Susan D. Hester. Ph.D. Indiana University, Department of Physics (April, 2012)

Vascular Patterning and Its Application in Cancer and Choroidal Neovascularization – A. Shirinifard, Ph.D. Indiana University, Department of Physics (March, 2012)

Mathematical modelling of cancer cell invasion of tissue: discrete and continuum approaches to studying the central role of adhesion – Vivi Andasari, Ph.D. University of Dundee, Divison of Mathematics (2011)

Essential operating principles of cellular morphogenesis – Jesse Aaron Engelberg, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco with the University of California, Berkeley (2011)

Emergent networks: A slime mold simulation – Niklas B. Semmler, Bachelor Opleiding Kunstmatige Intelligentie, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science (June, 2011)

Cell based 3 dimensional computational model for gastrulation in chick embryos – Willemijn Magda Elly Maria Spoor, Ph.D. Dundee University, College of Life Sciences (2009)

Cell positioning in the Drosophila pupal retina – David Ernfrid Larson, Ph.D. Washington University, Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences (Dec, 2007)

Dynamic spatio-temporal interaction of morphogens, forces and growth in embryonic morphogenesis – Ying Zhang, Ph.D. Indiana University, Department of Physics (2007)

Tumour growth and response to ionizing radiation in a modified cellular Potts model – Daniel Lea, Master's Thesis, University of Surrey (2007)

Empirical Evaluation of Design Patterns in Scientific Application – Kedar Aras, Master's Thesis, Univ. of Notre Dame, Dept. of Computer Science & Eng. (2005)

BIOLOGO: A Domain-Specific Language For Morphogenesis – Trevor M. Cickovski, Master's Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science & Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame (2004)

CompuCell3D–Based Simulations

Cell-Based Multi-Parametric Model of Cleft Progression during Submandibular Salivary Gland Branching Morphogenesis – Shayoni Ray, Daniel Yuan, Nimit Dhulekar, Basak Oztan, Bülent Yener, Melinda Larse, PLoS Comput Biol 9(11): e1003319 (2013)

Hyaluronan: A critical regulator of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition during cardiac valve formation – Anne Karine Lagendijk, András Szabo, Roeland M.H. Merks and Jeroen Bakkers, Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 23(5): 135-142 (2013)

A Computational Model Predicting Disruption of Blood Vessel Development – Nicole Kleinstreuer, David Dix, Michael Rountree, Nancy Baker, Nisha Sipes, David Reif, Richard Spencer, Thomas Knudsen, PLoS Comput Biol 9(4): e1002996 (2013)

Ovarian Tumor Attachment, Invasion, and Vascularization Reflect Unique Microenvironments in the Peritoneum: Insights from Xenograft and Mathematical Models – Mara P. Steinkamp, Kimberly Kanigel Winner, Suzy Davies, Carolyn Muller, Yong Zhang, Robert M. Hoffman, Abbas Shirinifard, Melanie Moses, Yi Jiang, Bridget S. Wilson, Frontiers in Oncology 3: 97 (2013)

Vascular Networks Due to Dynamically Arrested Crystalline Ordering of Elongated Cells – Margriet M. Palm, Roeland M. H. Merks,. Phyiscal Review E 87: 012725 (2013)

Adhesion Failures Determine the Pattern of Choroidal Neovascularization in the Eye: A Computer Simulation Study – A. Shirinifard, J. A. Glazier, M. Swat, J. S. Gens, F. Family, Y. Jiang, Hans E. Grossniklaus, PLoS Comput Biol 7(10): e1002155 (2012) [ IU press release, GSU press release ]

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition: The roles of cell morphology, labile adhesion and junctional coupling – Tariq Abdulla, Luis Luna-Zurita, José Luis De La Pompa, Jean-Marc Schleich, Ron Summers, Computer methods and programs in biomedicine 111: 435-446 (2012)

Multi-Scale Modeling of Tissues Using CompuCell3D – M. Swat, Gilberto L. Thomas, Julio M. Belmonte, A. Shirinifard, D.Hmeljak, J. A. Glazier, Computational Methods in Cell Biology, Methods in Cell Biology 110: 325-366 (2012)

Integrating Intracellular Dynamics Using CompuCell3D and Bionetsolver: Applications to Multiscale Modelling of Cancer Cell Growth and Invasion – Vivi Andasari, Ryan T. Roper, Maciej H. Swat, Mark A. J. Chaplain, PLoS ONE 7(3): e33726 (2012)

A Multi-cell, Multi-scale Model of Vertebrate Segmentation and Somite Formation – Susan D. Hester, Julio M. Belmonte, J. Scott Gens, Sherry G. Clendenon, James A. Glazier, PLoS Comput Biol 7(10): e1002155 (2011) [ model and a movie are available ]

MDCK Cystogenesis Driven by Cell Stabilization within Computational Analogues – Jesse A. Engelberg, Anirban Datta, Keith E. Mostov, C. Anthony Hunt, PLoS Comput Biol 7(4): e1002030 (2011)

Computer Simulations of Cell Sorting Due to Differential Adhesion – Ying Zhang, Gilberto L. Thomas, Maciej Swat, Abbas Shirinifard, James A. Glazier, PLoS ONE 6(10): e24999 (2011)

Coordination of Cell Differentiation and Migration in Mathematical Models of Caudal Embryonic Axis Extension – Nigel C. Harrison, Ruth Diez del Corral, Bakhtier Vasiev, PLoS ONE 6(7): e22700 (2011)

Modeling Gastrulation in the Chick Embryo: Formation of the Primitive Streak – Bakhtier Vasiev, Ariel Balter, Mark Chaplain, James A. Glazier, Cornelis J. Weijer, PLoS ONE 5(5): e10571 (2010)

Front Instabilities and Invasiveness of Simulated 3D Avascular Tumors – Nikodem J. Popławski, Abbas Shirinifard, Ubirajara Agero, J. Scott Gens, Maciej Swat, James A. Glazier, PLoS ONE 5(5): e10641 (2010)

3D Multi-Cell Simulation of Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis – Abbas Shirinifard, J. Scott Gens, Benjamin L. Zaitlen, Nikodem J. Popławski, Maciej Swat, James A. Glazier, PLoS ONE 4(10): e7190 (2009)

Mathematical modeling of the capillary-like pattern generated by adrenomedullin-treated human vascular endothelial cells in vitro – Diego Guidolin, Giovanna Albertin, Elisa Sorato, Barbara Oselladore, Alessandra Mascarin, Domenico Ribatti, Dev Dyn 238(8):1951-63 (2009)

Evolution and morphogenesis of differentiated multicellular organisms: autonomously generated diffusion gradients for positional information – J. F. Knabe, C. L. Nehaniv, M. J. Schilstra, Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, pp. 321–328. MIT Press, Cambridge (2008)

Simulation of Single-Species Bacterial-Biofilm Growth Using the Glazier-Graner-Hogeweg Model and the CompuCell3D Modeling Environment – Nikodem J. Popławski, Abbas Shirinifard, Maciej Swat, James A. Glazier, Mathematical biosciences and engineering 5: 355-388 (2008)

Discovering Novel Cancer Therapies: A Computational Modeling and Search Approach – A. W. Mahoney, B. G. Smith, N. S. Flann, G. J. Podgorski, IEEE conference on Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, pp. 233-240 (2008)

Coordinated Action of N-CAM, N-cadherin, EphA4, and ephrinB2 Translates Genetic Prepatterns into Structure during Somitogenesis in Chick – James A. Glazier, Ying Zhang, Maciej Swat, Benjamin Zaitlen, Santiago Schnell, Current Topics in Developmental Biology 81:205-247 (2008)

Adhesion Between Cells, Diffusion of Growth Factors, and Elasticity of the AER Produce the Paddle Shape of the Chick Limb – Nikodem J. Popławski, Maciej Swat, J. Scott Gens, James A. Glazier, Physica A 373: 521-532 (2007)

Dynamical Mechanisms For Skeletal Pattern Formation in the Vertebrate Limb – H. G. E. Hentschel, T. Glimm, J. A. Glazier, Stuart A. Newman, Proc Biol Sci 271(1549): 1713-1722 (2004)

A Hybrid Discrete-Continuum Model for 3D Skeletogenesis of the Vertebrate Limb – R. Chaturvedi, C. Huang, J. A. Izaguirre, Stuart A. Newman, J. A. Glazier, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3305: 543-552 (2004)

CompuCell3D Framework

Computational Modeling of Angiogenesis: Towards a Multi-Scale Understanding of Cell–Cell and Cell–Matrix Interactions – Sonja E. M. Boas, Margriet M. Palm, Pieter Koolwijk, Roeland M. H. Merks, Mechanical and Chemical Signaling in Angiogenesis, Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials 12: 161-183 (2013)

Multi-Scale Modeling of Tissues Using CompuCell3D – M. Swat, Gilberto L. Thomas, Julio M. Belmonte, A. Shirinifard, D.Hmeljak, J. A. Glazier, Computational Methods in Cell Biology, Methods in Cell Biology 110: 325-366 (2012)

Workflows for parameter studies of multi-cell modeling – Randy Heiland, Maciek Swat, Benjamin Zaitlen, James A. Glazier, Andrew Lumsdaine, Proceedings of the 2010 Spring Simulation Multiconference p. 94 (2012)

Visualizing Cells and their Connectivity Graphs for CompuCell3D – R. Heiland, M. Swat, J. Sluka, B. Zaitlen, A. Shirinifard, G. Thomas, A. Lumsdaine, J. Glazier, 2nd IEEE Symposium on Biological Data Visualization (2012)

From Genes to Organisms Via the Cell: A Problem-Solving Environment for Multicellular Development – Trevor Cickovski, Kedar Aras, Maciej Swat, Roeland M. H. Merks, Tilmann Glimm, H. George E. Hentschel, Mark S. Alber, James A. Glazier, Stuart A. Newman, J. A. Izaguirre, Computing in Science and Engineering 9: 50-60 (2007)

A Framework For Three-Dimensional Simulation of Morphogenesis – Trevor M. Cickovski, Chengbang Huang, Rajiv Chaturvedi, Tilmann Glimm, H. George E. Hentschel, Mark S. Alber, James A. Glazier, Stuart A. Newman, Jesus A. Izaguirre, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (TCBB) 2: 273-288 (2005)

On Multiscale Approaches to Three-Dimensional Modeling of Morphogenesis – R. Chaturvedi, C. Huang, B. Kazmierczak, T. Schneider, J. A. Izaguirre, T. Glimm, H. G. E. Hentschel, S. A. Newman, J. A. Glazier, M. Alber, J. R. Soc. Interface 2: 237-253 (2005)

A Cell-Centered Approach to Developmental Biology – Roeland M.H. Merks, James A. Glazier, Physica A 352: 113-130 (2005)

Empirical Evaluation of Design Patterns in Scientific Application – Kedar Aras, Master's Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science & Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame (2005)

CompuCell, a Multi-Model Framework For Simulation of Morphogenesis – J. A. Izaguirre, R. Chaturvedi, C. Huang, T. Cickovski, J. Coffland, G. Thomas, G. Forgacs, M. Alber, G. Hentschel, S. A. Newman, and J. A. Glazier, Bioinformatics 20: 1129-1137 (2004)

BIOLOGO: A Domain-Specific Language For Morphogenesis – Trevor M. Cickovski, Master's Thesis, Dept. of Computer Science & Eng., Univ. of Notre Dame (2004)