About MCell and DReAMM
MCell and DReAMM development is an ongoing collaboration between the Center for Quantitative Biological Simulation at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, with support from the National Institutes of Health, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the National Science Foundation.
About MCell
Cells are tightly packed with structures and molecules that carry out the day-to-day operations of living. Understanding how cellular design dictates function is essential to understanding life and disease, in the brain, heart, or elsewhere. MCell (Monte Carlo cell) is a program that uses spatially realistic 3-D cellular models and specialized Monte Carlo algorithms to simulate the movements and reactions of molecules within and between cells—cellular microphysiology.
About DReAMM
Model design, editing, and visualization are integral to microphysiological simulations. DReAMM (Design, Render, and Animate MCell Models) can be used to import and edit meshes from 3-D reconstruction and computer-aided-design software, and subsequently tailor the meshes to represent pieces of cells in MCell simulations. In addition, it is used to visualize MCell simulation results, including the locations and states of participating meshes and molecules.
MCell 3.1.944 Now Available
New MCell version for OS X and x86 (including 64-bit) are available from our Downloads page.