title: Computational tools to investigate genetic cardiac channelopathies.
abstract: The aim of this perspective article is to share with the community of ion channel scientists our thoughts and expectations regarding the increasing role that computational tools will play in the future of our field. The opinions and comments detailed here are the result of a 3-day long international exploratory workshop that took place in October 2013 and that was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Hugues
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abriel
authors.affiliation: Department of Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Enno
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Lange
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, University of Bern Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Jan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kucera
authors.affiliation: INSERM, UMR 1087, l'Institut du thorax Nantes, France ; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, L'Institut du Thorax, UMR 6921 Nantes, France ; L'Institut du Thorax, UMR 6921, Université de Nantes Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Gildas
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Loussouarn
authors.affiliation: Theory, Modeling and Simulations, UMR 7565, Université de Lorraine Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy, France ; Theory, Modeling and Simulations, UMR 7565, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy, France.
authors.forename: Mounir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarek
keywords: channelopathies; computer models; ion channels; molecular dynamics; simulation