Biological Systems
Biological systems researchers tackle the project of creating new ways to understand the body’s many intricate systems and how they communicate. From predicting the activities of enzymes to tracking the lifecycle of the cell, these scientists combine the approaches of biochemistry, engineering, and machine learning to model and manipulate biological processes, discovering new ways to improve medical devices, public health information, and patient care.
Research Topics
Research topics in this area include the following:
- Computational Neuroscience
- Cancer
- Health and Wellness
- Human Genome
- Biostatistics
Faculty
NICO faculty members working in this area:
- Luis Amaral
- Adam Pah
- Erik Andersen
- Michelle Birkett
- Rosemary Braun
- Michael Jewett
- William Kath
- Konrad Kording
- Malcolm MacIver
- Rick Morimoto
- Milan Mrksich
- Julio Ottino
- Igal Szleifer
- Teresa Woodruff
Publications
Read the following publications from NICO Faculty:
- Stoeger T, Gerlach M, Morimoto R, Amaral LAN (2018) Large-scale investigation of the reasons why potentially important genes are ignored. Plos Biology, September 2018
- Hockenberry AJ, Pah AR, Jewett MC, Amaral LAN (2017) Leveraging genome-wide datasets to quantify the functional role of the anti-Shine-Dalgarno sequence in regulating translation efficiency. Open Biology 7(1), 160239
Video
The Lost Genes of the Human Genome, via YouTube:
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