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The 2007-2008 Crew



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Lab Outing to Sweetwater Creek Park, Thanksgiving 2007




People


Dr. Eberhard O. Voit
Eberhard O. Voit, Ph.D.
Professor and David D. Flanagan Chair in Biological Systems

Director, Integrated BioSystems Institute
Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar

Education (Universität zu Köln):
Vordiplom (B.S.) 1973 Natural Sciences
Vordiplom 1975 Mathematics
Diplom (M.S.) 1976 Biology (Zoology, Genetics)
Philosophikum 1977 Philosophy/Education
Staatsexamen (M.S.) 1978 Mathematics
Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) 1981 Developmental/Theoretical Biology
     
     



Po-Wei Chen
Po-Wei Chen

Education:
B.S. 2006 Bioindustrial Mechatronics Engineering
National Taiwan University
Ph.D. program Bioengineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Models of sphingolipid metabolism in yeast.


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I-Chun Chou
I-Chun Chou

Education:
B.S. 1997 Pharmacy
National Taiwan University
M.S. 1999 Clinical Pharmacy
National Taiwan University
M.S. 2003 System & Information Science
Syracuse University
Ph.D. 2008 Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Parameter estimation of biomedical systems models and S-distributions.


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Luis
Luis Maria Lopes da Fonseca

Education:
B.S. 1998 Biochemistry
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Ph.D. 2006 Biochemistry
Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
     
Research Topic:
In vivo NMR methods; mathematical pathway modeling


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Xiaoling He
Xiaoling He

Education:
M.S. 1997 Mechanical Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.S. 2000 Tribology/Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D. 2000 Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Nonlinear dynamics and system modeling of plant cell wall materials and structures with emphasis on biofuels.

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Shinichi Kikuchi
Shinichi Kikuchi

Education and Work Experience:

B.S. 1998 Mathematics
Keio University, Japan
M.E. 2000 Computer Science
Keio University, Japan
Ph.D. 2001 Engineering
Keio University, Japan
Postdoctoral Fellow 2001 Comp. Biol. Res. Center
Nat. Inst. Adv. Ind. Sci. Techn.
Research Fellow 2002 Institute for Advanced Biosciences
Keio University, Japan
Assistant Professor 2005 Environment and Information Studies
Keio University, Japan
     
Research Topic:
Mathematical modeling of synaptic plasticity.


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Yun Lee
Yun Lee

Education:
B.S. 2003 Electrical Engineering
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
M.S. 2005 Electrical Engineering
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Ph.D. program Bioengineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Mathematical modeling of metabolic pathways with emphasis on biofuel production.


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Zhen Qi
Zhen Qi

Education:
M.S. 1999 Microwave Remote Sensing
Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D. 2004 Bioinformatics
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
 
Research Topic:
Biochemical system theory and data mining techniques for modeling, simulation, and knowledge discovery of biological pathways and diseases, with special emphasis on Parkinson's Disease.


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Jialiang Wu
Jialiang Wu

Education:
B.S. 1996 Mathematics
Sun Yet-sen University
M.S. 2003 Mathematics
University of South Carolina
M.S. 2003 Computer Engineering
University of South Carolina
Ph.D. program Bioinformatics
   
Research Topic:
Mathematical modeling of metabolic pathways, with emphasis on the trehalose cycle.


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Weiwei Yin
Weiwei Yin

Education:
B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Zhejiang University
M.S. Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Science
M.S. 2007
Bioengineering
Ph.D. program Bioengineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Mathematical modeling of systems with emphasis on mechanotransduction.


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Flanagan Visit

Lab visit by our friends and sponsors Ann and David Flanagan


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ALUMNI OF THE LAB


Fernando Alvarez
Fernando J. Alvarez-Vasquez

Education:
M.S. 1990 Biology
Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela
Ph.D. 2001 Biochemistry
Universidad La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Postdoctoral Fellow 2002 Medical University of South Carolina
-2008
 
Research Topic:
Mathematical modeling toward understanding the processes that control the dynamics of cell behavior under different conditions.

Currently: Texas A & M



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Gautam Goel
Gautam Goel

Education:
B.S. 1998 Mechanical Engineering
University of Pune, Pune
M.S. 1999 Computer Science
National Centre for Software Technology, Bangalore
M.S. 2006 Bioengineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D. 2009 Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Computational analysis of metabolic pathways such as glycolysis in lactic acid bacteria. Primary objective is to uncover regulatory mechanisms of the organism to enable efficient control and yield optimization of desired metabolite production. Analysis techniques involve mixed-mode modeling (bottom-up / top-down / partial modeling and stoichiometric / kinetic models) as well as development and application of parameter estimation software algorithms.

Software Development: Biochemical Systems Toolbox (BSTBox)

Currently: Harvard University




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Anna
Anna Machina

Education:
M.S. 2002 Mathematics
Tambov State University, Russia
Ph.D. program Applied Mathematics
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Visiting Student 2008 Bioengineering
-2009 Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Application of the theory of differential equations with discontinuous right-hand sides (differential inclusions) to the analysis of gene regulatory networks and other biological systems.

Currently: Centre for Intergative Genomics, Norway




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Kellie Sims
Kellie Sims

Education:
B.S. Mathematics
Louisiana State University
M.S. 2001 Environmental Studies
Univ. of Charleston and Medical University of South Carolina
Ph.D. 2008 Bioinformatics
Medical University of South Carolina
     
Research Topic:
Experimental and modeling studies of the role of sphingolipids and caloric restriction on aging.

Currently: Medical University of South Carolina



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Deepak_Sundar
Deepak Sundar

Education:
B.S. 2007 Computer Science and Engineering
PSG Tech , Anna University, India
M.S. 2009 Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
     
Research Topic:
Metabolic pathway visualization.


Siren Veflingstad
Siren Veflingstad

Education:
M.S. 2002 Applied Mathematics
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ph.D. 2006 Applied Mathematics
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Postdoctoral Fellow 2006 Bioengineering
-2008 Georgia Institute of Technology
     
   
Research Topic:
Mathematical modelling of metabolic pathways, with emphasis on energy metabolism and bioenergetics.

Currently: University of Warwick


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