Focus areas
- Biological systems modeling
- Immune system modeling
- Gene regulation and modeling of gene regulatory networks
Faculty
Interim Dean of the College of Science
Interests: Mathematical biology - deterministic and stochastic modeling, analysis, and simulation of multiscale problems in population dynamics and epidemiology.
Associate Professor
Interests: Biological systems, systems biology, systems neuroscience, and cognitive science
Assistant Professor
Interests: The Fogg Lab aims to develop and exploit high throughput in vitro 3D models of cancer in order to identify novel druggable targets, improve treatment selection of current therapeutics, and reprogram the immune system in the metastatic niche
Assistant Professor
Interests: Predicting treatment outcomes for intervertebral disc regenerative and surgical therapies., Interests: Utilizing MRI, image processing, mathematical modeling, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and surgery to study transport phenomena in vivo.
Associate Professor
Interests: Structure, function and mechanisms of action of non-coding RNAs, both large and small.
Professor
Interests: RNA folding, RNA design, mRNA medicine, protein folding, protein design
Professor
goran.jovanovic@oregonstate.edu
(541) 737-3614; alt: (541) 737-2981
Interests: Design, manufacturing, and application of microscale-based therapeutic devices. Continuous blood processing via the i-Blood platform, a wearable, high-performance microfluidic device.
Associate Professor
megrawm@science.oregonstate.edu
Interests: Understanding how small RNAs and transcription factors work together in living cells.
Associate Professor
Interests: Reverse engineering gene regulatory networks; genetic variation and its effect on gene expression and gene regulation; atherosclerosis; cancer.
Associate Professor
thomas.sharpton@oregonstate.edu
Interests: Using gut microbiomes to understand, diagnose, and treat chronic diseases
Associate Professor
Interests: Collective distributed sensing by multiple cells, mechanics of tumor and extracellular matrix, force generation and invasion of cancer cells.
Assistant Professor
Interests: Neuroscience; animal navigation; automated, closed-loop instrumentation; computer vision; computational biology