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: <b>Investigator :</b> [[Gunawan:Thanneer Malai|Thanneer Malai Perumal]]<br> | : <b>Investigator :</b> [[Gunawan:Thanneer Malai|Thanneer Malai Perumal]]<br> | ||
: <p align='justify'> Biological Robustness, an evolved property of biological systems gives rise to cellular functioning and complexity. Hence understanding robustness will enhance our understanding of cellular pathways and underlying mechanisms. The focus of our research is in developing novel robustness measures and analysis methodologies for both deterministic and stochastic models of cellular signalling networks. Of particular interest is the development of an effective sensitivity based methodology named Two-Time Molecular Sensitivity (TTMS) analysis complementing the existing Parametric Sensitivity analysis. We have also successfully developed a novel local TTMS analysis for deterministic models and applied to various cellular signalling pathways. In practice, the analysis can guide model identification and reduction of cellular systems and suggest experimentally testable hypotheses. In addition, the biological knowledge gained can assist drug discovery efforts in the identification of potential drug targets, the understanding of drug efficacy and specificity, and finally the optimization of drug dosing and timing. [[Gunawan:Thanneer Malai|more...]]</p> | : <p align='justify'> Biological Robustness, an evolved property of biological systems gives rise to cellular functioning and complexity. Hence understanding robustness will enhance our understanding of cellular pathways and underlying mechanisms. The focus of our research is in developing novel robustness measures and analysis methodologies for both deterministic and stochastic models of cellular signalling networks. Of particular interest is the development of an effective sensitivity based methodology named Two-Time Molecular Sensitivity (TTMS) analysis complementing the existing Parametric Sensitivity analysis. We have also successfully developed a novel local TTMS analysis for deterministic models and applied to various cellular signalling pathways. In practice, the analysis can guide model identification and reduction of cellular systems and suggest experimentally testable hypotheses. In addition, the biological knowledge gained can assist drug discovery efforts in the identification of potential drug targets, the understanding of drug efficacy and specificity, and finally the optimization of drug dosing and timing. [[Gunawan:Thanneer Malai|more...]]</p> | ||
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Chemical and Biological Systems Engineering Laboratory
- Parameter Estimation of Oscillatory Systems
- Investigator : Ang, Kok Siong
Oscillatory behavior is exhibited by many biological systems. Examples these include the circadian rhythm and p53-mdm2 response to DNA damage. Such dynamical behavior is important and integral of a higher biological function, such as sleeping and feeding patterns (circadian rhythm) and DNA repair (p53-mdm2). To study these systems, in-silico models have been developed to aid in the analysis. However, the corresponding model parameters are usually chosen qualitatively such that the system to exhibit the general characteristics of experimental data. The focus of the research here is to facilitate reconciliation of the model with experimental data in a quantitative manner more...
- Reverse-engineering of Stochastic Biological Systems
- Investigator : Suresh Kumar Poovathingal
- Collaborators : Jan Gruber & Barry Halliwell
A cell can be seen as a microscopic chemical plant, where different cellular components (mRNAs, proteins) are produced, transformed, and consumed (or degraded) to accomplish myriad cellular functions. However, unlike a typical chemical plant, cellular processes, such as gene transcription and protein translation, involve very low concentrations of molecules (on the order of nanomolar). Such low concentration means that these processes can only occur intermittently as discrete and random events. The intrinsic stochastic behavior gives rise to variations in cellular phenotype, even in clonal cell population. Thus, to understand the functioning behavior of a biological network, the intrinsic variations in cellular processes should be explicitly taken into consideration in the system modeling. Here, we are developing a reverse-engineering framework for the identification of biological models that can represent the discrete stochastic nature of processes in a cell. This framework will explicitly consider the stochastic variations in cellular processes and the robust characteristics of cellular systems in the reverse engineering steps. In our preliminary investigation we have implemented a point mutation stochastic framework in unraveling the inherent stochastic nature of aging process. The stochastic model is based on the mitochondrial free radical theory of aging, which implicates the mutations in mitochondrial genome to be largely responsible for the organism’s aging more...
- Robustness Analysis in Systems Biology
- Investigator : Thanneer Malai Perumal
Biological Robustness, an evolved property of biological systems gives rise to cellular functioning and complexity. Hence understanding robustness will enhance our understanding of cellular pathways and underlying mechanisms. The focus of our research is in developing novel robustness measures and analysis methodologies for both deterministic and stochastic models of cellular signalling networks. Of particular interest is the development of an effective sensitivity based methodology named Two-Time Molecular Sensitivity (TTMS) analysis complementing the existing Parametric Sensitivity analysis. We have also successfully developed a novel local TTMS analysis for deterministic models and applied to various cellular signalling pathways. In practice, the analysis can guide model identification and reduction of cellular systems and suggest experimentally testable hypotheses. In addition, the biological knowledge gained can assist drug discovery efforts in the identification of potential drug targets, the understanding of drug efficacy and specificity, and finally the optimization of drug dosing and timing. more...