User:Christina M Birch

Contact Information

Christina at Mt. Liberty, 2009.

Graduate Student
Niles Laboratory
Department of Biological Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Office: 16-387
MIT Email: birch
Personal website

Education

• 2013, PhD, MIT (in progress)
• 2008, BS, University of Arizona - Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics; Mathematics

Research interests

1. RNA Aptamers
2. Molecular Tool Development

Publications

1. Wang Z, Birch CM, Sagotsky J, and Deisboeck TS. Cross-scale, cross-pathway evaluation using an agent-based non-small cell lung cancer model. Bioinformatics. 2009 Sep 15;25(18):2389-96. DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btp416 |
2. Wang Z, Birch CM, and Deisboeck TS. Cross-scale sensitivity analysis of a non-small cell lung cancer model: linking molecular signaling properties to cellular behavior. Biosystems. 2008 Jun;92(3):249-58. DOI:10.1016/j.biosystems.2008.03.002 |

   These papers detail work I conducted as part of the NCI ICBP while I was an undergraduate.

Useful links

• Introductory tutorial
• OpenWetWare help pages