Mehta Lab
Principal Investigator: Pankaj Mehta
Institution: Boston University (Boston, MA)
Primary Subfield: Molecular & Cell Bio
Recruitment Status: Inquire for rotation/fellowship opportunities
Research Focus
Project Summary Biology is full of stunning examples of emergent behaviors – behaviors that arise from, but cannot be reduced to, the interactions of the constituent parts that make up the system under consideration. These behaviors span the full spectrum of length scales, from the emergence of distinct cell fates (e.g. neurons, muscle, etc.) due to the interactions of genes within cells, to the formation of complex ecological communities arising from the interactions of thousands of species. The overarching goal of my research is to develop new conceptual, theoretical, and computational tools to model such emergent, system-level behaviors in biology. To do so, we utilize an interdisciplinary approach that is grounded in Biological and Statistical Physics, but that draws heavily from Machine Learning, Information Theory, and Theoretical Ecology. Our work is unified and distinguished by our deep commitment to integrating theory with the vast amount of biological data now being generated by experiment. An important goal of the proposed research is to find common concepts and tools that transcend traditional biological sub-disciplines and model systems. The proposed research pursues t…
Active NIH Awards
- 5R35GM119461-10: MODELING EMERGENT BEHAVIORS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: A BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS APPROACH (2026)
- 5R35GM119461-09: MODELING EMERGENT BEHAVIORS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: A BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS APPROACH (2025)
- 5R35GM119461-08: MODELING EMERGENT BEHAVIORS IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: A BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS APPROACH (2024)
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