CCMB Seminar: Indika Rajapakse, PhD

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CCMB Seminar Series Event Series

Date:

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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Time:

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Location:

Palmer Commons, Forum Hall

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About This Event

"Foundations for Digital Biology"

Presented by Indika Rajapakse, PhD

Abstract:

Digital twins will empower scientists to engineer biology. In this talk, I will present the construction of a data-guided, universal network for the human genome. From this universal network called the Hardwired Genome (HWG), we can query cell-type-specific wiring and explore how perturbations affect information flow. I will also introduce a numerical prototype which extends hardwiring theory to tissue dynamics and is based on the Kuramoto oscillator, called the Mesmerizer, developed with Steve Smale and Cleve Moler. Finally, I will discuss how combining the HWG and the Mesmerizer can lay the foundation for digital biology.

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Indika Rajapakse, PhD

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Brian D Athey, PhD

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