CSC

	Tehdyt toimenpiteet Turku Centre for Computer Science Computational Biomodelling Laboratory Group leader: Ion Petre Home page: http://www.tucs.fi/research/labs/combio.php The research of the laboratory centers on the computational modelling of biochemical systems. The approach is to understand as computations the myriad of biochemical processes that evolve in parallel, influence each other, propagate signals, or cooperate on various tasks. Our goal is to increase the understanding of how entire cells adapt, communicate, and survive in dynamic environments, all in terms of computations. Having sound computational models for a biochemical system allows one to employ formal reasoning about its pathways or regulatory networks, formulating predictions and/or running simulations. Such models are also useful for designing novel sorts of computations based on the principles that underline the functioning of bio-systems. Our group is leading research on computational bio-processes, including computational processes in living cells, as well as nature- inspired human-designed computations. The general interest of the laboratory is gaining an understanding of fundamental structures behind the functioning of all kinds of bio-systems. We have considerable expertise in building discrete models, based on combinatorics, graph theory, stochastic processes, etc. Our work is funded by Academy of Finland and the European Union. Our group currently consists of three senior members, two PhD students and five undergraduate students. A list of our graduate course on Bioinformatics can be found at http://www.abo.fi/~ipetre/ Back to the group list