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COBRA’s experience

 

Engaged for 28 years at the interface of computational applications with life science research, both basic and applied

 

COBRA’s skill set

 

-- Computer-based models for analysis of biological

    systems and human diseases and disorders

 

-- Modeling and analysis of dynamic, nonlinearly

    interacting biological networks (assessed by

    gene chips and experimental studies of

    endocrine system function and interactions)

 

-- Physiologically-based mathematical modeling and

    analysis of rhythmic, episodic, and irregular

    temporal patterns of biological activities

 

-- Predictive, systems-level dynamical network

    models to describe functional properties of

    neuroendocrine regulatory interactions and

    inter- and intracellular mechanisms of temporal

    organization of biological processes

 

-- Development and implementation of automated,

    intelligent algorithms for analysis, interpretation,

    and screening of time series

 

-- Analysis and modeling of the biothermodynamics

    of protein, lipid, and nucleic acid systems

 

-- Principles of nonlinear least squares parameter

    estimation

 

-- Robust confidence interval estimation,

    propagation of uncertainty, analysis of residuals,

    and quantitative statistical interpretations of

    confidence

 

-- Analytical and statistical considerations for

    effective and optimal experimental protocol

    design and interpretation

Problem areas within COBRA’s experience domain

 

(i) complex, nonlinear biological dynamics

 

   the basic science setting

   (a) dynamic gene expression patterning

   (b) neuronal electrical dynamics

   (c) luciferase reporter gene analytics

   (d) proteomics analytics

   (e) rhythms in whole animal body temperature

        and locomotor activity patterning

 

   the biomedical and clinical setting

   (a) heart rate dynamics and neonatal sepsis

   (b) dynamic scintigraphy & radiation-induced GI

        damage and individualized chronotherapy

   (c) circadian biology and its intersection with

        epilepsy and seizure occurrence

   (d) diverse endocrine secretory dynamics and

        associated human disorders and diseases

   (e) circadian applications to a variety of sleep

        and human performance issues

 

(ii) protein biothermodynamics

 

(iii) computational biothermodynamics

 

(iv) membrane biophysics