Bio-inspired Network Science

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Asthagiri - Quantitative Performance of Biomolecular Pathways and Networks
• Carlson & Doyle J - Robust Yet Fragile Behavior in Complex Bio-and Bio-Inspired Networks
• Dickinson & Murray - Bio-inspired Flight Control
• Doyle F & Petzold - Sensitivity Analysis and Discrete Stochastic Simulation of Biochemical Networks
• Doyle F & Morse - Signal Integration in Control of Coral Lifecycles as a Model for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
• Hespanha, Khammash & Madhow - Bio-inspired Multi-agent Networks in Uncertain and Adversarial Environments
• Lauffenburger, Schauer & Griffith - Biological Cue-Signal-Response Information Processing Governing Human Tissue Cell Death-vs-Survival Responses to Pathogens and Inflammation
• Moehlis & Bullo - Bio-inspired Collective Motion and Decision Making for Robotic Networks
• Murray & Doyle J - Analysis, Design and Control of Biological Circuits and Bio-inspired Networks
• Petzold & Doyle F - Multiscale Computational Modeling, Network Inference, and the Effects of Exercise on Metabolic Insulin Signaling Pathways

OBJECTIVES:
The ICB investigates the principles and mechanisms of high-performance biological networks and uses the insights gained to design technological networks that are scalable, robust, and energy-efficient.

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