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[[Image:alexander_van_oudenaarden.jpg|frame|Alexander van Oudenaarden]] | [[Image:alexander_van_oudenaarden.jpg|frame|Alexander van Oudenaarden]] | ||
Welcome to the | Welcome to the van Oudenaarden Lab homepage, hosted by OpenWetWare. Also check out our [http://web.mit.edu/biophysics/index.html '''''other lab web-site'''''] | ||
'''Email:''' avano@mit.edu | |||
'''Phone:''' (617) 253-4446 | |||
'''Fax:''' (617) 258-6883 | |||
'''Address:''' | |||
77 Massachusetts Ave. | |||
Bldg. 68-371B (Office) | |||
Bldg. 68-365, 68-359, 68-383 (Labs) | |||
Cambridge, MA 02139 | |||
== Mission == | == Mission == | ||
Living systems are intrinsically noisy. Surprisingly, the functioning of a living organism is not significantly hindered by these random fluctuations. Biological cells can even exploit noise by deliberately introducing diversity into a population. In these cases noise is not a nuisance, but essential for survival. Advances in modern biochemistry and genetics have led to a detailed understanding of the molecular machinery involved in gene expression, and the constant flow of data from the Genome Project has enabled the identification of more and more genes. A millennial challenge is to quantitatively understand how different genes and their regulating proteins are grouped together in genetic circuits, and how stochastic fluctuations influence gene expression in these complex systems. In our group we focus on the importance of noise in the expression of genes by using both experimental and theoretical approaches. | |||
== Recent Publications == | == Recent Publications == | ||
For our recent publications click [http://web.mit.edu/biophysics/papers.html '''''here'''''] | |||
== Lab members == | |||
[http://web.mit.edu/biophysics/ | For information on our lab members click [http://web.mit.edu/biophysics/people.html '''''here'''''] | ||
== [[Van_Oudenaarden_Lab:Internal | Internal lab resource]] == | == [[Van_Oudenaarden_Lab:Internal | Internal lab resource]] == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:41, 24 December 2007
Welcome to the van Oudenaarden Lab homepage, hosted by OpenWetWare. Also check out our other lab web-site
Email: avano@mit.edu
Phone: (617) 253-4446
Fax: (617) 258-6883
Address:
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Bldg. 68-371B (Office)
Bldg. 68-365, 68-359, 68-383 (Labs)
Cambridge, MA 02139
Mission
Living systems are intrinsically noisy. Surprisingly, the functioning of a living organism is not significantly hindered by these random fluctuations. Biological cells can even exploit noise by deliberately introducing diversity into a population. In these cases noise is not a nuisance, but essential for survival. Advances in modern biochemistry and genetics have led to a detailed understanding of the molecular machinery involved in gene expression, and the constant flow of data from the Genome Project has enabled the identification of more and more genes. A millennial challenge is to quantitatively understand how different genes and their regulating proteins are grouped together in genetic circuits, and how stochastic fluctuations influence gene expression in these complex systems. In our group we focus on the importance of noise in the expression of genes by using both experimental and theoretical approaches.
Recent Publications
For our recent publications click here
Lab members
For information on our lab members click here
