Markus W. Covert

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Markus W. Covert (born April 24, 1973) is a researcher and professor of bioengineering at Stanford University who led the simulation of the first organism in software. [1] [2] [3] Covert leads an interdisciplinary lab of approximately 10 graduate students and post-doctoral scholars. [4]

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Covert received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University.[ citation needed ] He received a Ph.D. in bioengineering and bioinformatics from the University of California, San Diego in 2003[ citation needed ] for his investigations into the interaction between microbial metabolism and transcriptional regulation under the supervision of Bernhard Palsson. [5] He did his post-doctoral training in mammalian cell signaling at the California Institute of Technology under the supervision of David Baltimore. [6]

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  1. ↑ Karr JR, Sanghvi JC, Macklin DN, Gutschow MV, Jacobs JM, Bolival B, Assad-Garcia N, Glass JI & Covert MW. A Whole-Cell Computational Model Predicts Phenotype from Genotype. Cell150, 389-401 (2012)
  2. ↑ Freddolino PL & Tavazoie S. The Dawn of Virtual Cell Biology. Cell 150 2, 248-250 (2012).
  3. ↑ John Markoff. In a First, an Entire Organism Is Simulated by Software. New York Times (July 20, 2012)
  4. ↑ Covert Lab at Stanford University
  5. ↑ Covert MW, Knight EM, Reed JL, Herrgard MJ, Palsson BO. Integrating high-throughput and computational data elucidates bacterial networks. Nature429, 92-6 (2004).
  6. ↑ Covert MW, Leung TH, Gaston JE, Baltimore D. Achieving stability of lipopolysaccharide-induced NF-kappaB activation. Science309, 1854-7 (2005).
  7. ↑ 2009 Pioneer Award Recipients
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