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Computational and systems biology

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We use an interdisciplinary approach to understanding complex biological phenomena and problems in biomedicine and fundamental biology.

Part of Biological sciences

Research highlights

A simulated close-up image of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Helping diagnose and treat COVID-19 more quickly

When COVID-19 hit in late 2019, a worldwide fight to beat it began. Our biomedics have taken on the challenge to diagnose it quicker and treat it better - with promising early successes.

Projects and publications

Research projects

New therapeutic strategies for brain tumours: mechanistic analysis of Zika-driven medulloblastoma oncolysis
Status: Not active
Lead researcher: Doctor Rob Ewing

Our people

We are currently using Drosophila as a model to understand how the clock circuits in the brain control sleep/wake rhythms in a manner that integrates environmental light quality and intensity.
Doctor Herman Wijnen
Associate Professor
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