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Tian Hong<\/p>\r\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\r\n

Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas<\/p>\r\n

E-mail: hong@utdallas.edu<\/p>\r\n

Joint Research Associate Professor\r\n
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Education & Training<\/p>\r\n

Postdoctoral Scholar\u00a0 Department of Mathematics, Center for Complex Biological Systems, UC Irvine
Ph.D.\u2003\u2002Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Virginia Tech
M.S.\u2003\u2003Bioinformatics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
B.S.\u2003\u2003\u200aBiological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore<\/p>\r\n


Research<\/p>\r\n

Tian Hong is a computational biologist with a broad interest in understanding complex biological processes using systems approach. He has developed a series of models for T cell differentiation. He is currently focusing on plasticity and heterogeneity of epithelial cells and immune cells during development and cancer progression. He is also interested in identifying common performance objectives of biological circuits.<\/p>\r\n

Theme:<\/strong> Plasticity and heterogeneity of cells in development and diseases. Gene regulatory networks.<\/p>\r\n

Biological problems:<\/strong> Dynamical systems of development, immune response and cancer progression. Spatial patterning of tissues.<\/p>\r\n

Approaches:<\/strong> Bioinformatic analysis. Mathematical modeling of biomolecules and cells.<\/div><\/div>\r\n