Written in Spring 2018 Introduction Caenorhabditis elegans are considered a model organism because of their fast reproduction rate, short development period, and transparency, all factors that make them easy to study in the lab. Thus, much research that pertains to humans and animals is first done on C. elegans. What interested our group in particular […]
Systems of Dictyostelium; A Wiki-entry
From a systems biology standpoint, Dictyostelium is a fascinating genus. Systems biology refers to the interdisciplinary area of biology that uses a holistic computational and mathematical models to describe biological systems. These can be the systems within an organism, as well as interactions between organisms as a system. It also discusses emergent properties, tissue and […]
