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I'm interested in the application and development of methods of systems theory in biology (systems biology). In particulary I work on the following topics: Thermodynamic constraints on biochemical network; Model reduction; Modeling and Analysis of metabolic regulation.

Work in my laboratory is focussed on microbial physiology - the study of how bacteria and other microorganisms work. Although rooted in the tradition of bacterial growth and intermediary metabolism, microbial physiology now embraces molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, and indeed any discipline that can shed light on bacterial function. Much of our experimental work is conducted with Escherichia coli, the pre-eminent ‘model’ organism with unrivalled ease of genetic and physiological ...