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With a background in the statistical mechanics of disordered systems, my research focusses on the interface between statistical physics and molecular biology. At the centre is the relationship between fluctuations and noise in biological systems, the corresponding statistical ensembles, and biological function. This connection emerges at very different levels and timescales, from stochastic modeling of gene expression to the population dynamics of regulatory DNA.

The Veening lab is interested in phenotypic bi-stability in Streptococcus pneumoniae and its importance in virulence of this human pathogen.