Engineering Complex Biology
Biology Systems are distributed, interactive, and complex. How do we understand them, predict them, control them?
Our lab pushes the boundaries of understanding systems by merging quantitative experiments with cutting-edge computational models and machine learning, spanning scales from molecules to organisms to communities
The host and their intestinal Microbes
gut-brain Interactions
machine learning across biological scales
What we do is important
In the pursuit of enhancing our longevity and resilience in an increasingly warming globe, it is imperative that we engineer intricate biological systems. These systems should be capable of gathering and analyzing data from our surroundings and various body tissues. This information can then be utilized to adopt, combat illnesses, and foster beneficial relationships with entities like microbiomes and the plant kingdom.
Our laboratory is committed to cultivating the knowledge, tools, and comprehension necessary for the engineering of such sophisticated biological systems. This endeavor is an intellectual adventure and an exhilarating journey towards a healthier and more sustainable future.
Dynamics of microbiome formation in real time
To study how interactions among bacteria and with the host drive the dynamics and composition of the microbiome, we developed automated high- resolution imaging platform that combines cutting-edge microscopy, active deep learning, and multiplexed microfluidics.
Contact
e.levine@northeastern.edu