{"id":2326,"date":"2024-01-15T12:59:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/ccam-team-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T21:44:18","slug":"systems-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/systems-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Training in Systems Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<section aria-labelledby=\"systems-biology-heading\" class=\"section-spacing\">\n<h2 id=\"systems-biology-heading\" class=\"entry-title subtitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-school\/academics\/programs\/ph-d-biomedical-science\/cell-analysis-and-modeling-graduate-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Systems Biology Graduate Program<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Our program trains students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the cutting-edge research techniques that comprise the interdisciplinary research of modern cell and computational biology. Students receive rigorous cross training in areas of mathematical, physical, and computational sciences and biology. Systems Biology students take courses, attend seminars and work on interdisciplinary research projects to broaden and strengthen their abilities to do quantitative cell biology research. The Systems Biology area of concentration is based within the Richard D. Berlin Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling at UConn Health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FAQ about Systems Biology training:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/timeline\/\"><br \/>\nMajor steps in attaining the Ph.D. in Systems Biology<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/advisor_commitee\/\"><br \/>\nSelecting a thesis advisor and advisory committee<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/plan-of-study\/\"><br \/>\nSystems Biology Plan of Study<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/prelim-exam\/\"><br \/>\nGeneral Examination overview<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/proposal\/\"><br \/>\nGeneral Examination proposal requirements<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/jc_rip\"><br \/>\nResearch seminars and Journal Club format<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/final_steps\/\"><br \/>\nFinal steps to complete the Ph.D.<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"grad-students\" aria-labelledby=\"grad-students-heading\">\n<h2 id=\"grad-students-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<p><!-- Native list semantics are sufficient: no ARIA roles needed --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"student-list\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul class=\"student-list\"><!-- Student 1 --><\/p>\n<li class=\"student\"><!-- Use article for a self-contained card and label it by the student's name --><br \/>\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-siyu-sun\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2023\/07\/SiyuSun-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Siyu Sun\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-siyu-sun\" class=\"student__name\">Siyu Sun<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Michael J. Guertin<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BS \u2014 SUNY Stony Brook; MS \u2014 New York University<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Siyu Sun is a 2nd year PhD student at UConn Health. Before joining UConn Health,<br \/>\nSiyu worked on a project focused on topoisomerases I\/II\u2019s role in regulating chromosome<br \/>\nstructure and transcription repression dosage compensation. Her current research focuses<br \/>\non ER-mediated transcriptional regulation through advanced sequencing techniques and<br \/>\nbioinformatic analysis.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- Student 2 --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"student-list\">\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-rudradeep-mukherjee\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2023\/08\/Rudradeep-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Rudradeep Mukherjee\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-rudradeep-mukherjee\" class=\"student__name\">Rudradeep Mukherjee<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Michael J. Guertin<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BE \u2014 Computer Science, BIT Mesra, Ranchi; MSc \u2014 Neuroscience, NBRC, Gurgaon<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Rudradeep Mukherjee worked for some years as a software engineer. During M.Sc. he studied<br \/>\nresting state networks of individuals with autism by using a maximum entropy model on fMRI data.<br \/>\nHe is currently interested in understanding transcriptional roles of Twist family of factors.<br \/>\nIn his free time, he reads about the history of science, follows Japanese manga and jogs during<br \/>\nthe beautiful summer evenings.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-jinhong-dong\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2023\/08\/jdong-208x300.png\" alt=\"Portrait Photo Jinhong Dong\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-jinhong-dong\" class=\"student__name\">Jinhong Dong<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Michael J. Guertin<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BA \u2014 Carleton College<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>After doing metagenomics research sparked an interest in bioinformatics, Jinhong is now focused on analyzing DNA- and RNA- sequencing data to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of transcription regulation and initiation.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-edwin-moses-appiah\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2024\/01\/EdwinMosesAppiah-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Portrait Photo Edwin Moses Appiah\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-edwin-moses-appiah\" class=\"student__name\">Edwin Moses Appiah<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Eran Agmon<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BSc. \u2014 Agricultural Biotechnology; Mphil.\u2014 Biodata Analytics and Computational Genomics (KNUST, Ghana)<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Edwin is a first year Biomedical Science PhD student. Before joining the UConn health, Edwin worked on how the gastric microbiome influences gastric carcinogenesis focusing on bacterial diversity, co-occurrence patterns and predictive models. Currently, Edwin works on microbiome at the Agmon lab at CCAM with special focus on building multi-scale computational models for the gut microbiome.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-Neyamat-Khan-Tanvir\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/05\/Neyamat2.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait photo Neyamat Khan\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-Neyamat-Khan-Tanvir\" class=\"student__name\">Neyamat Khan Tanvir<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Eran Agmon<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BSc. and MSc. \u2014 Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Before joining the graduate program (Ph.D. in Biomedical Science) at UConn Health, Neyamat Khan worked on the whole-genome sequencing and comparative analysis of <i>Citrobacter werkmanii<\/i>\u00a0strain NIB003, uncovering unique tRNA-binding domains and N\u2076-adenine DNA methylases with implications for virulence and pathogenesis. He now models community dynamic flux-balance analysis (cdFBA) in the Vivarium Python framework to investigate metabolic cross-feeding and diauxic shifts in microbial communities. Outside the lab, he enjoys hiking, follows international soccer(EPL,Laliga), delights in thoughtful discussions on life\u2019s philosophical dimensions.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-Rashmi-Kaldera-Dissasekara\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/05\/Rashmi-613x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait photo Rashmi Kaldera Dissasekara\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student--Rashmi-Kaldera-Dissasekara\" class=\"student__name\">Rashmi Kaldera Dissasekara<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Eran Agmon<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BSc. \u2014 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Before joining the PhD program at UConn Health, I worked on determining the structural dynamics of GPCRs using both experimental and computational approaches. Now I am interested in building muti-scale models that incorporate cellular to population level dynamics which can be used for useful scientific predictions. Outside of the lab, I enjoy taking a walk during warm weather or reading a good book at home with a warm cup of tea.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-Maya-Abdalla\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/05\/Maya.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait photo Maya Abdalla\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-Maya-Abdalla\" class=\"student__name\">Maya Abdalla<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Eran Agmon<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BSc. Biology, Minors in Data Analytics and Public Health \u2014 Emmanuel College, Boston<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Maya is a first year Biomedical Science PhD student. Before joining UConn, Maya worked as a research assistant in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, where she managed and analyzed CT scans and imaging data for participants in the Framingham Heart Study. She previously participated in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Summer Program in Biostatistics and Computational Biology, where she developed a SNP scoring algorithm based on the 1000 Genomes Project under the mentorship of Dr. Rafael Irizarry\u2014an experience that sparked her passion for data science and computational biology. Currently she has joined the Agmon Lab, where she focuses on multiscale modeling and programming using the Vivarium framework. Outside of the lab, Maya enjoys cooking, traveling, and watching basketball.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-Karen-Osei-Boamah\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/06\/Karen-Osei-Boamah-214x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Portrait photo Karen Osei-Boamah\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-Karen-Osei-Boamah\" class=\"student__name\">Karen Osei-Boamah<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Pedro Mendes<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>BS \u2014 Biology &amp; Biochemistry, Xavier University of Louisiana<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Before UConn Health, Karen worked on characterizing DNA mismatch repair variants in S. cerevisiae. She is now focused on making models on intracellular iron regulation and metabolism. In her free time, Karen enjoys trying out different cuisines and local eateries across the Northeast.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"grad-students\" aria-labelledby=\"postdoctoral-fellows-heading\">\n<h2 id=\"grad-students-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n<p><!-- Native list semantics are sufficient: no ARIA roles needed --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"student-list\">\n<li class=\"student\"><!-- Use article for a self-contained card and label it by the student's name --><br \/>\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-Arnab-Mutsuddy\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/05\/Arnab2-930x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait photo Arnab Mutsuddy\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"\" height=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-Arnab-Mutsuddy\" class=\"student__name\">Arnab Mutsuddy<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Eran Agmon<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>PhD in Chemical Engineering \u2014 Clemson University, South Carolina, United States; BS in Chemical Engineering \u2014 BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>In my PhD, my work was primarily focused on the application of single cell pharmacodynamic modeling as a tool to predict drug response for cancer cell lines. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Agmon Lab, I am currently working towards the implementation of simulation-based inference methodology for the discovery of unknown gene functions in E. coli.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-Tasnif-Rahman\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/05\/Tasnif2.jpeg\" alt=\"Portrait photo Tasnif Rahman\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student--Tasnif-Rahman\" class=\"student__name\">Tasnif Rahman<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Eran Agmon<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>PhD in Biomedical Engineering \u2014 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute under Dr. Leo Wan (2024); B.S. in Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology \u2014 University of South Florida (2018)<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Tasnif is a postdoc working on developing multi-scale computational models of bacterial communities and their interactions with host tissues. His PhD training at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute was in tissue engineering and computational biomechanics, and his thesis work involved creating multicellular mechanical models to study symmetry breaking in tissue and organ morphogenesis. He looks forward to developing his computational skills is excited about revisiting his expertise in bacteriology developed during his undergraduate studies in Microbiology. Outside of the lab, Tasnif enjoys video games, basketball and dance music!<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"student\">\n<article class=\"student__card\" aria-labelledby=\"student-Milda-Stanislauskas\">\n<div class=\"student__photo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/cell-analysis-modeling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2021\/02\/MildaStanislauska.png\" alt=\"Portrait photo Milda Stanislauska\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"student__body\">\n<h3 id=\"student-Milda-Stanislauskas\" class=\"student__name\">Milda Stanislauskas<\/h3>\n<dl class=\"student__meta\">\n<dt>Advisor<\/dt>\n<dd>Abhijit Deb Roy<\/dd>\n<dt>Education<\/dt>\n<dd>PhD \u2014 UConn Health; BA\/MA \u2014 Hunter College<\/dd>\n<dt>About<\/dt>\n<dd>Before joining the graduate program at UConn Health, Milda worked at a skin disease research center studying Merkel cells, which are mechanoreceptive cells responsible for sensing light touch. Her research interests include how cells sense physical cues from the external environment and convert them into chemical signals, and how these signals affect various cellular processes, and disease pathogenesis.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<table class=\"uconn-trainees\">\n<caption>UConn Undergraduate Student Trainees<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Year<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Advisor<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Project<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Shreedula Balakrishnan<\/th>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td>Vera\u2011Licone<\/td>\n<td> Working on tumor reversion in leukemia using computational biology.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Grace Curley\u2011Holmes<\/th>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Mayer \/ Machida<\/td>\n<td>Working on SH2 domain mapping<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Noah Liguori\u2011Bills, Google Summer of Code Student<\/th>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Blinov<\/td>\n<td>Development of the ModelBricks website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Nathan Schaumburger<\/th>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Blinov<\/td>\n<td>Model of aging phenotypes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Amy Flis<\/th>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Wu<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Chandrika Dhavala<\/th>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Blinov<\/td>\n<td>Visualization of rule\u2011based model.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Jennifer Kim<\/th>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Mendes<\/td>\n<td>Identification of chaos in nonlinear models using global optimization in COPASI.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Maria Menoutis, HRP Intern<\/th>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>Loew<\/td>\n<td> Rules that govern the assembly of molecular machines.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Alexa Monroe<\/th>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>Yan<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Gavin Till<\/th>\n<td>2018<\/td>\n<td>Mayer<\/td>\n<td> Developing mathematical models to explore how membrane receptor clustering regulates signaling pathways.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"uconn-trainees\">\n<caption>Alumni \u2013 Postdoctoral Fellows<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Year<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Advisor<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Current Position<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Sulagna Das<\/th>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>Yu<\/td>\n<td>Tenure\u2011track faculty position at Emory University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"uconn-trainees\">\n<caption>Alumni \u2013 Undergraduate Students<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Year<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Advisor<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Program<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Current Position<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Nathan Schaumburger, UConn<\/th>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td>Blinov<\/td>\n<td>PhD Biomedical Science Program, Summer Rotation<\/td>\n<td>PhD Candidate, Biomedical Sciences, Harvard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Daniel Fairchild, UConn<\/th>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Acker<\/td>\n<td>PhD Biomedical Science Program, Summer Rotation<\/td>\n<td>PhD Candidate, Biomedical Sciences, UConn Health<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Devin Kot\u2011Thompson, UConn<\/th>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Acker<\/td>\n<td>Health Research Program (HRP)<\/td>\n<td>Completing B.S. in Biomedical Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Morgan Neydorff, UConn<\/th>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Acker<\/td>\n<td>Health Research Program (HRP)<\/td>\n<td>Graduated, B.S. in Biomedical Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"uconn-trainees\">\n<caption>Google Summer of Code Students<\/caption>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Name<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Year<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Advisor<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">School<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Sahil Jha<\/th>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Blinov<\/td>\n<td>Amity University, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Saksham Raghuvanshi<\/th>\n<td>2020<\/td>\n<td>Blinov<\/td>\n<td>J.S.S. Academy of Technical Education, India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Nikita Mahoviya<\/th>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Blinov and Cowan<\/td>\n<td>National Institute of Technology Hamirpur (H.P.), India<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Noah Liguori\u2011Bills<\/th>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Blinov<\/td>\n<td>UConn, Storrs, CT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Systems Biology Graduate Program Our program trains students from diverse disciplinary backgrounds in the cutting-edge research techniques that comprise the interdisciplinary research of modern cell and computational biology. Students receive rigorous cross training in areas of mathematical, physical, and computational sciences and biology. 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