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About me
I'm working on my Ph.D. in electrical & computer engineering at Johns Hopkins University, planning to finish in July 2012. My research deals with dynamical systems in biology as well as the application of information theory to study such systems. I work in the lab of Dr. Pablo Iglesias using mathematical modeling to understand the system that regulates the equivalent of cholesterol in yeast. We collaborate with the Espenshade Lab in the Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
I'm looking for a postdoctoral or industry position in the greater Washington, DC area that involves applying engineering thinking to solve biological problems.
Recent publications
- Porter, J.R., Andrews, B.W., and Iglesias, P.A. "An information-theoretic framework for analyzing cell fate decisions." Integrative Biology, in press.
- Porter, J.R., Burg, J.S., Espenshade, P.J., and Iglesias, P.A. "Identifying a static nonlinear structure in a biological system using noisy, sparse data." Journal of Theoretical Biology, in press.
- Porter, J.R., Iglesias, P.A., Burg, J.S., and Espenshade, P.J. "Overcoming Data Limitations to Identify a Static Nonlinearity in a Biological Signaling Cascade." 45th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD: 1-6 (2011).
- Porter, J., Burg, J., Espenshade, P., and Iglesias, P.A. "Ergosterol Regulates Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein (SREBP) Cleavage in Fission Yeast." Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(52): 41051-41061 (2010).
- Porter, J.R., Lee, C-Y.S., Espenshade, P.J., and Iglesias, P.A. "Regulation of fission yeast SREBP during hypoxia requires Ofd1-mediated control of both degradation and DNA binding." Manuscript in preparation.
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