Markus W. Covert

Markus W. Covert
Born(1973-04-24)April 24, 1973
Alma materBrigham Young University, University of California, San Diego
Scientific career
FieldsCellular model
InstitutionsStanford University
Doctoral advisorBernhard Palsson
Other academic advisorsDavid Baltimore

Markus W. Covert (born April 24, 1973) is a researcher and professor of bioengineering at Stanford University who led the simulation of the first organism in software.[1][2][3] Covert leads an interdisciplinary lab of approximately 10 graduate students and post-doctoral scholars.[4]

Education

Covert received a B.S. in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University.[citation needed] He received a Ph.D. in bioengineering and bioinformatics from the University of California, San Diego in 2003[citation needed] for his investigations into the interaction between microbial metabolism and transcriptional regulation under the supervision of Bernhard Palsson.[5] He did his post-doctoral training in mammalian cell signaling at the California Institute of Technology under the supervision of David Baltimore.[6]

Honors and distinctions

  • NIH Director's Pioneer Award, 2009[7]
  • Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Brigham Young University, Ezra Taft Benson Presidential Scholarship, 1991-1997

References

  1. ^ Karr, JR; Sanghvi, JC; Macklin, DN; Gutschow, MV; Jacobs, JM; Bolival, B; Assad-Garcia, N; Glass, JI; Covert, MW (2012). "A Whole-Cell Computational Model Predicts Phenotype from Genotype". Cell. 150 (2): 389–401. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.044. PMC 3413483. PMID 22817898.
  2. ^ Freddolino, PL; Tavazoie, S (2012). "The Dawn of Virtual Cell Biology". Cell. 150 (2): 248–250. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.07.001. PMC 4430847. PMID 22817888.
  3. ^ John Markoff. In a First, an Entire Organism Is Simulated by Software. New York Times (July 20, 2012)
  4. ^ Covert Lab at Stanford University
  5. ^ Covert, MW; Knight, EM; Reed, JL; Herrgard, MJ; Palsson, BO (May 2004). "Integrating high-throughput and computational data elucidates bacterial networks". Nature. 429 (6987): 92–6. Bibcode:2004Natur.429...92C. doi:10.1038/nature02456. PMID 15129285. S2CID 4403433.
  6. ^ Covert, MW; Leung, TH; Gaston, JE; Baltimore, D (2005). "Achieving stability of lipopolysaccharide-induced NF-kappaB activation". Science. 309 (5742): 1854–7. Bibcode:2005Sci...309.1854C. doi:10.1126/science.1112304. PMID 16166516. S2CID 83751012.
  7. ^ 2009 Pioneer Award Recipients