I am a researcher involved in a new interdisciplinary
initiative on quantitative biology
at Rutgers University. I hold a joint appointment at the
department of Physics and Astronomy as well as at the recently formed
BioMaPS
Institute. Before I joined Rutgers, I was in
the Theoretical Physics Group at the Bell Laboratories at Murray Hill.
My research interest spanned condensed matter theory, communication systems
and biological networks.
I am currently interested in a "multi-scale" integrative study of the
design of bio-molecular networks. In
particular, I have been working on the consequences of relatively non-specific
biomolecular interactions from the perspectives of biophysics,
bioinformatics, systems
biology and evolutionary theory. One specific question that we studied is the
variability of binding sites of high pleiotropy transcription factors.
Jointly with Boris Shraiman, I have also set up a wet lab that explores
these questions experimentally. Viji Nagaraj has
been doing experiments on DNA-protein interactions in E. Coli in
the lab.
Here some pages that reflect my interests:
Departmental Contact Information:
Name: Anirvan M. Sengupta
Position: Professor
Research groups: Biological Physics, Condensed matter theory
Email address: anirvan@physics.rutgers.edu
Telephone: (732) 445-3880
Fax: (732) 445-4400
Office: Serin E263
Mailing address: Anirvan Sengupta
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
136 Frelinghuysen Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019 USA