Bernhard Örn Pálsson is the Galletti

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and an adjunct professor of

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at the

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.http://gcrg.ucsd.edu/Researchers/Palsson Bernhard Palsson at USCD

Education

Palsson received his

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from the

University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...

in 1984 under the supervision of Edwin N. Lightfoot.

Research

Upon graduation Palsson joined the chemical engineering faculty at

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where he served as a professor until 1995. In 1995, he joined the department of Bioengineering at

and was named the Galetti Chair of Bioengineering in 2004. In 2005 he became a faculty member of

Keio University , abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally established as a school for Rangaku, Western studies in 1858 in Edo. It was granted university status in 1920, becomi ...

. Palsson has authored or co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed scientific articles and is the holder of over 35 patents. His research interests include

metabolic network modelling Metabolic network modelling, also known as metabolic network reconstruction or metabolic pathway analysis, allows for an in-depth insight into the molecular mechanisms of a particular organism. In particular, these models correlate the genome wi ...

systems biology Systems biology is the computational modeling, computational and mathematical analysis and modeling of complex biological systems. It is a biology-based interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological system ...

tissue engineering Tissue engineering is a biomedical engineering discipline that uses a combination of cells, engineering, materials methods, and suitable biochemical and physicochemical factors to restore, maintain, improve, or replace different types of biolo ...

and

cell culture Cell culture or tissue culture is the process by which cell (biology), cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside of their natural environment. After cells of interest have been Cell isolation, isolated from living tissue, ...

, the development of analysis procedures for genome-scale models, and the experimental verification of these models in ''

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'' and other important organisms. Palsson serves on the editorial board of several scientific journals including ''Annals of Biomedical Engineering'', ''

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Metabolic Engineering Metabolic engineering is the practice of optimizing genetic and regulatory processes within cells to increase the cell's production of a certain substance. These processes are chemical networks that use a series of biochemical reactions and enzy ...

'' and ''

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''. He was elected a member of the

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in 2006 for scholarship, technological advances, and entrepreneurial activities in metabolic engineering. He is also a fellow of the

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in 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palsson, Bernhard Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering University of Michigan faculty University of California, San Diego faculty Academic staff of Keio University American bioinformaticians Living people Systems biologists 1957 births University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni Network scientists