Nikolai Slavov, PhD
David Botstein's Laboratory
Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Carl Icahn Lab Room 124, Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544
Ph: 609-258-8044
Fax: 609-258-8020

Website: http://alum.mit.edu/www/nslavov
Current Website: http://mit.edu/nslavov/www

Welcome

Welcome to a wonderfully wondrous world of intricate complexity, unparalleled beauty and grandeur. You do know what I am talking about? It is never too late to appreciate the graceful dance of biomolecules creating life, making you alive :) I am interested in understanding this dance within the freamwork of probabilistic graphical models and complex dynamical systems. Yeah, I like mathematical rigor and clear logical thinking but that is not all I am talking about; I would concede that the mathematical language can be forbidding even when the underling ideas are simple. What I am talking about are the overarching principles, the universal recurrent themes in nature, the elegant simplicity behind spectacularly complex dynamical behaviors. I mean the language of complex non-linear dynamical systems, from the cell to food webs and to society; I mean life and nature, their splendor, ever inspiring appeal, and puzzling complexity. There is a wonderfully wonderful world out there and this is my little door to its majesty. Open it and join me in celebrating life, marveling nature and enjoying the journey of its discovery, understanding and appreciation !