Sriram
Areas of Interest & Expertise
- Bacterial Genetics
- Microbial Ecology
- Systems Biology
- Data Science
Biography
I am interested in quantitative and mathematical approaches to Biology and in the applications of Data Science.
Prior to joining the University, I carried out postdoctoral research in the Systems Biology Theme at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
My undergraduate degree is in computer science and I switched to the life sciences for my doctoral research, which was carried out at The Rockefeller University.
I have research experience in Systems Biology, Bacterial Genetics and Microbial Ecology. At the University, I teach courses in the Biology major. I have supervised projects on Optogenetics in bacteria, antibiotic resistance, applications of graph theory and information theory and agent-based modelling.
Courses
R Programming for Biology
Learn programming skills for addressing problems in biology.
Calculus for Biologists
Understanding calculus for a study of biological systems.
Introduction to Genetics
Explores the classic and modern trends in genetics as well as its applications.
Publications
Research Articles
Wright, E. S., Yilmaz, L. S., Ram, S., Gasser, J. M., Harrington, G. W., & Noguera, D. R. (2014). Exploiting extension bias in polymerase chain reaction to improve primer specificity in ensembles of nearly identical DNA templates. Environmental Microbiology, 16(5), 1354 – 1365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462 – 2920.12259
Ram, S. & Goulian, M. (2013). The architecture of a prototypical bacterial signaling circuit enables a single point mutation to confer novel network properties. PLoS Genet, 9(8). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003706
Shou, W., Ram, S., & Vilar, J.M. (2007). Synthetic cooperation in engineered yeast populations. PNAS, 104(6), 1877 — 1882. http://www.pnas.org/content/104/6/1877