Markus W. Covert Explained

Markus W. Covert
Birth Date:	24 April 1973
Fields:	Cellular model
Workplaces:	Stanford University
Alma Mater:	Brigham Young University, University of California, San Diego
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Doctoral Advisor:	Bernhard Palsson
Academic Advisors:	David Baltimore
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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. He received a Ph.D. in bioengineering and bioinformatics from the University of California, San Diego in 2003 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

Notes and References

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 . 10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.044 . 22817898 . 3413483 .
Freddolino . PL . Tavazoie . S . 2012 . The Dawn of Virtual Cell Biology . Cell . 150 . 2. 248–250 . 10.1016/j.cell.2012.07.001 . 22817888 . 4430847 .
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/science/in-a-first-an-entire-organism-is-simulated-by-software.html?_r=1&hp John Markoff. In a First, an Entire Organism Is Simulated by Software. New York Times (July 20, 2012)
http://covertlab.stanford.edu/ Covert Lab at Stanford University
15129285 . 10.1038/nature02456 . 429 . Integrating high-throughput and computational data elucidates bacterial networks . May 2004 . Nature . 92–6 . Covert . MW . Knight . EM . Reed . JL . Herrgard . MJ . Palsson . BO. 6987 . 2004Natur.429...92C . 4403433 .
16166516 . 10.1126/science.1112304 . 309 . Achieving stability of lipopolysaccharide-induced NF-kappaB activation . 2005 . Science . 1854–7 . Covert . MW . Leung . TH . Gaston . JE . Baltimore . D. 5742 . 2005Sci...309.1854C . 83751012 .
http://commonfund.nih.gov/pioneer/Recipients09.aspx 2009 Pioneer Award Recipients