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Jianhua Xing, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a Professor in the Department of Computational and Systems Biology<\/a> at the University of Pittsburgh, with additional affiliations in the Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/a> and the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center<\/a>.
My wet and dry lab combines quantitative biology, computational biology, and theoretical physics to investigate the regulation of complex biological processes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.\u201d
\u201cIt is the theory that decides what can be observed.\u201d
– Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cBiologists can be divided into two classes: experimentalists who observe things that cannot be explained, and theoreticians who explain things that cannot be observed.\u201d
– Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky or George Oster<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The quotes above clearly show the difference between traditional physical sciences and biology. However, currently biology is at an exciting transition era, much like what happened to physics and chemistry hundreds of years ago. Through integrating physics (mainly statistical physics and chemical physics),chemistry, and engineering principles into studying the dynamics of  biological processes at various length and time scales, our lab is interested in elucidating the general physical principles, as well as real biomedical applications. We achieve our goals through collaborating with other experimentalists and performing experiments by ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional links:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile page of Dr Xing at Physics Department<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

the CPCB PhD program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

P<\/a>rofile page of Dr Xing at ISB program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hillman Cancer Center<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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