Chair of Scientific Computing for Systems Biology

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Nandu Gopan is a Substitute Professor on the Faculty of Computer Science of TU Dresden since July 2026, where he holds the Chair of Scientific Computing for Systems Biology. Prior to this he was a Research Associate at TU Dresden and a Postdoc at the Center for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD). The inaugural holder of the Chair was Prof. Dr. Ivo F. Sbalzarini.

The MOSAIC Group

The MOSAIC Group does research in scientific computing for image-based systems biology. They combine expertise from computer science, mathematics, physics, and biology in order to develop and apply computational methods for the study of spatiotemporal biological processes in 3D. They exploit the unifying framework of particle methods for numerical simulation, image analysis, and model identification.

Research Focus

We aim at addressing significant biological challenges using novel computational methods and algorithms, without which the problem could not be solved. We follow a co-design approach where the biological question inspires the development of novel comput. methods. Theory, Algorithms, Software, and the biological Application then co-evolve. We focus on the following methods as required in image-based systems biology: Adaptive Multi-Resolution Simulation Methods Using Particles Bio-Image Processing using Particle Methods Parallel High-Performance Computing for Particle Methods Algorithms for Black-box Optimization and Sensitivity Analysis

WELCOME TO THE PROFESSORSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, TO THE MOSAIC GROUP

The MOSAIC group does research in Scientific Computing in Imaged-Based Computing Systems Biology.
We exploit the unifying framework of particle methods for numerical simulation, image analysis, and model identification. Our research is theoretical and computational. We do not perform own experiments and do not run a wet-lab. However, we collaborate with numerous experimental groups in order to apply our methods to help advance biology. A mosaic is "a combination of diverse elements forming a coherent whole", a mosaic is colorful and more than the sum of its parts. A mosaic lives from the synergies between the individually colored tiles. This name represents both what we are and what we do: the MOSAIC group combines researchers from several cultural and academic backgrounds in a truly interdisciplinary team that develops, teaches, and applies MOdels, Simulations, and Algorithms for Interdisciplinary Computing.

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Center for Systems Biology Dresden

The CSBD is an initiative of the Max-Planck Society in collaboration with the Technische Universität Dresden (TUD), one of the eleven German Excellence Universities. It was started in 2010 by the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) and the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS) with the generous support of the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts, the BMBF, and the Klaus Tschira Stiftung.

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TUD Dresden University of Technology Fakultät Informatik
Institut für Künstliche Intelligenz
Wiss. Rechnen i. d. Systembiologie Dr. Nandu Gopan

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