Pedro Mendes
Editor
software and technology
BMC Systems Biology
Japan
Biography
Pedro Mendes is Professor of Cell Biology at the Center for Quantitative Medicine of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, where he is also affiliated with the Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling. He is also an Honorary Professor of Software Systems at the School of Computer Science of The University of Manchester. He graduated as a Biochemistry Major from the University of Lisbon, Portugal, and obtained a PhD in 1994 from the University of Wales Aberystwyth, UK. Throughout his scientific career Mendes has dedicated much effort to develop software for modeling and simulation of biochemical networks, including the simulators Gepasiand COPASI. His research interests are broad, intersecting computer science and biochemistry, including algorithms for systems biology, and specific biochemical systems, such as central metabolism, mammalian iron physiology, oxidative stress, and the eukaryotic protein translation machinery.
Research Interest
Cell Biology, Biochemistry
