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Vandana Ravindran is a computational biologist at the Oslo Center for Biostatistics and Epidemiology. Her research involves applying mathematical modelling, specifically complex network analysis, to understand viral interactions in relation to cancer.

TIMESTAMPS

(00:29) – Basis of complex network analysis to understand biology 

(06:02) – Understanding viral infection 

(09:37) – Machine learning methods vs experimental data 

(23:05) – Modelling cancer signalling pathways 

(33:15) – Bridging the gap between computational and experimental work 

(37:12) – How to get into the field

(39:15) – Advice for young scientists