Joshua L. Payne

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Research Interests

We use computational models and data-driven approaches to understand the design constraints, robustness, and evolution of gene regulation, primarily at the level of transcription.

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Education and Professional Positions

2015  Junior Group Leader, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2012 - 2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2012 - 2013 Faculty of the Citizen Science Program, Bard College, NY, USA
2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dartmouth, NH, USA
2009 - 2010 Visiting Scientist, IIASA, Austria
2009 Ph.D., Interaction Topologies and Information Flow, Computer Science, The University of Vermont, VT USA, Advisor: Professor Margaret J. Eppstein
2004 - 2009 Graduate Research Fellow, The University of Vermont, VT, USA
2007 - 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The University of Vermont, VT, USA
2004 M.Eng, Operations Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY USA
2003 B.Sc., Mathematics and Computer Science, Regis University, CO USA
2002 - 2003 Intern, The National Center for Atmospheric Research, CO, USA
2000 - 2003 Mathematics Tutor, Regis University, CO, USA

Selected Publications

  • Payne JL., Wagner A. (2015). Mechanisms of mutational robustness in transcriptional regulation. Frontiers in Genetics, 6(322):online. DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00322
  • Payne JL., Wagner A. (2015). Function does not follow form in gene regulatory circuits. Scientific Reports, 5(13015):online. DOI: 10.1038/srep13015
  • Pechenick DA., Payne JL., Moore JH. (2014). Phenotypic Robust- ness and the Assortativity Signature of Human Transcription Factor Networks. PLoS Computational Biology, 10(8):e1003780. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003780
  • Payne JL., Wagner A. (2014). Latent phenotypes pervade gene regulatory circuits. BMC Systems Biology, 8(64):8:64. DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-8-64
  • Payne JL., Wagner A. (2014). The robustness and evolvability of transcription factor binding sites. Science, 343(6173):875-877. DOI: 10.1126/science.1249046