Avi Ma’ayan

Dr. Avi Ma'ayan stands as a distinguished leader in bioinformatics, serving as Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Department of Pharmacological Sciences and Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Bioinformatics. As Principal Investigator of significant research initiatives funded by the National Institutes of Health, including the Data Coordination and Integration Center and the Mount Sinai Knowledge Management Center for Illuminating the Druggable Genome, he drives innovative research in computational biology. His expertise centers on applying sophisticated graph theory algorithms, machine learning techniques, dynamical modeling, and visualization methods to integrate complex omics datasets from mammalian sources. This comprehensive approach enables deeper understanding of biological regulation at a global scale. At the Ma'ayan Laboratory, his team develops cutting-edge bioinformatics tools and methodologies that help experimental biologists generate novel hypotheses from complex datasets. His work continues to bridge the gap between computational analysis and biological understanding, making significant contributions to our knowledge of cellular processes and regulatory networks in mammalian systems.