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Dr Ornella Cominetti

Dr Ornella Cominetti

Dr Ornella Cominetti

  • Centre for Mathematical Biology

eMail: Ornella [dot] Cominetti [-at-] maths [dot] ox [dot] ac [dot] uk
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Phone Number(s):

Reception/Secretary: +44 1865 273525
Direct: +44 1865 615136

Office: DH45

Preferred Address:

St John's College
Oxford OX1 3JP

Departmental Address:

Mathematical Institute
24-29 St Giles'
Oxford
OX1 3LB
England

Research Interests: 

Cancer systems biology and multiscale modelling.

Bioinformatics.

Data clustering and applications (microarray analysis, image segmentation, etc.). DifFUZZY Website.

Network systems biology. 

Prizes, Awards and Scholarships: 

  • June 2012 Best Poster Award, Graduate Systems Biology Conference, University of Oxford.
  • April 2012 Travel Fellowship Award, International Society for Computational Biology.
  • February 2012 President's Fund Award, Federation of University Women.
  • 2012 The Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship.
  • June 2011 & Aug. 2010 Two ESMTB Travel Grants, European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology.
  • May 2011 & July 2010 Two Landahl Travel Awards, The Society for Mathematical Biology.
  • Feb. 2010 First Prize Poster Competition, 3rd Annual Oxford SIAM Student Chapter Conference.
  • Jan. 2010 CMM Visitors Grant, Centre for Mathematical Modeling, University of Chile.
  • 2009-2012 Mathematical Institute Academic Travel Grants, Oxford University.
  • Sept. 2009 Mathematical Biosciences Institute Travel Grant, The Ohio State University. 
  • 2008-2012 St. John's College Academic Grants, Oxford University.
  • March 2009 Alister Sutherland Award, for a journey in the high mountains, St. John's College, Oxford University.
  • May 2008 Marie Curie Network MCTN Travel Grant, CancerSim2008.
  • 2007 - 2011 Full Clarendon Award, Oxford University Press, Oxford University.
  • May 2007 Beca Presidente de la Republica, MIDEPLAN, Chilean Government.
  • March 2007 CMM Dissertation Scholarship, Centre for Mathematical Modeling, University of Chile.
  • 2002 - 2007 FCFM Outstanding Students List, School of Engineering, University of Chile.
Major/Recent Publications: 
  • O. Cominetti, D. Smith, N. Jones, M. Jallow, K. Rocket, D. Kwiatkowski, P.K. Maini and C. Casals-Pascual (2012) Identification of new pathobiological clusters in severe malaria using unsupervised methods. Submitted.
  • O. Cominetti, A. Matzavinos, S. Samarasinghe, D. Kulasiri, S. Liu, P.K. Maini and R. Erban (2010) DifFUZZY: A fuzzy clustering algorithm for complex datasets. Int. J. Comput. Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Vol. 1, No. 4, 402-417, 2010. http://www.inderscience.com/search/index.php?action=record&rec_id=38222.
  • O. Cominetti, P.K. Maini, R. Erban and D. Kulasiri (2008) Multiscale Modelling of Carcinogenesis: From a cellular automaton model to a system of PDEs. Centenary Symposium of Mathematical Modelling in Medicine and Health. Queen's University Belfast.
  • O. Cominetti (2007) Theoretical comparison of metabolic capabilities of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Pichia pastoris for the production of SOD. Engineering Dissertation, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Engineering School, University of Chile. http://en.scientificcommons.org/36381750. 
Teaching: 

  • HT 2012 and 2013 Demonstrator: Mathematics with MuPAD. Mathematical Institute, Oxford University.
  • HT 2013 Demonstrator: Mathematical Biology. Life Science and Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre, Oxford University.
  • MT 2012 Demonstrator: Bridging Program (Core Maths and Physics). MPLS, Oxford University.
  • MT 2011 Demonstrator: Mathematical Biology using Matlab and Programming. Life Science and Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre, Oxford University.
  • HT 2010 Marker: Mathematical Physiology. Mathematical Institute, Oxford University.
  • MT 2008 Marker: Mathematical Biology and Ecology. Mathematical Institute, Oxford University.
  • MT 2008 Demonstrator: Molecular Genetics and Cellular Biology. Life Science and Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centre, Oxford University.
  • March - July 2006 Teaching Assistant: Basic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Materials Science. Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile.
  • March - Dec. 2005 Teaching Assistant: Statistical Physics. Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile.
  • July - Dec. 2004 Teaching Assistant: Algebra. Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile.  
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ACADEMIC VISITS

CONTRIBUTED AND INVITED TALKS

  • Jun. 2012 “Identification of a novel clinical phenotype of severe malaria using a systems approach” Talk at the Graduate Systems Biology Conference, University of Oxford.
  • Feb. 2012 "Identification of new pathobiological clusters in severe malaria using unsupervised methods" Centre for Mathematical Biology Group Meeting, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. 
  • June 2011 "Using a cell-vertex model to study the role of differential adhesion in the intestinal crypt" Mini-symposium talk, 8th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Kraków.
  • May 2011 "Clustering data through diffusion processes on graphs" Invited talk, MSSC Conference, University of Manchester.
  • March 2011 "Clustering Malarial Disease Sympthoms" CABDyN Complexity Centre Network Journal Club, University of Oxford.
  • July 2010 "DifFUZZY: A fuzzy clustering method for complex data sets" Contributed talk, Computational Biology Session, Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Biology, Rio de Janeiro.
  • June 2010 "Clustering complex data using a novel fuzzy spectral method" 2010 Systems Biology Inter Doctoral Training Centre Conference, University of Warwick.
  • May 2010 "An overview of Clustering and Clustering Methods" Talk at the post-doctoral researchers weekly meeting, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Oxford.
  • Feb. 2010 “A fuzzy spectral clustering algorithm for complex data sets” Talk for the transfer of Probationer Research Student to the status of Student for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Centre for Mathematical Biology Group Meeting, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. 
  • Jan. 2010 "Towards a multiscale computational model of WNT signaling" Seminar Laboratory of Cellular Biology, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile. 
  • Jan. 2010 "Data Clustering in Cancer Systems Biology" Talk at the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Mathematics of the Genome, Centre for Mathematical Modeling, University of Chile.
  • Jan. 2010 "Cancer Systems Biology: an overview" Talk at the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Mathematics of the Genome, Centre for Mathematical Modeling, University of Chile.
  • Dec. 2009 "Clustering recipes: new flavours of kernel and spectral methods" Junior Applied Mathematics Seminar (JAMS), Oxford University.
  • Dec. 2009 "A survey on kernel and spectral methods for data clustering" OCCAM Literature Seminar Series, Oxford University.
  • Oct. 2009 "Kernel and spectral methods for data clustering and image colour segmentation" Laboratory for Systems Biology and Bio-Inspired Engineering, KAIST.
  • Sept. 2009 "A novel fuzzy clustering algorithm for systems biology" Seminar at the Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University.
  • Sept. 2009 "DifFUZZY: A novel fuzzy clustering algorithm for complex data sets" Computational an Applied Mathematics Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University.
  • Feb. 2009 "Chile: A Land of Contrast" International Lecture Supper, St John's College, University of Oxford.
  • Sept. 2008 "Multiscale Modelling of Carcinogenesis: From a cellular automaton model to a system of PDEs" Invited talk at the Centenary Symposium on Mathematical and Statistical Modelling in Medicine and Health Science, Queen's University Belfast.
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