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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2004 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Réka Albert is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and specializes in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans several subfields, including molecular biology, plant science, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, and computational theory and mathematics.

They have contributed extensively to topics such as gene regulatory network analysis, bioinformatics and genomic networks, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, neural dynamics and brain function, plant and animal studies, genetics, aging, and longevity in model organisms, and evolution and genetic dynamics.

Réka Albert's recent publications include:

  • Network medicine framework reveals generic herb-symptom effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine, 2023, Science Advances
  • pystablemotifs: Python library for attractor identification and control in Boolean networks, 2021, Bioinformatics
  • synergy: a Python library for calculating, analyzing and visualizing drug combination synergy, 2020, Bioinformatics
  • A Guard Cell Abscisic Acid (ABA) Network Model That Captures the Stomatal Resting State, 2020, Frontiers in Physiology
  • Cell Line-Specific Network Models of ER+ Breast Cancer Identify Potential PI3Kα Inhibitor Resistance Mechanisms and Drug Combinations, 2021, Cancer Research

The scientist often collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including Jordan C. Rozum, Jorge Gómez Tejeda Zañudo, Kyu Hyong Park, Eli Newby, and Xiao Gan.

Réka Albert has published predominantly in publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), arXiv (Cornell University), PLoS Computational Biology, Physical Review E, and Science Advances.

This scientist has also contributed to academic literature in book form, with a publication titled Boolean Networks as Predictive Models of Emergent Biological Behaviors released by Cambridge University Press in 2024.

Réka Albert's work has been recognized by awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2019 and a Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks

    Albert László Barabási;Réka Albert

  • Statistical mechanics of complex networks

    Reka Zsuzsanna Albert;Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

  • Error and attack tolerance of complex networks

    Reka Albert;Hawoong Jeong;Albert László Barabási

  • The large-scale organization of metabolic networks

    Hawoong Jeong;B Tombor;R Albert;ZN Oltvai

  • Diameter of the World-Wide Web

    Réka Albert;Hawoong Jeong;Albert László Barabási

  • Near linear time algorithm to detect community structures in large-scale networks.

    Usha Nandini Raghavan;Réka Albert;Soundar Kumara

  • The diameter of the world wide web

    Réka Albert;Hawoong Jeong;Albert-László Barabási

  • Mean-field theory for scale-free random networks

    Albert László Barabási;Réka Albert;Hawoong Jeong

  • Scale-free characteristics of random networks: the topology of the world-wide web

    Albert László Barabási;Réka Albert;Hawoong Jeong

  • Topology of Evolving Networks: Local Events and Universality

    Réka Albert;Albert László Barabási

  • Structural vulnerability of the North American power grid

    Réka Albert;István Albert;Gary L. Nakarado

  • Scale-free networks in cell biology

    Réka Albert

  • Modeling cascading failures in the North American power grid

    R. Kinney;P. Crucitti;R. Albert;V. Latora

  • Boolean modeling in systems biology: An overview of methodology and applications

    Rui Sheng Wang;Assieh Saadatpour;Réka Albert

  • Predicting Essential Components of Signal Transduction Networks: A Dynamic Model of Guard Cell Abscisic Acid Signaling

    Song Li;Sarah M Assmann;Réka Albert

  • Network model of survival signaling in large granular lymphocyte leukemia

    Ranran Zhang;Mithun Vinod Shah;Jun Yang;Susan B. Nyland

  • Robustness and fragility of Boolean models for genetic regulatory networks.

    Madalena Chaves;Réka Albert;Eduardo D. Sontag

  • Slow Drag in a Granular Medium

    R. Albert;M. A. Pfeifer;A. L. Barabási;Peter E Schiffer

  • Boolean network simulations for life scientists

    István Albert;Juilee Thakar;Song Li;Ranran Zhang

  • What keeps sandcastles standing

    D. J. Hornbaker;R. Albert;I. Albert;A.-L. Barabási

  • The topology of the regulatory interactions predics the expression pattern of the segment polarity genes in Drosophila melanogaster

    Reka Albert;Hans G. Othmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert-László Barabási
Albert-László Barabási Northeastern University
Bhaskar DasGupta
Bhaskar DasGupta University of Illinois at Chicago
Eduardo D. Sontag
Eduardo D. Sontag Northeastern University
Hawoong Jeong
Hawoong Jeong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Sarah M. Assmann
Sarah M. Assmann Pennsylvania State University
Katriona Shea
Katriona Shea Pennsylvania State University
Soundar R. T. Kumara
Soundar R. T. Kumara Pennsylvania State University
Eric T. Harvill
Eric T. Harvill University of Georgia
Thomas P. Loughran
Thomas P. Loughran University of Virginia
Hans G. Othmer
Hans G. Othmer University of Minnesota

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