About
My scientific ambition to find unifying ideas in biology, that apply across many systems, has led to work that connects varied fields such as microbial evolution and tissue regeneration. My approach to biological problems is through a sharp framing of questions, and by taking a statistical and phenomenological approach to specific problems. With an aim towards generalization, I focus on problems that are replete with puzzling experimental data. Here success requires detailed understanding of the biological process and context, something that I strive to achieve in my own work and that has led to creative and successful collaborations with experimentalists.
Awards
- Connaught New Researcher Award, University of Toronto, 2016
- Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, 2014
- Fellow, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2009
- Burroughs Wellcome Graduate Fellow, Princeton University, 2004
Relevant Publications
- Farrell, S., Mani, M., Goyal, S. Inferring single-cell dynamics with structured dynamical representations of RNA velocity, bioRxiv (2022) https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.22.504858
- Rehman, S., McGibbon-Gardner, S., ..., Goyal, S., O’Brien, C., Colorectal cancer cells enter a diapause-like DTP state to survive chemotherapy, Cell 184(1): 226-242 (2021)
- Shakiba, N., McGibbon-Gardner, S., ..., Goyal, S., Zandstra, P., Competition during reprogramming gives rise to dominant clones, Science 364 (6438) (2019)
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CIFAR is a registered charitable organization supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta and Quebec, as well as foundations, individuals, corporations and Canadian and international partner organizations.