Stephanie Portet

Prof. Stephanie Portet is a Professor of Mathematics and the PIMS Site Director at the University of Manitoba.

Her work is in the area of cellular biology, and more specifically, cytoskeletal networks. The organization of a cytoskeletal network is the main determinant of its cellular function. Prof. Portet's work involves a multidisciplinary approach encompassing different domains such as biophysics and mathematical biology.

She is interested in models of the organization of networks and assembly of filaments composing those networks to characterize the determinants of their structures and mechanical properties. Deterministic and stochastic dynamical models are used; mathematical and computational analyses are conducted to characterize the transient and asymptotic behaviour of models.

Her special interest is in the intermediate filament network.