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Daniel Needleman, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist, Center for Computational Biology

Website
seas.harvard.edu/directory/dneedle

Bio

Daniel Needleman joined the Center for Computational Biology as a Senior Research Scientist in September 2020. Previously he was a visiting scholar a the Flatiron Institute.

Publications

Control theory analysis of dynamic metabolic response elucidates mitochondrial-cytoplasmic coupling and nutrient partitioning

bioRxiv 2026.06.28.735091;, July 1, 2026

Xingbo Yang and Daniel Needleman

A pico-calorimeter for cellular metabolism and antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 15, 2026

Juanjuan Zheng, Hang Yang, Adam Strandberg, Easun Arunachalam, William Ireland, Daniel Needleman, et al.

Geometric optics organizes organelle interactions and positioning

bioRxiv 2026.04.28.721423, April 29, 2026

Reza Farhadifar, Gunar Fabig, Hai-Yin Wu, Yuan-Nan Young, Justus Vogel, Daniel Needleman, et al.

Contributions of error correction and the spindle assembly checkpoint to mitotic timing and fidelity

bioRxiv 2026.03.10.710927, March 13, 2026

Gloria Ha, Luyi Qiu, Ariel Amir, and Daniel Needleman

Featuring Daniel Needleman

The Machinery That Helps Divide Your Cells Self-Organizes Like an Active Liquid Crystal

Still shot of three-dimensional simulation of spindle elongation in the presence of multiple force-generators (purple disks) with 50% asymmetry in force-generator density between the cell’s right and left halves

Unveiling the Forces Behind Millions of Years of Cell Division

Events

Computational Biology

CCB Colloquium: Daniel Needleman

Seminar

March 12, 2019

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET

Speaker

Daniel Needleman

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