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Walter Fontana

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0003-4062-9957Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:software / tool· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Systems BiologybioRxivPreprintSep 24, 2026

PyKappa: Rule-based modeling in Python

Berk A. Alpay, Amber Lin, August C. Damiani, Walter Fontana

PyKappa is a Python package for rule-based modeling that enables interactive simulation and analysis, including with agentic AI, demonstrated through a phase separation case study.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.18.752660

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Developmental BiologyBiologyPeer-reviewedDec 23, 2017

Age-dependence and aging-dependence: The case of neuronal loss and lifespan in a C. elegans model of Parkinson’s disease

Javier Apfeld, Walter Fontana

The paper investigates whether Parkinson's disease is age-dependent or aging-dependent in C. elegans, finding no correlation between lifespan and neuronal loss.

27 citations

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