These new genomic resources provide a
foundation for systems biology investigations of host - pathogen interactions, with a view to uncovering new treatment strategies.»
Jeff Smith, a first - year postdoc at OISB who studies cell signaling using proteomics, notes that with no specific
categories for systems biology on research - grant applications, he has no choice but to place himself in direct competition with biochemists and biologists in other fields.
However, lipids provide a useful
tool for systems biology, because «they can be quantified, which tells us about the state of a cell or tissue,» explains Kai Simons, CEO of Lipotype in Dresden, Germany.
The platform Bioinformatics will also be complemented with a
part for systems biology at Chalmers University of Technology.
Specifically, the authors
call for systems biology approaches (using large data sets and modeling to understand complex biological systems) to fill critical knowledge gaps in understanding how Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection causes disease.