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little b

CREATED BY chris • LAST EDITED BY chris 7054 days AGO

Programming language designed to enable people to build modular descriptions (models) of biological systems. Based on Lisp.

Bio-IT World Interview with JG and AM (extensive!)

focussing on biochemical modelling
currently, fairly simple ODE models, in future, [create PDE] and stochastic models too
focussing on modularity, reusable concepts (species type, reaction type &c.)
theorists can extend the terminological set biologists can then use
goal: virtual experiments
currently: read publications, get math-fit post-docs, build monolithic model (from scratch), albeit other people have bitten off various parts of it already
knowledge in biology expands, more nuances, no grand contraction like [create Maxwell's Equations]
intuition for what happens in complex systems is poor, c.f. [create Braess' Paradox] in road traffic network design
[create Entelos] and Gene Network Sciences are closest in the commercial sector
Systems Biology is about the shift from finding out what the components are (e.g. proteins) to answering how, collectively, behaviour is produced
also: shift from discovery science to engineering