Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Katze, Michael G.

First, systems biology is an inter-disciplinary approach, requiring the combined talents of biologists, mathematicians, and computer scientists. Second, systems biology is holistic, with the goal of obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the workings of biological systems. This is achieved through the acquisition of massive amounts of data by high-throughput technologies—oligonucleotide microarrays, mass spectrometry, and next-generation sequencing—and the analysis of this data through sophisticated mathematical algorithms. It is perhaps the use of mathematics, to integrate abundant and diverse types of data and to generate models of interconnected molecular networks, that best characterizes systems biology.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2015-06-24

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642439650

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-33099-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 263