Systems Biology is the study of an organism's physiology as an integrated network of genes, proteins and other molecules linked by the biochemical reactions taking place within, and between, cells.
Rather than studying individual genes or proteins, Systems Biologists work with experimentalists to mathematically model the function of the biochemical pathways in which these molecules interact.
The Systems Biology group at ABI is developing models and tools for the analysis of biological pathways and networks and applying these techniques to a variety of problems in human physiology and disease, including gene networks underlying skin and breast cancer, and the systems biology of heart disease.
