FP6 - LSHG - 2005 - 18942 YSBN - Yeast Systems Biology Network

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Website: www.ysbn.eu




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Type of Project	Coordination action
Contract No	FP6 - LSHG - 2005 - 18942
Total Cost	1,310 KEuro
EC Contribution	1,310 KEuro
Start Date	1-11-2005
Duration	36 Months

Abstract

Systems Biology is an emerging field expected to have a major impact on the future of biological and medical research. It aims at systems-level understanding of biological processes by employing mathematical analyses and computational tools to integrate the information content obtained in experimental biology.

The Yeast Systems Biology Network (YSBN) proposes the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system to develop the field and to advance the understanding of the rules and principles of the dynamic operation of cellular systems. YSBN will serve to integrate activities in yeast systems biology. The network is is based on a web resource that also provides a database of curated data, mathematical models and simulation tools. This web resource allows the research community to contribute data as well as mathematical models to simulate biological processes.

The community will, through further experimentation, contribute to the recursive refinement of these models to advance our understanding of the biological process. The vision is to generate reference models of budding yeast, eventually at the level of the whole cell. YSBN will facilitate the cooperation between experimental and theoretical yeast researchers, and will stimulate the generation of quantitative data obtained in time courses and containing information on the spatial distribution of the individual components of the yeast cell.

Defining the requirements for development of relevant experimental as well computational tools will be an important goal of YSBN. Furthermore, YSBN will take an active role in training and education, as well as ensure dissemination of systems biology activities to both the scientific community and the society.

Coordinator

Center for Microbial Biotechnology BioCentrum-DTU, Denmark

Partners

• Göteborg Iniversitet, Sweden
• University of Manchester, UK
• Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Medical University Vienna, Austria
• Biozentrum University of Basel, Switzerland
• Stuttgart University, Germany
• Technical Univarsity Delft, The Netherlands
• VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland Finland
• Max Plank Institute of Molecular Genetics, Germany
• Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
• ETH Zürich, Switzerland
• Lund Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
• Fluxome Sciences, A/S Denmark
• InNetics AB, Sweden
• CNSR/LaBRI University Bordeaux, France
• University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
• Bogazici University, Turkey

Contacts

Contact

• Roberta MUSTACCHI / Center for Microbial Biotechnology BioCentrum-DTU DENMARK