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ArticleCurrent opinion in systems biology2018

A blueprint for human whole-cell modeling.

Balázs Szigeti, Yosef D Roth, John A P Sekar, Arthur P Goldberg, Saahith C Pochiraju, Jonathan R Karr

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Article in Current opinion in systems biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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  12. Building Structural Models of a Whole Mycoplasma Cell.Journal of molecular biology · 2022
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  13. Analysing and simulating energy-based models in biology using BondGraphTools.The European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2021
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  15. Programmatic modeling for biological systems.Current opinion in systems biology · 2021
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  16. Bayesian metamodeling of complex biological systems across varying representations.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Balázs SzigetiIcahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029, USA.
Yosef D RothIcahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029, USA.
John A P SekarIcahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029, USA.
Arthur P GoldbergIcahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029, USA.
Saahith C PochirajuIcahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029, USA.
Jonathan R KarrIcahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029, USA.

Funding

Toward whole-cell models for precision medicine and synthetic biologyR35GM119771 · NIGMS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KARR, JONATHAN ROSS · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119771
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whole-cell dynamical models of human cells are a central goal of systems biology. Such models could help researchers understand cell biology and help physicians treat disease. Despite significant challenges, we believe that human whole-cell models are rapidly becoming feasible. To develop a plan for achieving human whole-cell models, we analyzed the existing models of individual cellular pathways, surveyed the biomodeling community, and reflected on our experience developing whole-cell models of bacteria. Based on these analyses, we propose a plan for a project, termed the

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PMCPMC5966287

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