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ReviewEndocrine-related cancer2025

Challenges and opportunities in systems biology education.

Jeff Didier, Sophia Croce, Salma Bayoumi, Elena Valceschini, Hugues Escoffier, Evelyn Gonzalez, Ali Kishk, Apurva Badkas, Sébastien De Landtsheer, Thomas Sauter

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Review in Endocrine-related cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Sophia Croce
Salma Bayoumi
Elena Valceschini
Hugues Escoffier
Evelyn Gonzalez
Ali Kishk
Apurva Badkas
Sébastien De Landtsheer

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systems biology requires combining deep understanding in biology with technological methods and computational approaches to acquire new insights. Accordingly, students need to gain knowledge in very different disciplines and their integration to succeed in this truly interdisciplinary field. This review summarizes a variety of study lines at the master's level and uses student and alumni feedback to highlight the main challenges and useful teaching approaches. Education in systems biology needs to be carefully designed to deliver deep knowledge in core aspects while still giving a broad overview of others. Teachers will need to find a good balance here. Integrated experimental and computational courses, as well as active learning approaches, can be key components of successful curricula. Training native systems biologists needs commitment by teachers and institutions and should start as early as possible.

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Systems BiologyCurriculumHumansalumnihigher educationmaster studiessystems biology

Identifiers

PMID40478892
PMCPMC12186286

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