Strategies for structuring interdisciplinary education in Systems Biology

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• dc.contributor.author Cvijovic, Marija
• dc.contributor.author García-Ojalvo, Jordi
• dc.contributor.author Hohmann, Stefan
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-12-12T06:35:38Z
• dc.date.available 2023-12-12T06:35:38Z
• dc.date.issued 2016
• dc.description.abstract Systems Biology is an approach to biology and medicine that has the potential to lead to a better understanding of how biological properties emerge from the interaction of genes, proteins, molecules, cells and organisms. The approach aims at elucidating how these interactions govern biological function by employing experimental data, mathematical models and computational simulations. As Systems Biology is inherently multidisciplinary, education within this field meets numerous hurdles including departmental barriers, availability of all required expertise locally, appropriate teaching material and example curricula. As university education at the Bachelor’s level is traditionally built upon disciplinary degrees, we believe that the most effective way to implement education in Systems Biology would be at the Master’s level, as it offers a more flexible framework. Our team of experts and active performers of Systems Biology education suggest here (i) a definition of the skills that students should acquire within a Master’s programme in Systems Biology, (ii) a possible basic educational curriculum with flexibility to adjust to different application areas and local research strengths, (iii) a description of possible career paths for students who undergo such an education, (iv) conditions that should improve the recruitment of students to such programmes and (v) mechanisms for collaboration and excellence spreading among education professionals. With the growing interest of industry in applying Systems Biology approaches in their fields, a concerted action between academia and industry is needed to build this expertise. Here we present a reflection of the European situation and expertise, where most of the challenges we discuss are universal, anticipating that our suggestions will be useful internationally. We believe that one of the overriding goals of any Systems Biology education should be a student’s ability to phrase and communicate research questions in such a manner that they can be solved by the integration of experiments and modelling, as well as to communicate and collaborate productively across different experimental and theoretical disciplines in research and development.
• dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the European Commission within the projects ‘ISBE-Infrastructure for Systems Biology in Europe’, grant agreement no: 312455, and ‘ERASysAPP—Systems Biology Applications’, grant agreement no: 321567. The work was partly performed also with support from the Faculty of Science, University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology within the ‘Gothenburg Centre for Systems Biology’.
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• dc.identifier.citation Cvijovic M, Höfer T, Aćimović J, Alberghina L, Almaas E, Besozzi D, et al. Strategies for structuring interdisciplinary education in Systems Biology: an European perspective. npj Syst Biol Appl. 2016 May 26;2(1):16011. DOI: 10.1038/npjsba.2016.11
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npjsba.2016.11
• dc.identifier.issn 2056-7189
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/58491
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Nature Research
• dc.relation.ispartof npj Systems Biology and Applications. 2016 May 26;2(1):16011
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• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/321567
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• dc.subject.other Educació
• dc.subject.other Biologia
• dc.subject.other Medicina
• dc.title Strategies for structuring interdisciplinary education in Systems Biology
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