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History of the Computational Characterization and Exploitation of Biological Networks initiative

Many aspects of biology can increasingly be represented as networks. Modeling and manipulating these networks creates needs and opportunities for faculty who are focused on the computational characterization and exploitation of biological networks. Genomics approaches are generating high dimensional datasets that provide the foundation for simulations of these networks. There are however many challenges that require non-traditional combinations of expertise and approaches. Biological processes span very large time and geographical scales from nanoseconds to millennia as well as from nanometers to ecosystems. Biological systems encompass multibody problems in which components interact in specific combinations and orders. In addition, biological processes are multivariate systems in which many variables change over time. Successful analysis and manipulation of biological networks will require extensive collaborations between several types of computational and experimental groups. More in the proposal submitted in 2005

Result of Initiative Proposal: The approved initiative now includes seven of the original eight proposed positions. The proposed position in Pharmacology has been removed.


First UCD Storer Symposium on Biological Networks and Computation,10am - 6pm,Sept 25, 2006, Kleiber Hall

Click here for a symposium poster and here for its text announcement



Networks Biology v. Systems Biology - an intersection, but networks biology is broader.

See wikipedia definition of systems biology

Responsibilities of the initiative committee

Coordinate with the individual departments involved to assure that the fte hires are within the scope of the initiative; to build structures and programs to facilitate the growth of computational networks biology at UCD.

Initiative Committee Members - co-chairs Dan Gusfield, Oliver Feihn

Illustrative Jobs outside UCD