Systems biology
Systems Biology
Systems biology (pronunciation: /ˈsɪstəmz baɪˈɒlədʒi/) is an interdisciplinary field that focuses on complex interactions within biological systems, using a holistic approach to biological research.
Etymology
The term "systems biology" was first used in the 1960s and has been increasingly used since the genomic revolution of the 1990s and 2000s. The term "system" comes from the Latin word "systema", meaning a whole compounded of several parts or members. "Biology" comes from the Greek words "bios" meaning life, and "logia" meaning study of.
Definition
Systems biology is the computational and mathematical modeling of complex biological systems. It is a biology-based interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological systems, using a holistic approach (opposed to the reductionist approach) to biological and biomedical research.
Related Terms
- Bioinformatics: The science of collecting and analyzing complex biological data such as genetic codes.
- Genomics: The study of the genomes of organisms.
- Proteomics: The large-scale study of proteins, particularly their structures and functions.
- Metabolomics: The scientific study of chemical processes involving metabolites, the small molecule intermediates and products of metabolism.
- Transcriptomics: The study of the transcriptome, the complete set of RNA transcripts that are produced by the genome, under specific circumstances or in a specific cell.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Systems biology
- Wikipedia's article - Systems biology
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