Systems biology seeks to integrate different levels of information to understand how biological systems function at multiple scales, with the goal of developing an understandable model of a whole system. This is accomplished by studying the relationships and interactions between various parts of the particular system of interest which could... (Read more)

Computational and theoretical approaches are revolutionizing Pharmacology and Drug Discovery. Predicting, modeling, and simulating potential therapeutic agents and their interactions with target molecules is a powerful new first step in the drug discovery process... (Read more)

Studying the architecture, shape, and dynamics of biological macromolecules is paramount to understanding the basic mechanisms that drive the essential processes of all life. Macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids carry out most of the functions of a cell... (Read more)

These advances have enabled scientists to break new ground in the realms of genome assembly, analysis, alignment, computational evolutionary biology, protein structural alignment, interaction network analyses, small RNA species identification and characterization, and many other areas in genomics and proteomics. (Read more)