Editor's Summary
22 December 2005
Let's get together
If systems biology is to make the most of the mountain of data on the living cell accumulated over the past 50 years, something needs to be done about the software. Marvin Cassman and colleagues argue that for results to be useful outside of the lab in which they were generated, standardized formats for annotation and storage are essential. This will require concerted action by both researchers and funding agencies, but time is of the essence.
Commentary: Barriers to progress in systems biology
For the past half-century, biologists have been uncovering details of countless molecular events. Linking these data to dynamic models requires new software and data standards, argue Marvin Cassman and his colleagues.
doi:10.1038/4381079a