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Developing such models has been a task of [[systems biology]] and [[mathematical biology]]. It involves developing efficient [[algorithms]], [[data structures]], [[Biological data visualization|visualization]] and communication tools to orchestrate the integration of large quantities of biological data with the goal of [[computer modeling]]. It involves the use of [[computer simulation]]s of [[cell (biology)|cellular]] subsystems, such as the [[metabolic network|networks of metabolites]] and [[enzyme]]s which comprise [[metabolism]], [[signal transduction]] pathways and [[gene regulatory network]]s.
== Overview ==
The eukaryotic [[cell cycle]] is very complex and is one of the most studied topics, since its misregulation leads to [[Cancer|cancers]]. It is possibly a good example of a mathematical model as it deals with simple calculus but gives valid results. Two research groups
▲It is possibly a good example of a mathematical model as it deals with simple calculus but gives valid results. Two research groups<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mpf.biol.vt.edu/lab_website/ |title=The JJ Tyson Lab|publisher=[[Virginia Tech]]|access-date=2011-07-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cellcycle.bme.hu/|title=The Molecular Network Dynamics Research Group|publisher=[[Budapest University of Technology and Economics]]|access-date=2011-07-20|archive-date=2019-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030201028/http://www.cellcycle.bme.hu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> have produced several models of the cell cycle simulating several organisms. They have recently produced a generic eukaryotic cell cycle model which can represent a particular eukaryote depending on the values of the parameters, demonstrating that the idiosyncrasies of the individual cell cycles are due to different protein concentrations and affinities, while the underlying mechanisms are conserved (Csikasz-Nagy et al., 2006).
By means of a system of [[ordinary differential equation]]s these models show the change in time ([[dynamical system]]) of the protein inside a single typical cell; this type of model is called a [[deterministic system|deterministic process]] (whereas a model describing a statistical distribution of protein concentrations in a population of cells is called a [[stochastic process]]).
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In the July 2012 issue of [[Cell (journal)|''Cell'']], a team led by [[Markus W. Covert|Markus Covert]] at Stanford published the most complete computational model of a cell to date. The model of the roughly 500-gene ''[[Mycoplasma genitalium]]'' contains 28 algorithmically-independent components incorporating work from over 900 sources. It accounts for interactions of the complete [[genome]], [[transcriptome]], [[proteome]], and [[metabolome]] of the organism, marking a significant advancement for the field.<ref>http://covertlab.stanford.edu/publicationpdfs/mgenitalium_whole_cell_2012_07_20.pdf{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/july/computer-model-organism-071812.html | title=Stanford researchers produce first complete computer model of an organism| date=2012-07-19}}</ref>
Most attempts at modeling cell cycle processes have focused on the broad, complicated molecular interactions of many different chemicals, including several [[cyclin]] and [[cyclin-dependent kinase]] molecules as they correspond to the [[S phase|S]], [[M phase|M]], [[G1 phase|G1]] and [[G2 phase|G2]] phases of the [[cell cycle]]. In a 2014 published article in PLOS computational biology, collaborators at [[University of Oxford]], [[Virginia Tech]] and Institut de Génétique et Développement de Rennes produced a simplified model of the cell cycle using only one cyclin/CDK interaction. This model showed the ability to control totally functional [[cell division]] through regulation and manipulation only the one interaction, and even allowed researchers to skip phases through varying the concentration of CDK.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Cell Cycle Control by a Minimal Cdk Network|journal = PLOS Comput Biol|date = 2015-02-06|pmc = 4319789|pmid = 25658582|pages = e1004056|volume = 11|issue = 2|doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004056|first1 = Claude|last1 = Gérard|first2 = John J.|last2 = Tyson|first3 = Damien|last3 = Coudreuse|first4 = Béla|last4 = Novák|bibcode = 2015PLSCB..11E4056G | doi-access=free }}</ref> This model could help understand how the relatively simple interactions of one chemical translate to a cellular level model of cell division.
==Projects==
Multiple projects are in progress.<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/2002/020627/full/nj6892-04a.html | doi=10.1038/nj6892-04a| pmid=12087360| title=Silicon dreams in the biology lab| journal=Nature| volume=417| issue=6892| pages=4–5| year=2002| last1=Gershon| first1=Diane| bibcode=2002Natur.417....4G| s2cid=10737442| url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[http://cytosolve.com/ CytoSolve] - Commercial platform, possibly using MATLAB
*[http://www.synthecell.org/ Synthecell] - Experimental group
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