Concern for India

Nature 14th May 2015, 521(7551): 125-252 made a special issue on Indian Science.
Durjoy Majumder, Ph.D.
Secretary, SSBTR

Skill-sets for Systems Biology Job

Have a look for the required skill-set as on Nature Jobs 2015 Aug. This is for Systems Biology job aspirants.

Durjoy Majumder, Ph.D.
Secretary, SSBTR

Link of other international societies

Different International Societies on Systems Science are focusing on
health care system
International Society for Systems Sciences & International Society for Knowledge and Systems Sciences

Important link that relate application of systems approach in relating health science with the behavioral science i.e., mind-body relationship in health care system: Saybrook University
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Ishita Chatterjee, Ph.D. 
Member, SSBTR
Dept. of Applied Psychology, University of Calcutta

Journal Impact Factor in Systems Biology

Systems Biology not only needs a multi-disciplinary frame-work but also needs a training to appreciate the multi-disiplinary culture. Majority of the science conferences do not have a strong review board and only publish abstracts, hence, academicians from Basic science background and General academia do not appreciate the importance of publications in conferences. Contrarily, engineering conferences publish full papers and they have a strong review board. However, science and general academicians, are not aware regarding the importance of engineering conferences. Please go through the article: Ideker T, Bafna V, and Lemberger T. Integrating scientific cultures, Mol Syst Biol 2007, 3:105, doi: 10.1038/msb4100145. This fact is more pronounced in India and may be the major hindrance in the development of   Systems Biology in India.

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BISHWAJIT DAS
Member, Society for Systems Biology & Translational Research

Email: bishwajit@ssbtr.net

Systems Biology Markup Languages (SBML)

Systems Biology Markup Languages (SBML) is an universal format, based on XML and designed for community to reprsent, share and store the biological processes in a quantitative and relation centric manner. For details please visit: Nature Precedings or SBML project website.
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Durjoy Majumder, PhD
Secretary, SSBTR

N-of-1 Project for Personalized Medicine

Recent time US President Barack Obama has announced a US$ 215 million project N-of-1 targeted to deliver Personalized Medicine (Nature 29 April 2015). Please see N-of-1 Project for Personalized Medicine & Precision Medicine Plan
The major suggestions of practicing methodologies actually coincides with the MORA (Middle-out Rationalist Approach) view.Please see Cross-roads, MORA and Multi-scaling

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Durjoy Majumder, PhD
Secretary, SSBTR