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author Zitnik, Marinka
Li, Michelle M.
Wells, Aydin
Glass, Kimberly
Gysi, Deisy Morselli
Krishnan, Arjun
Murali, T. M.
Radivojac, Predrag
Roy, Sushmita
Baudot, Anaïs
Bozdag, Serdar
Chen, Danny Z.
Cowen, Lenore
Devkota, Kapil
Gitter, Anthony
Gosline, Sara
Gu, Pengfei
Guzzi, Pietro H.
Huang, Heng
Jiang, Meng
Kesimoglu, Ziynet Nesibe
Koyuturk, Mehmet
Ma, Jian
Pico, Alexander R.
Pržulj, Nataša
Przytycka, Teresa M.
Raphael, Benjamin J.
Ritz, Anna
Sharan, Roded
Shen, Yang
Singh, Mona
Slonim, Donna K.
Tong, Hanghang
Yang, Xinan Holly
Yoon, Byung-Jun
Yu, Haiyuan
Milenković, Tijana
author_facet Zitnik, Marinka
Li, Michelle M.
Wells, Aydin
Glass, Kimberly
Gysi, Deisy Morselli
Krishnan, Arjun
Murali, T. M.
Radivojac, Predrag
Roy, Sushmita
Baudot, Anaïs
Bozdag, Serdar
Chen, Danny Z.
Cowen, Lenore
Devkota, Kapil
Gitter, Anthony
Gosline, Sara
Gu, Pengfei
Guzzi, Pietro H.
Huang, Heng
Jiang, Meng
Kesimoglu, Ziynet Nesibe
Koyuturk, Mehmet
Ma, Jian
Pico, Alexander R.
Pržulj, Nataša
Przytycka, Teresa M.
Raphael, Benjamin J.
Ritz, Anna
Sharan, Roded
Shen, Yang
Singh, Mona
Slonim, Donna K.
Tong, Hanghang
Yang, Xinan Holly
Yoon, Byung-Jun
Yu, Haiyuan
Milenković, Tijana
contents Network biology is an interdisciplinary field bridging computational and biological sciences that has proved pivotal in advancing the understanding of cellular functions and diseases across biological systems and scales. Although the field has been around for two decades, it remains nascent. It has witnessed rapid evolution, accompanied by emerging challenges. These challenges stem from various factors, notably the growing complexity and volume of data together with the increased diversity of data types describing different tiers of biological organization. We discuss prevailing research directions in network biology and highlight areas of inference and comparison of biological networks, multimodal data integration and heterogeneous networks, higher-order network analysis, machine learning on networks, and network-based personalized medicine. Following the overview of recent breakthroughs across these five areas, we offer a perspective on the future directions of network biology. Additionally, we offer insights into scientific communities, educational initiatives, and the importance of fostering diversity within the field. This paper establishes a roadmap for an immediate and long-term vision for network biology.
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spellingShingle Current and future directions in network biology
Zitnik, Marinka
Li, Michelle M.
Wells, Aydin
Glass, Kimberly
Gysi, Deisy Morselli
Krishnan, Arjun
Murali, T. M.
Radivojac, Predrag
Roy, Sushmita
Baudot, Anaïs
Bozdag, Serdar
Chen, Danny Z.
Cowen, Lenore
Devkota, Kapil
Gitter, Anthony
Gosline, Sara
Gu, Pengfei
Guzzi, Pietro H.
Huang, Heng
Jiang, Meng
Kesimoglu, Ziynet Nesibe
Koyuturk, Mehmet
Ma, Jian
Pico, Alexander R.
Pržulj, Nataša
Przytycka, Teresa M.
Raphael, Benjamin J.
Ritz, Anna
Sharan, Roded
Shen, Yang
Singh, Mona
Slonim, Donna K.
Tong, Hanghang
Yang, Xinan Holly
Yoon, Byung-Jun
Yu, Haiyuan
Milenković, Tijana
Molecular Networks
Network biology is an interdisciplinary field bridging computational and biological sciences that has proved pivotal in advancing the understanding of cellular functions and diseases across biological systems and scales. Although the field has been around for two decades, it remains nascent. It has witnessed rapid evolution, accompanied by emerging challenges. These challenges stem from various factors, notably the growing complexity and volume of data together with the increased diversity of data types describing different tiers of biological organization. We discuss prevailing research directions in network biology and highlight areas of inference and comparison of biological networks, multimodal data integration and heterogeneous networks, higher-order network analysis, machine learning on networks, and network-based personalized medicine. Following the overview of recent breakthroughs across these five areas, we offer a perspective on the future directions of network biology. Additionally, we offer insights into scientific communities, educational initiatives, and the importance of fostering diversity within the field. This paper establishes a roadmap for an immediate and long-term vision for network biology.
title Current and future directions in network biology
topic Molecular Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.08478