SBMLtoOdin and Menelmacar: Interactive visualisation of systems biology models for expert and non-expert audiences

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Autores principales: Lorenz, Leonie J., Andréoletti, Antoine, Nguyen, Tung V. N., Hermjakob, Henning, FitzJohn, Richard G., Sheriff, Rahuman S. Malik, Lees, John A.
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author Lorenz, Leonie J.
Andréoletti, Antoine
Nguyen, Tung V. N.
Hermjakob, Henning
FitzJohn, Richard G.
Sheriff, Rahuman S. Malik
Lees, John A.
author_facet Lorenz, Leonie J.
Andréoletti, Antoine
Nguyen, Tung V. N.
Hermjakob, Henning
FitzJohn, Richard G.
Sheriff, Rahuman S. Malik
Lees, John A.
contents Motivation: Computational models in biology can increase our understanding of biological systems, be used to answer research questions, and make predictions. Accessibility and reusability of computational models is limited and often restricted to experts in programming and mathematics. This is due to the need to implement entire models and solvers from the mathematical notation models are normally presented as. Implementation: Here, we present SBMLtoOdin, an R package that translates differential equation models in SBML format from the BioModels database into executable R code using the R package odin, allowing researchers to easily reuse models. We also present Menelmacar, a a web-based application that provides interactive visualisations of these models by solving their differential equations in the browser. This platform allows non-experts to simulate and investigate models using an easy-to-use web interface. Availability: SBMLtoOdin is published under open source Apache 2.0 licence at https://github.com/bacpop/SBMLtoOdin and can be installed as an R package. The code for the Menelmacar website is published under MIT License at https://github.com/bacpop/odinviewer, and the website can be found at https://biomodels.bacpop.org/.
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spellingShingle SBMLtoOdin and Menelmacar: Interactive visualisation of systems biology models for expert and non-expert audiences
Lorenz, Leonie J.
Andréoletti, Antoine
Nguyen, Tung V. N.
Hermjakob, Henning
FitzJohn, Richard G.
Sheriff, Rahuman S. Malik
Lees, John A.
Quantitative Methods
Motivation: Computational models in biology can increase our understanding of biological systems, be used to answer research questions, and make predictions. Accessibility and reusability of computational models is limited and often restricted to experts in programming and mathematics. This is due to the need to implement entire models and solvers from the mathematical notation models are normally presented as. Implementation: Here, we present SBMLtoOdin, an R package that translates differential equation models in SBML format from the BioModels database into executable R code using the R package odin, allowing researchers to easily reuse models. We also present Menelmacar, a a web-based application that provides interactive visualisations of these models by solving their differential equations in the browser. This platform allows non-experts to simulate and investigate models using an easy-to-use web interface. Availability: SBMLtoOdin is published under open source Apache 2.0 licence at https://github.com/bacpop/SBMLtoOdin and can be installed as an R package. The code for the Menelmacar website is published under MIT License at https://github.com/bacpop/odinviewer, and the website can be found at https://biomodels.bacpop.org/.
title SBMLtoOdin and Menelmacar: Interactive visualisation of systems biology models for expert and non-expert audiences
topic Quantitative Methods
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20710