title: Interdisciplinary sciences in the 21st century.
abstract: With the advance of genome projects the search for the order of cellular processes has become a realistic goal. Yet this order is hidden behind a screen of data, which obscures the actual connectivity of genes and proteins. In order to expose the true nature of these networks it becomes necessary to apply in silico analysis based on certain parallels between biological and complex technical systems. These efforts far exceed current notions of computational biology.
authors.affiliation: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, D-53175 Bonn, Germany. winnacker@mail.dfg.de
authors.forename: Ernst Ludwig
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Winnacker
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000639:trends*; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D004194:Disease; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008954:Models, Biological; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D012107:Research Design; D012586:Science / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D013598:Systems Theory