title: Using systems and structure biology tools to dissect cellular phenotypes.
abstract: The Center for the Multiscale Analysis of Genetic Networks (MAGNet, http://magnet.c2b2.columbia.edu) was established in 2005, with the mission of providing the biomedical research community with Structural and Systems Biology algorithms and software tools for the dissection of molecular interactions and for the interaction-based elucidation of cellular phenotypes. Over the last 7 years, MAGNet investigators have developed many novel analysis methodologies, which have led to important biological discoveries, including understanding the role of the DNA shape in protein-DNA binding specificity and the discovery of genes causally related to the presentation of malignant phenotypes, including lymphoma, glioma, and melanoma. Software tools implementing these methodologies have been broadly adopted by the research community and are made freely available through geWorkbench, the Center's integrated analysis platform. Additionally, MAGNet has been instrumental in organizing and developing key conferences and meetings focused on the emerging field of systems biology and regulatory genomics, with special focus on cancer-related research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Aris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Floratos
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Honig
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pe'er
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Califano
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D035843:Biomedical Research; D002477:Cells; D019295:Computational Biology; D005544:Forecasting; D006040:Goals; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008967:Molecular Biology; D010641:Phenotype; D012984:Software; D049490:Systems Biology
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