Latest update: 23 Jan 2015
_INTRODUCTION
There is no doubt that in the coming years plants will play a very significant role in easing major challenges facing mankind. Plants will provide more food and renewable sources of energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and other commodities.
The genetic improvements of plants will yield improved and novel traits. Novel technologies will make it possible to bring agriculture and environment into harmony. We are working towards an in depth understanding of plant genomes and plant molecular processes to harness the full potential of plants by implementing the emerging field of systems biology that offers a framework to fully understand complex processes such as the production of secondary metabolites. This requires the development of novel tools and disciplines to integrate and model on a multi-level scale the overwhelming number of dynamic interactions between genes, RNAs, proteins and metabolites.
Ultimately systems biology will enable us to predict how components of the molecular machinery can be altered to obtain a desired product. Plant Systems Biology (PSB) research group is formed to lead the way in utilizing systems biology approach in the field of plant science towards in depth understanding on the production of secondary metabolites. The plant chosen in this research is based on the nonavailability of its genome information and we want to use it as a model where systems biology approach is feasible on this type of plant.
The genetic improvements of plants will yield improved and novel traits. Novel technologies will make it possible to bring agriculture and environment into harmony. We are working towards an in depth understanding of plant genomes and plant molecular processes to harness the full potential of plants by implementing the emerging field of systems biology that offers a framework to fully understand complex processes such as the production of secondary metabolites. This requires the development of novel tools and disciplines to integrate and model on a multi-level scale the overwhelming number of dynamic interactions between genes, RNAs, proteins and metabolites.
Ultimately systems biology will enable us to predict how components of the molecular machinery can be altered to obtain a desired product. Plant Systems Biology (PSB) research group is formed to lead the way in utilizing systems biology approach in the field of plant science towards in depth understanding on the production of secondary metabolites. The plant chosen in this research is based on the nonavailability of its genome information and we want to use it as a model where systems biology approach is feasible on this type of plant.