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First annual meeting of the EpiGeneSys Network of Excellence: Moving epigenetics towards systems biology
Author(s) -
vandenBerg Alysia,
Ringrose Leonie
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.201200026
Subject(s) - epigenetics , nucleosome , excellence , biology , mathematical and theoretical biology , systems biology , computational biology , computer science , engineering ethics , cognitive science , histone , genetics , epistemology , psychology , engineering , dna , philosophy , gene
This meeting united participants from the fields of experimental epigenetics, mathematics and computational biology, to discuss results and challenges in the endeavour to explore points of synergy between these fields. The design shown here expresses the idea of moving complex biological phenomena (left nucleosome) towards precise mathematical descriptions (right nucleosome).