System Biology, Pre-course survey
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Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. This will not be used as a part of your grade. Select all answers that apply (where possible).
1
. How would you best describe your background:
How would you best describe your background:
Biology, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Physics
Informatics, Computer Science, Mathematics
2
. What information is required to conduct a systems-level study of a biological system:
What information is required to conduct a systems-level study of a biological system:
Components of the systems
States, levels, activities of the components
Output of the system
Functions that describe the dynamics
Architecture or layout of the components
3
. What following statements characterize the current state-of-the-art with respect to systems biology
What following statements characterize the current state-of-the-art with respect to systems biology
Pharmaceutical companies are able to develop new drugs using our current knowledge of cellular biology with computational and mathematical modeling techniques.
Research scientists are able to “build” cells with raw biological materials.
Research scientists are able to engineer cells to produce proteins and other drug substances based on modeling methods alone.
Cells of model organisms can be engineered to overproduce almost any natural compound.
Scientists in industry and academia are able to predict the phenotype of cells based on predictions from models of the cell.
4
. What are expected benefits to society (if any) from the research efforts in systems biology?
What are expected benefits to society (if any) from the research efforts in systems biology?
Bio-fuels
Personalized medicine
New pharmaceutical drugs
Gene therapies
Artificial tissues
Cell factories
Disease resistant plants and crops
Nanobots
5
. Systems biology can generally be described as:
Systems biology can generally be described as:
An approach to biology through reductionism
Inherently integrative in its approach
Derived from and heavily influenced by the field of control theory
An established and mature discipline
Only concerned with standardization of biological models
6
. Systems Biology approaches can be applied equally well to any model organism?
Systems Biology approaches can be applied equally well to any model organism?
True
False
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. Models used in Systems Biology are almost always mathematical models of dynamic systems.
Models used in Systems Biology are almost always mathematical models of dynamic systems.
True
False
8
. What are you most interested in learning about in this course?
What are you most interested in learning about in this course?
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