Abstract
Systems biology is attracting significant interest finding applications
not only in pharmaceutical development but also for basic studies on
microbial systems. The latter often concentrate on the quantitative
understanding of global regulation phenomena. So far. these activities
are dominated by academic groups basically mirroring the necessity to
prepare the sound scientific understanding first, before industrial
applications can be derived later. However, this short-term view may not
be sufficient because systems biology already offers numerous benefits
for industrial applications, provided that special constraints are
considered. This contribution indicates some of the constraints worth
noticing when industrial systems biology projects are carried out.
Consequently, differences in project structure and goals between purely
academic and industrial systems biology projects are outlined. (c) 2007
Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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