Research

An interdisciplinary initiative for collaborative research

At IBSE (Initiative for Biological Systems Engineering), we collaborate with research groups from Computer Sciences, Chemical Engineering to address problems related to big data analysis in biology. This initiative is a hotbed for several inter-disciplinary projects initiated on the basis on mutual interests. Recently, we have started looking at big data such as cancer transcriptomes, cross species transcriptomes, etc. to understand the basis of phenotypic heterogeneity. We collaborate to compete in DREAM Challenges where fundamental questions are posed about systems biology and translational sciences. These challenges are fun but serious projects to train next generation computational biologists.