Biological Systems Lab, Prof. Gary Bader
We are a computational biology lab focusing on systems biology at the cell and tissue levels. We have made many contributions to network and pathway analysis and interpretation of genomics data to support biological discovery and precision medicine applications. More recently we are developing computational methods and an ecosystem theory of tissue function that considers cell-cell interactions, cell growth, and cell internal mechanisms, such as pathways, reactions, and causal relationships, to help understand development, cancer and regenerative wound healing processes. This work is supported through the development of open-source biological pathway and network databases and visualization and analysis software, like Cytoscape, Pathway Commons and GeneMANIA, which we collaboratively develop with others.
Non-expert explanation
Watch the Inner Life of the Cell movie from Harvard (45MB)
Affiliations:
The Donnelly Centre
Department of Molecular Genetics
Department of Computer Science
The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health System
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at University Health Network
Collaborative Graduate Program in Genome Biology and Bioinformatics
all associated with the University of Toronto
The MacMillan Multiscale Human Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
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