Modeller
A modeller is anyone that has a model of a cellular system in mind - this can be biological concepts, mathematical concepts, or a formulation that brings biological and mathematical concepts together in a model instance that can be used for simulation.
Goals
The overall goal of a modeller is to express a model in a language and toolset that is familiar to them, and to retrieve results in a form useful to their domain of interpretation. A modeller is someone who has a biological, or mathematical background, or both. The key outcome is the mathematical representation of a biological system.
Detailed goals
to model biological processes. The modeller will have an understanding of the biological entities involved, the physiological processes, and perhaps experimental data measuring aspects of these.
Examples include :
- biochemical pathways
- control of gene expression(gene regulation networks)
- ion transport, electrochemical events
- cytoskeleton structure
- cell-cell interaction - e.g. recognition, adhesion, signaling
- developmental processes
- evolution
Use case: Represent a biological process or structure
EditAModel
to model the mathematics of physiological processes and formulate these into representations for simulation.
Use case: Represent the mathematics of the biological process or structure
EditAModel
run simulations and interpret output
Use case: Simulate a model(SimulateAModel)
review and annotate published models
Use case: Review a model(ReviewAModel)
locate existing models
Use case: Find a model(FindAModelModeller)
visualize models - this may be representations describing the process or structure being modelled, say a biochemical pathway, or the results of simulation.
Use case: Visualize a model(VisualizeAModel)
share models
Use case: ShareAModel
reuse models within new models
Use case: ReuseAModel