Data Driven Biology

This is where biology is going to go. Everyone always thinks that biology is the easiest of the sciences, but in terms of building models and making predictions it is by far the hardest. Maths and physics are trivial by comparison to modelling even the simplest living creature.

We need more data, more computer power and more maths to generate theoretical biology. It has been tried many times before, the last version was systems biology that fell flat on its face with excessive claims and little foundation. So what next?

Biology with:

• Remote sensing.
• Continuous monitoring.
• Multiple level measures (from the molecular to the whole organism).
• Microfluidics.
• Next Generation Sequencing.
• Medical Informatics.