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Natural sciences
- Biostatistics, statistical methodology in epidemiology and public health
- Bioinformatics data integration and network biology
- Computational biomodelling and machine learning
- Development of bioinformatics software, tools and databases
- Structural bioinformatics and computational proteomics
- Metabolomics
The main scientific objectives of this Flanders-anchored, but also strongly multi-national Scientific Research Community are (i) to perform large-scale mining and analysis of public life sciences data in proteomics and metabolomics, (ii) to develop new ways to visualise and disseminate the results, and (iii) to connect and integrate these data into multi-omics knowledgebases to provide context and uncover functional biological relevance. Final outcomes will be jointly organized events, joint grant applications, joint papers, and, notably, reliable, easy-to-use online knowledgebases (in line with the many resources we have jointly developed in our preceding Research Networks so far) that can be freely accessed by any interested life sciences researchers. Importantly, this network will benefit the Flemish research groups, and in turn the Flemish scientific community, by continuing the leading role that Flanders plays in this overall domain, and by actively promoting it as the most attractive region in the world for ambitious and talented PhD students and postdocs, both local and international, to further their careers.