Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematical and Computational Biology

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WikiProject Computational Biology is aimed at improving and organising articles on Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Computational Systems Biology and related topics.

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[edit] Goals

The overall goal of the project is to improve the article quality of Wikipedia articles within the scope. The WikiProject will assist this goal by

  1. Identifying specific needs for improvement within existing articles
  2. Identifying missing topics
  3. Expand entry pages such as Computational biology
  4. Provide a systematic structure of concepts within the scope using categories, templates etc.
  5. Organising articles to provide good coverage of relevant topics
  6. Possibly implement other quality control mechanisms (e.g. scientific peer review)

[edit] Scope

Topics of interest are:

  • "Classical" bioinformatics (ie sequence analysis, phylogenetics, genomics and proteomics)
  • Simulation, modelling and analysis of biological systems (as in Systems biology) of any scale (molecular structure, gene regulation, metabolism, protein interactions, cell physiology, cell populations, tissue organisation, organ modelling)
  • Analysis and integration of biological concepts (e.g. in ontologies) and of biological data (e.g. microarray or imaging data)

See also list at Computational biology.

The primary focus of computational biology is currently on the molecular level. However, the WikiProject encompasses any topic which integrates mathematical or computational methods with biology.

If there is sufficient interest, there is room for creating sub-projects (using templates and infoboxes, task forces etc.) that specifically deal with e.g. systems biology, biological simulations, theoretical biology etc.

[edit] Tasks

Please edit the list below if you have identified a specific task relating to Wikipedia articles on Mathematical and Computational Biology.

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Articles relating to this WikiProject need to be identified.
Here are some tasks you can do:
  • There doesn't seem to be an article on Genetic Computing. At the very least, one would help clarify some of the confusions amoung: operating on genes (genetic engineering), operation with genes (gen computing), simulating genes, studying genes, and using genes as an allegory, and dunno what all else. Pete St.John (talk) 17:27, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
I've found some articles on unconventional computing, DNA computing and molecular computer. Could you check whether they cover all or some aspects of what you're proposing? Hendrik Fuß (talk) 14:48, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Categories

One task of this WikiProject is to define relevant concepts to use as article categories.

Category list

This list is currently only used for collecting ideas. Please feel free to add to it. There are currently no categories associated with this WikiProject.

[edit] Articles

To add articles to this WikiProject simply place the WikiProject's banner on the article's talk page. For a full list of articles, see “what links here”.

[edit] Templates

Help is needed to identify and create useful templates and infoboxes for this WikiProject.

First of all, the current banner needs improvement, e.g. by adding parameters for article assessment and improving the logo.

List of templates

Template Result
{{WikiProject Mathematical and Computational Biology}}
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Mathematical and Computational Biology.
{{bioinformatics-stub}}
This bioinformatics-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[edit] Participants

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  1. Hendrik Fuß 11:43, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
  2. Kayhack (talk) 02:03, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
  3. Dubitzky (talk) 17:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
  4. Pete St.John (talk) 17:16, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
  5. William P. Coleman (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
  6. Tyciol (talk) 03:41, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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