Section: Application Domains

Formal models in molecular biology

As mentioned before, our main goal in biology is to characterize groups of genetic actors that control the response of living species capable of facing extreme environments. To focus our developments, applications and collaborations, we have identified three biological questions which deserve integrative studies. Each axis may be considered independently from the others although their combination, a mid-term challenge, will have the best impact in practice towards the long-term perspective of identifying proteins controlling the production of a metabolite of industrial interest. It is illustrated in our presentation for a major algae product: polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and their derivatives.