COMBINE

COMBINE

Coordinating standards for modeling in biology

The “COmputational Modeling in BIology NEtwork” (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats for computational models. By doing so, it is expected that the federated projects will develop a set of interoperable and non-overlapping standards covering all aspects of modeling in biology. The global COMBINE effort is led by the COMBINE Coordination Board.

Building on the experience of mature projects, which already have stable specifications, software support, user-base and community governance, COMBINE will help foster or support fledgling efforts aimed at filling gaps or new needs. As those efforts mature, they may become part of the core set of COMBINE standards.

One of the initial activities of COMBINE is to coordinate the organization of scientific and technical events common to several standards. Those events, as others related to our field of research are gathered in a calendar.

To discuss the goals, organization and operation of COMBINE, subscribe to COMBINE discuss mailing list.

To report issues about the co.mbine.org website, send a mail to combine-support @ googlegroups.com

Coordination

Coordinators

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Chris Myers

SBOL Delegate

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Dagmar Waltemath

Semantic Annotation Delegate

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Sarah Keating

SBML Delegate

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David Nickerson

CellML Delegate (Chair)

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Falk Schreiber

SBGN Delegate

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Gary Bader

BioPAX Delegate

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Martin Golebiewski

Data Processing and Integration

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Matthias König

SED-ML Delegate

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Padraig Gleeson

NeuroML Delegate (Vice Chair)

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Thomas Gorochowski

SBOL Visual Delegate

Past Coordinators

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Michael Hucka

SBML Delegate

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Nicolas Le Novere

Past Delegate

Upcoming Conferences

HARMONY 2025

Conference Date

15-18 April, 2025

Conference Location

KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Important Dates

Breakouts and tutorials submission deadline
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Notification of acceptance for breakout and tutorials
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Lightning talk and poster submission deadline
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Notification of acceptance for lightning talks and posters
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The “Computational Modeling in Biology” Network (COMBINE) is an initiative to coordinate the development of the various community standards and formats in systems biology, synthetic biology and related fields. HARMONY is a codefest-type meeting, with a focus on development of the standards, interoperability and infrastructure. There are generally not many general discussions or oral presentations during HARMONY; instead, the time is devoted to allowing hands-on hacking and interaction between people focused on practical development of software and standards.

HARMONY 2025 will be held at KU Leuven

Local organizers are Liesbet Geris, Luiz Ladeira, and Bernard Staumont.

Workshop Location

HARMONY 2025 will be held at ..

Schedule

The schedule will be available here.

Arrival and Transportation

Information to come.

Accommodations and meals

Power outlet

Support

Topics of Interest

  • Data exchange, pipelines and model standards for systems and synthetic biology
  • Visualization and graphical notation standards for systems and synthetic biology
  • Standards for sharing and analysing biological pathway data
  • Standards for computational biological models and modelling support
  • Metadata description and model annotation in COMBINE standard formats
  • Implementation of COMBINE standards in tools, databases and other resources
  • Integrated model and data management for systems and synthetic biology
  • Standardization of Artificial Intelligence approaches in biological modelling
  • Emerging standardization needs and multicellular modeling
  • Community aspects of COMBINE