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+Title:     Biology
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+Taverna is used by various projects and researchers for investigations into systems biology:
+
+ - [ENFIN – Enabling Systems Biology](#enfin) – calling of wrapped tools within workflows
+ - [Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology](#manchester-centre-for-integrative-systems-biology) 
+      (MCISB) – modelling metabolomic pathways
+ - [Systems Biology Operational Software](sb-os) (SB.OS) - 
+      a live DVD based on Ubuntu Linux that comes with a comprehensive list of Systems Biology Software (including Taverna)
+ - [Tav4SB](#tav4sb) - Taverna workflows for systems biology, 
+      in particular for analysis of the kinetic models of biological systems
+
+Taverna is also used for analysis of plant biology:
+
+ - [Automatic Functional Annotation in a distributed Web Service Environment](/introduction/taverna-in-use/annotation#afawe) 
+   (AFAWE) – protein prediction and annotation by a tool that calls workflows
+ - [PLANET (A Network of European Plant Databases](#planet) – calling of workflows from a portal
+
+
+<a name="enfin"<a>
+##ENFIN
+
+The partners within the ENFIN - Enabling Systems Biology [project](http://www.enfin.org/) 
+   developed a suite of Systems Biology tools (ENSUITE). 
+These tools are also available as normal WSDL services and their possible use within workflows has been 
+   demonstrated by use of Taverna.
+
+###Publications
+The [paper](http://www.springerlink.com/content/hw667700pm2170j4/) 
+   *ENFIN - An Integrative Structure for Systems Biology* 
+   by Reisinger et al. describes the overall design and structure of ENFIN.
+
+<a name="manchester-centre-for-integrative-systems-biology"></a>
+##Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology
+
+The [BBSRC](http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/) and [EPSRC](http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/) have awarded £6.3m to the 
+  [Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology](http://www.mcisb.org/) 
+  (MCISB) based at the [Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre](http://www.mib.ac.uk/) (MIB). 
+The award is to pioneer the development of new experimental and computational technologies in Systems Biology, 
+   and their exploitation.
+
+The MCISB is intended to provide a hub for cutting-edge systems biology research in the Manchester area, 
+   acting as a focal point for the creation of the necessary ideas and infrastructure, 
+   and for establishing new methods and routines.
+
+The co-investigators in the project Professor [Norman Paton](http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/norman.paton), 
+   Professor [Douglas Kell](http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Douglas.kell) et al.  
+It ran from May 2005 to April 2010.
+
+###Metabolomic Pathways
+
+The Manchester Centre for Integrative Systems Biology is in the process of measuring the kinetic and 
+   binding constants associated with enzyme reactions in metabolic pathways in the yeast, 
+   Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
+Quantitative models of these metabolic pathways are being integrated with transcriptomic, 
+   proteomic and metabolomic data by workflows that have been constructed and enacted using Taverna.
+
+###Publications
+
+A [poster](http://www.mygrid.org.uk/files/2008/09/peter-li-poster.pdf) by Peter Li 
+   describing the systems biology workflows was presented at the International Conference of Systems Biology 2006 
+   and he has written several publications about the work.
+
+Many of the workflows make use of Systems Biology Markup Language 
+   ([SBML](http://sbml.org/)) as described in the 
+   [paper](http://www.mygrid.org.uk/outreach/publications/li2007/) 
+   *Automated manipulation of systems biology models using libSBML within Taverna workflows* by Li et al.
+
+An example [workflow](http://www.myexperiment.org/workflows/79) using SBML is available on 
+   [myExperiment](http://www.myexperiment.org).
+
+<a name="sb-os"></a>
+##Systems Biology Operational Software (SB.OS)
+
+[SB.OS](http://www.sbos.eu/doku.php) is a live DVD based on Ubuntu Linux that comes with 
+   a comprehensive list of Systems Biology Software. 
+Text and video documentation material, 
+   as well as an offline copy of the BioModels.net database and Taverna 2.1, are included.
+
+<a name="tav4sb"></a>
+##Tav4SB
+
+[Tav4SB project](http://bioputer.mimuw.edu.pl/tav4sb/) provides a grid environment with a set of Web services, 
+   bundled together in Taverna workflows. 
+Target application area is the system biology field, 
+   in particular analysis of the kinetic models of biological systems.
+
+<a name="planet"></a>
+##PLANET
+
+As part of the [PLANET](http://www.eu-plant-genome.net/) (A Network of European Plant Databases) project, 
+   [URGI](http://www.breedwheat.fr/institutions.php?id=6) 
+   (Unité de Recherche Génomique-Info) developed BioFloWeb.
+
+BioFloWeb is a stand-alone Web application processing Web services. 
+A given user can choose among predefined workflows or define their own with Taverna. 
+BioFloWeb has been [demonstrated](http://biofloweb.sourceforge.net/) 
+   for retrieval of information about Arabidopsis genes from several European databases.
+
+BioFloWeb makes extensive use of [BioMoby](/introduction/taverna-in-use/annotation#adoption-by-moby) services.
+