Molecular Systems Biology at 20: reflecting on the past, envisioning the future
As Molecular Systems Biology marks its 20th anniversary, we take this moment to reflect on two decades of discovery and innovation. Since its launch, the journal has stood at the forefront of integrating quantitative biology, computational modeling, and systems science—helping to shape how we understand complex biological systems.
Authors
- Yitzhak Pilpel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3200-9344)
- Edison T. Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4293-4795)
- Dennis Vitkup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-8162)
- Uri Alon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1121-5907)
- James Locke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0670-1943)
- Ron Shamir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1889-9870)
- Joel S. Bader (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6020-4625)
- Félix Naef (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-3037)
- Ruedi Aebersold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-3267)
- Andrew J. Millar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1756-3654)
- Lee Bardwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2393-8363)
- Matthias Mann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-4799)
- Jingyi Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3311-4309)
- Poonam Bheda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4685-1051)
Institutions
- European Molecular Biology Organization (DE)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Tel Aviv University (IL)
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Sainsbury Laboratory (GB)
- Novo Nordisk Foundation (DK)
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- Quantitative BioSciences (US)
- Jackson Laboratory (US)
- Irvine University (US)
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (DE)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH)
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Columbia University (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Molecular Systems Biology
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44320-025-00170-w
- Primary Topic
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00