BEL Commons

BEL Commons provides an environment to explore, analyze, curate, and integrate Biological Expression Language (BEL) networks to support systems- and network-biology knowledge discovery.

Key Features:

• File Management: Uploads BEL-format files which are parsed, validated, compiled, and stored with fine-grained permissions.
• Network Exploration and Sharing: Summarizes and explores BEL networks and supports sharing of networks for collaborative use.
• Query Builder: Constructs targeted queries to locate relevant subgraphs and relationships within large BEL networks.
• Visualization Interface: Renders and enables interactive examination of network structures and relationships.
• Analytical Services: Provides integrated data-driven analysis on knowledge networks to support hypothesis generation.

Scientific Applications:

• Systems Biology: Enables integrative management and analysis of BEL-encoded networks for systems- and network-biology research.
• Genomics and Proteomics: Supports interpretation of network interactions relevant to genomics and proteomics studies.
• Hypothesis Generation: Facilitates deriving insights and generating hypotheses from complex biological networks.

Methodology:

Parses, validates, compiles, and stores BEL-format files; supports network summarization, exploration, query construction, visualization, and integrated analytical services.