15:35 · Pangea, Room 2.24, Room 2.28
Breakout materials
Everything you need for the hands-on breakout sessions, organised by room. If a session asks you to install something or bring a laptop, it's listed here — please do this beforehand if possible so we can start on time.
Session A — The MINERVA Platform: hosting systems biology diagrams for browsing and computational workflows
Pangea (main room)
The workshop will introduce the MINERVA Platform, a standalone webserver for hosting systems biology diagrams. You will learn how to upload and manage content in MINERVA and connect to it using dedicated API and a built-in MCP server, to support your reproducible workflows and LLM integration.
Session B — Formalizing systems biology diagrams with SBGN
Room 2.24
Here you will get a brief introduction of the Systems Biology Graphical Notation standard and have a hands-on session on how to formalize biological knowledge encoded in scientific publications as systems biology diagrams. No prior knowledge on these topics is needed; we will read texts in English and perform the formalization of the diagrams by hand on sheets of paper. From this basic introduction, a curator can choose their preferred editor to build their maps.