CMBSlib: a library of Computational Models of Biological Systems

maintained by Sylvain Soliman
Sylvain.Soliman@inria.fr
and François Fages
Francois.Fages@inria.fr

with help from the ARC CPBIO

Submission guidelines

The aim of the library is to become a useful resource for all researchers on formal methods in systems biology. We thus welcome the submission of any formal model of biological system: to submit a new model, simply email Sylvain Soliman.

The models are classified in CMBSlib by the biological system they refer to. We therefore specify all biological systems in CMBSlib using natural language and reference to survey papers in Biology.

CMBSlib may contain different models of the same biological system, either in different formalisms or even in the same formalism. No standard format is required.

As we want to help people compare their work in CMBSlib with minimum effort, we encourage users of the library to send us the URL of any tools that might be useful to others (e.g. parsers for data files,  simulators, analyzers, ...). All such code is placed in the library through the generosity of the authors, and comes with all the usual disclaimers.

To make comparison with previous work easier, we provide links to papers that use these models. If you use a problem in CMBSlib, please send us the URL to your paper so we can add it to the references section.

Finally, to make it easy to compare your models with others, we will provide a record of results. Please help us keep these records up-to-date by sending in your latest results promptly.


Person submitting the model (name, organisation, e-mail)
Biological system of interest (name, bibliographical references, etc.)
Informal description of the model (considered aspects, variables, limits, etc.)
Formalism used (name and references)
Formal model (type in below or provide a file)
Commentary about what the model successfully captures and what could/should be imporved
Tools and analyses related to the model/formalism (tools references, results of simulations, etc.)

To propose new entries, or to extend or correct existing entries, please email Sylvain Soliman