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KBase: Open-source Platform for Collaborative Biological Data Analysis and Publication
Elisha M Wood-Charlson1, Christopher Henry2, Paramvir Dehal1
1Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Journal of Molecular Biology
|February 6, 2026
Summary
The Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) is an expanded, collaborative platform for systems biology research. It now offers multi-omics integration, scalable modeling, and reproducible digital notebooks to advance scientific discovery.
Area of Science:
- Systems biology
- Computational biology
- Environmental science
Background:
- The U.S. Department of Energy's Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase) provides an integrated platform for biological research.
- KBase has recently evolved into a comprehensive, multi-omics ecosystem.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the expansion of KBase as a multi-omics ecosystem.
- To highlight KBase's capabilities in data integration, scalable modeling, and reproducible research objects.
- To position KBase as a hub for open, reproducible systems biology and future AI-driven discovery.
Main Methods:
- Integration of diverse data types including long-read sequence data and protein structures.
- Development of scalable modeling for microbial communities.
- Generation of digital notebooks as citable, executable research objects.
Main Results:
- KBase now supports multi-omics data representation and analysis.
- Scalable modeling of microbial communities across various environments is enabled.
- Citable and executable digital notebooks facilitate data, methods, and interpretation linkage.
Conclusions:
- KBase serves as a central hub for open and reproducible systems biology.
- The platform's advances support data federation, semantic interoperability, and agent-assisted analysis.
- KBase is poised to support next-generation AI-driven discovery tools.
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