White Paper: The International Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Networks Consortium

Editor's Note: In February, The Scientist's Richard Gallagher editorialized that we would soon be publishing "the manifesto of [a] bottom-up, big science group:"¹

"It will be organized around the traditional approach of small, independent research teams chipping away at pet problems. Science will remain a personal pursuit, with scientists maintaining control of their own research. But the team's efforts will be integrated and designed as a virtuous circle of modeling of the system driving experiments that will in turn tune the model, generating more experiments."

The purpose, he wrote, would "be important contributions to a broader agenda, bringing a fuller understanding to a complex and vital area of biology. At least as important will be what I anticipate is the proof of principle of this important strategy." We are pleased to present the white paper of that group, the International Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Networks Consortium.

Courtesy RTK Consortium

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