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King's College London - Dept. of Informatics - Systems Biology group (Dr. Sophia Tsoka)

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About us

This is the Github page of the Systems Biology group in the Department of Informatics at King's College London, led by Dr Sophia Tsoka.

Our group develops algorithmic and machine-learning methods to understand complex biological systems — from metabolic and protein–protein interaction networks to multi-omic patient data — with a strong emphasis on interpretability and translational impact in precision medicine and drug discovery.

"Bridging algorithmic innovation with biological insight."


Research themes

🧬 Network biology

Genome and disease data mining · network analysis & reconstruction · metabolic & PPI networks · evolutionary genome dynamics

💊 QSAR & drug discovery

Quantitative structure–activity relationships · piecewise & network-based regression · lead optimisation · ChEMBL/RDKit workflows

🤖 Explainable AI

Optimisation-based deep learning · pathway activity autoencoders · supervised feature selection · interpretable patient stratification

🔬 Multi-omics integration

Network embedding · drug–target interaction prediction · pathway activity inference · clinical & translational applications


Featured repositories

Repository Description Language
OPLRAreg Mixed-integer piecewise regression with regularisation Python
modSAR Network-based piecewise linear regression for QSAR Jupyter
qsar-models Data and regression models for QSAR HTML
qsar-tutorial QSAR tutorial — ChEMBL data & RDKit Jupyter
network-multi-omics Network embedding & multi-omics integration Jupyter
DT2Vec Drug–target interaction via link prediction & embedding Jupyter
pathwayae Pathway activity inference (paper) Jupyter
CGM Multi-gene ML risk classification for breast cancer prognosis Jupyter
📂 All repositories
Repository Description
DIOPTRA Optimisation-based pathway activity inference
coxae Cox survival models with pathway activity encoding
DT2VecPlus Extended drug–target embedding framework
modsar-for-malaria modSAR applied to antimalarial lead discovery
Optimisation-based-Modelling-for-Explainable-Lead-Discovery-in-Malaria Explainable lead discovery in malaria
Similarity-Fusion-GRMF Graph regularised matrix factorisation
melanoma-ig B-cell response analysis in melanoma

Group members

Sophia Tsoka

Dr Sophia Tsoka
Group Leader · Reader in Bioinformatics

Computational genome analysis, network reconstruction, and explainable AI for biomedicine. Leads the Algorithms & Data Analysis research strand.
Modest Lungociu

Modest Lungociu
PhD Student

AI for drug discovery and ML-driven methods for biodosimetry
Xinyue Chen

Xinyue Chen
PhD Student

Computational methods for biological data analysis within the Systems Biology group.

Lili Chen

Lili Chen
PhD Student

Machine learning and bioinformatics research in the Systems Biology group.
Sabaoon Zeb

Sabaoon Zeb
PhD Student

Computational biology and data-driven methods for systems-level analysis.
lws2022

lws2022
PhD Student

Machine learning and bioinformatics research in the Systems Biology group.

Alumni

Jon Cardoso-Silva

Jon Cardoso-Silva
Former PhD Student
Now at · London School of Economics

Creator of modSAR and OPLRAreg. Network-based piecewise regression for QSAR.
Ruby Li

Ruby Li
Former PhD Student
Now at · University College London

Optimisation-based modelling for explainable drug discovery and graph embedding methods.
Pedro Avelar

Pedro Henrique da Costa Avelar
Former PhD Student
Now at · University of Manchester

Pathway activity inference and multi-omics integration. Author of pathwayae.

Recent publications

Recent research from the group(last sync: 2026-06-30).

Year Publication Venue
2026 Lemon: A large endoscopic monocular dataset and foundation model for perception in surgical settings
2026 A comprehensive survey on artificial intelligence for biomolecule design
2026 A stitch in time: Learning procedural workflow via self-supervised plackett-luce ranking
2026 Integrated Methylome–Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Epigenomic Remodeling and Rho GTPase–Linked Immune–Epithelial Crosstalk in Atopic Dermatitis Allergy
2026 B cells and humoral immunity in melanoma: regulatory and autoimmune-like features and implications for immunotherapy
2026 FP11 Circulating immunoregulatory B-and T-cell profiles in patients with melanoma modulated with checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy British Journal of Dermatology
2026 Mapping Molecular Transitions in Barrett’s-Associated Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma via Multi-Omics Integration and Pathway Activity Modelling Cancers
2026 SCONE: Subset-Contrastive Multi-Omics Network Embedding Briefings in Bioinformatics
2026 Phenotypic, functional, prognostic and predictive significance of B-cell and antibody responses in human melanoma: a scoping review
2026 An antibody-drug conjugate designed through clone and isotype selection restricts the growth of CSPG4-expressing triple-negative breast cancer NPJ precision oncology

Source: google_scholar · View full publication list on Google Scholar →


Get involved

  • Star a repository if you find our tools useful
  • 🐛 Open an issue for bugs, questions, or feature requests
  • 🔀 Submit a PR — we welcome contributions and tutorials
  • 📧 Contact: sophia.tsoka@kcl.ac.uk


Systems Biology · Department of Informatics · King's College London · London, UK

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  1. qsar-models qsar-models Public

    Data and regression models for QSAR

    HTML 6 3

  2. OPLRAreg OPLRAreg Public

    Mixed Integer Piecewise Regression Algorithm with Regularisation

    Python 5

  3. qsar-tutorial qsar-tutorial Public

    QSAR Tutorial - Obtaining data from ChEMBL and playing around with RDKit

    Jupyter Notebook 4 1

  4. Optimisation-based-Modelling-for-Explainable-Lead-Discovery-in-Malaria Optimisation-based-Modelling-for-Explainable-Lead-Discovery-in-Malaria Public

    Forked from yutongLi1997/Optimisation-based-Modelling-for-Explainable-Lead-Discovery-in-Malaria

    Jupyter Notebook 1

  5. modSAR modSAR Public

    Source code for the paper Cardoso-Silva, J., Papageorgiou, L. G. & Tsoka, S. (2019) Network-based piecewise linear regression for QSAR modelling. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10822-019-00228-6

    Jupyter Notebook 1

  6. coxae coxae Public

    Forked from phcavelar/coxae

    Jupyter Notebook

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