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The complexity of biological system is fascinating and challenging for human for a long time. With the advents of mathematical tools with various omics technology, systems biology was born and it’ already ubiquitous in every area of biology and biotechnology. Microalgal biotechnology is no exception in this new trend. As tens of microalgal genomes publicly available on the internet, vast amount of data from genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics are reported everyday. Though there are not enough data on microalgal metabolomics yet, the in silico models for relatively simple cyanobacteria or for organelles, such as chloroplasts, will appear sooner or later. With the help of systems biology, deeper understanding of microalgae will be possible. Consequently, most of industrially-interested microalgae can be metabolically redesigned as cell factories and microalgae will be served as the hosts as commercially attractive strains.