Sy-Bio Conference
Abstract
Just as the latter half of the twentieth century belonged to communication and computing, it is widely believed that the first half of the twenty-first century will belong to the life sciences. However, in order to realize its full potential, biology would need to complement its current Òhypothesis-drivenÓ approach with a Òdata-drivenÓ approach. The ability to generate huge amounts of raw data at affordable cost is one of the defining features of contemporary biology. However, mere data generation will not lead to further progress. The Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner said during his 2002 Nobel Prize acceptance speech that ÒWe are all conscious today that we are drowning in a sea of data and starving for knowledge.Ó The interfaces between biology and engineering is the area where tools would be developed that would permit turning data into information, and information into knowledge. With this background, the proposed workshop aims to bring together leading researchers who are working at the biology-engineering interface, to present original, cutting-edge work. A large number of professionals and students would participate in the workshop as audience, and derive benefit from listening to, and interacting with, experts. The experts will be drawn from biology, engineering, and bioengineering. The workshop will focus on four closely related areas, namely: Pharmaceutical engineering, personalized medicine, synthetic biology, and systems biology. The primary objective of the proposed workshop is to disseminate knowledge from the leading experts and the thought leaders to aspiring researchers, both professors and students. The success of the workshop would be determined by the amount of original research that is nucleated amongst the participants.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 30, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1510129
Entities
People
- Mathukumalli Vidyasagar
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Texas at Dallas