IEEE_SeattleEMBS Chapter: Presentation

IEEE Pacific NW Seattle EMBS Chapter EMB-18

"Systems Biology: Transforming Biology, Medicine and Society"

Thursday, January 26, 2006
6:45 PM - 8:30 PM
Seattle University, Seattle, Wash.
Room: Room 102 in the Bannan building

Seattle INCOSE, IEEE/EMBS Society and Seattle University present:

"Systems Biology: Transforming Biology, Medicine and Society"

The talk will be presented by Dr. Leroy Hood, President, Institute for Systems Biology,

History of ISB

The Institute for Systems Biology was co-founded in 2000 by Dr. Leroy Hood, Dr. Alan Aderem and Dr. Ruedi Aebersold.
    o   The Institute for Systems Biology, a nonprofit research institute, was founded in 2000 with the mission of transforming biological and medical research by creating and using systems approaches to unravel the workings of complex biological systems. The Institute’s ultimate goal is to enhance people’s lives by using the science of systems biology to predict, prevent, and cure disease.
    o   ISB’s approach is to use model systems, such as yeast and halobacterium, to learn how to practice systems biology, and then to apply systems approaches to develop an understanding of central issues in medical science—the functioning of the immune system, for instance. These biological challenges are driving the development of new technologies, such as nanotechnology and microfluidics, that will allow us to interrogate the informational contents of single cells, as well as better computational and mathematical techniques for analyzing the data.
    o   Researchers at ISB work at the nexus of biology, technology, and computation: biological questions, such as the need to know how a particular type of cell works, drive the development of technologies for making new and better measurements. These measurements, in turn, require the development of new computational and mathematical tools, which are then harnessed to investigate the original biological questions and raise additional ones.

Speaker Biography:

Dr. Leroy Hood has been at the forefront of scientific discovery and technological research for more than 30 years.
He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers, received 12 patents, co-founded nearly a dozen companies and was awarded the 2002 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology for his outstanding contributions to biotechnology and medical technology.
Prior to co-founding the Institute, Dr. Hood spent 22 years at Caltech and then moved to the University of Washington in 1992 to serve as the William Gates III Professor of Biomedical Science.

For more information, contact:

Brian Stewart, Meeting Coordinator,email