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June 26-30, 2004. Seattle, Washington, USA
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Keynote Speakers
Dr. Leroy Hood
Professor François Baneyx



Dr. Leroy Hood
President, Institute for Systems Biology
Monday 28th June
Seattle, WA

"Systems Biology and the Networks of Life".

Systems approaches to biology attempt to define the elements of a given biological system, measure their interactions and from this come to understand the systems behavior. This view has emerged from the human genome project in that a genetics parts list was provided (identification of all genes and proteins) enabling the analyses of many of life's elements. The systems views leads to the idea that biology is an informational science and the central importance of high throughput biological platforms for measuring biological data (DNA sequencing production lines, DNA arrays, etc.). I will talk about these and give an example or two of biological systems that we have studied. I will then point out how systems biology inevitably leads to a revolution in medicine--from our current reactive medicine to a predictive, preventive and personalized medicine.



Dr. Leroy Hood is recognized as one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics.

http://www.systemsbiology.org/Default.aspx?pagename=leroyhood

Dr. Leroy Hood
President, Institute for Systems Biology
M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1964
Ph.D., Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1968


Biographical sketch for Leroy Hood
Dr. Hood’s research has focused on the study of molecular immunology, biotechnology, and genomics. His professional career began at Caltech where he and his colleagues pioneered four instruments—the DNA gene sequencer and synthesizer, and the protein synthesizer and sequencer—which comprise the technological foundation for contemporary molecular biology. In particular, the DNA sequencer has revolutionized genomics by allowing the rapid automated sequencing of DNA, which played a crucial role in contributing to the successful mapping of the human genome during the 1990s. In 1992, Dr. Hood moved to the University of Washington as founder and Chairman of the cross-disciplinary Department of Molecular Biotechnology. In 2000, he co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle, Washington to pioneer systems approaches to biology and medicine. Most recently, Dr. Hood's lifelong contributions to biotechnology have earned him the prestigious 2003 Lemelson–MIT Prize for Innovation and Invention. He was also awarded the 2002 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology and the 1987 Lasker Prize for his studies on the mechanism of immune diversity. He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers, received 14 patents, and has co-authored textbooks in biochemistry, immunology, molecular biology, and genetics, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the American Association of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Hood has also played a role in founding numerous biotechnology companies, including Amgen, Applied Biosystems, Systemix, Darwin and Rosetta.

Dr. Leroy Hood
President, Institute for Systems Biology
M.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1964
Ph.D., Biochemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1968


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Professor François Baneyx
Professor of Chemical Engineering and adjunct Professor of Bioengineering. Center for Nanotechnology at University of Washington.
Tuesday 29th June
Seattle, WA


"Nanotechnology: current status and forthcoming challenges"
The ability to synthesize, manipulate and organize nanometer-size objects into functional structures holds enormous promise in our quest for new materials, opto-electronics devices, computational tools and for a variety of biotechnological and biomedical applications. To realize the promise of nanotechnology, significant hurdles will have to be overcome. In this presentation, I will showcase groundbreaking research in nanoscience and nanotechnogy by members of the University of Washington Center for Nanotechnology, highlight the challenges of the discipline and discuss how convergence with computational approaches may help overcome current hurdles.

Professor Baneyx is a recognised international expert in biotechnology and nano technology.

http://www.nano.washington.edu/about/faculty.asp

Biographical sketch for François Baneyx
Dr. Baneyx earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991 and was a Visiting Scientist for one year at the Du Pont Experimental Station in Wilmington, DE. In 1992, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, where he is currently Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering and co-director of the Center for Nanotechnology. Dr. Baneyx holds three patents, has authored one textbook, edited one volume and contributed over fifty scientific papers. His research interests include molecular chaperones, protein folding, protein expression, microbial-based sensing and computation, molecular biomimetics and nanobiotechnology.

 

 
 
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