Promoting convergence in biomedical science

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6042, 2011, Pages 527-

  Sharp, Phillip A ^a   Langer, Robert ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LITERATURE REVIEW; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOLOGY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960997773     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1205008     Document Type: Short Survey

References (7)

1. P. A. Sharp et al., The Third Revolution: The Convergence of the Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, and Engineering [White paper on convergence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Washington, DC, 2011]; web.mit.edu/dc/Policy/MIT%20White%20Paper%20on%20Convergence.pdf.
2. The MIT-AAAS Forum on Convergence, Washington, DC, 4 January 2011; http://techtv.mit.edu/.
3. T. Dvir et al., Nat. Nanotechnol. 6, 13 (2011).
4. QCB@Princeton, www.princeton.edu/qcbgrad/.
5. Examples include the Clark Center, which houses the Bio-X program at Stanford University, the Koch Institute at MIT, the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, the Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience at Georgia Tech, the Molecular Engineering Institute at the University of Chicago, and the North Campus Research Complex at the University of Michigan.
6. NIH Common Fund, http://commonfund.nih.gov/interdisciplinary/overview. aspx.
7. The authors thank W. B. Bonvillian and A. J. Arnold for help and advice.