iscb youth symposium
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The Future of Biology & Medicine is All About Computers
Philip E. Bourne [email protected]
Computers an Ever Powerful Tool
1974
1960’s
1981Today
The Human Genome
• Took at least 10 years and several $bn
• Biology’s equivalent of landing on the moon
• Genome now costs $1000
Proteins and You
HIV Protease
Hemoglobin
Common Cold Virus
Ribosome
Prion
Studying Iron Metabolism
Some Things Stay with You Your Whole Life
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The Growth of Data is A Major Driver in Biology
Why are there so many different shapes?
Big Data
Other ‘Omic
Imaging Phenotypic
Clinical
Genomic
Exposure
An Example of That Potential:The Story of Meredith
http://fora.tv/2012/04/20/Congress_Unplugged_Phil_Bourne
Josh Sommer – A Remarkable Young ManCo-founder & Executive Director the Chordoma Foundation
http://sagecongress.org/Presentations/Sommer.pdf
“And that’s why we’re here today. Because something called precision medicine … gives us one of the greatest opportunities for new medical breakthroughs that we have ever seen.”
President Barack ObamaJanuary 30, 2015
Precision Medicine
Being a Scientist is a Great Life