Pushing the frontiers of interdisciplinary research: an idea whose time has come

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There is growing recognition among biologists of the need to encourage collaboration between biologists and computer scientists, chemists, physicists and engineers. Traditional cultural and administrative boundaries are being swept aside, and new centres of excellence are emerging in which a single department or discipline does not dominate and there is strong emphasis on technology development. Examples of the new interdisciplinary approach include the Harvard Center for Genomics Research and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation in La Jolla, CA.

Analysis, Interdisciplinary research

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New biotechnology institute at Rice promotes interdisciplinary studies

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Rice University in Houston, TX, has founded the Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering to further biotechnological research and to prepare scientists for employment in Texas's growing biotechnology industry. Rice formed the new facility by amalgamating three existing laboratories - the Cox Laboratory for biomedical engineering, the Greenwood Laboratory for basic medical science and the Mabee Laboratory for biochemical and genetic engineering. The $25 million facility is supported mostly through private philanthropy.

Research, Planning, Cover Story, Rice University, Biotechnology laboratories

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Laying a firm foundation for interdisciplinary research endeavours

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Issues are presented concerning the multidisciplinary approach to biomedical research which has been adopted by US universities. The Institute for Medicine and Engineering which was set up by the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 is discussed.

Universities and colleges, Science and technology policy, Buildings and facilities, Pennsylvania, University of. Institute for Medicine and Engineering.

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