Themes in the key of life sciences

Developmental biology

This field has the power to uncover fundamentally new biological processes and to revolutionize drug discovery by identifying new categories of molecules essential for healthy life.

Cancer research

Bringing world-renowned scientists under the same roof for the first time, the Cancer Research Building will allow investigators to examine the interactions between genes and proteins.

Chemical biology

An exciting, emerging field focused on the design or identification and the exploitation of novel small molecules as tools to investigate questions in biology.

Cell information systems

Yet another developing field created by revolutionary breakthroughs in the study of genomics, Cell Information Systems researchers investigate the ways cells pass information from one to another, as in DNA or protein messenger molecules.

Complex traits

This innovative area will help determine how multiple genes interact to cause disease, and what role environmental factors play in this development.

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