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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Grand
Challenges in Organismal Biology</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
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Jane Silverthorne, NSF, Director of Division of Integrative Organismal Systems</span></font></b><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
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Friday, November 2nd, 2012<br>
LOCATION: Genomics Auditorium, RM 1102A<br>
TIME: 10:10 am</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>The Division of
Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS) supports research aimed at understanding
why organisms are structured the way they are and function as they do. The
research supported by IOS focused on organisms as a fundamental unit of
biological organization, using systems approaches that will lead to conceptual
and theoretical insights and predictions about emergent organismal properties.
Areas of inquiry include, but are not limited to, developmental biology and the
evolution of developmental processes, nervous system development, structure,
and function, physiological processes, functional morphology, symbioses,
interactions of organisms with biotic and abiotic environments, plant genomics,
and animal behavior.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Organismal biology is
undergoing a transformation brought about by new research resources,
technologies and computational tools. Long-standing questions about the
evolution and development of organisms and the bases for emergent properties
are receiving renewed attention as the grand challenges in organismal biology
are defined and tackled by a diverse research community. In this talk, I will
discuss community efforts to define the grand challenges in organismal biology
and some of the resulting opportunities for discovery, learning, broadening
participation, and engaging the broader public.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Dr. Silverthorne
received her B.Sc. degree in Biology from the University of Sussex, Brighton,
England and the Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick.
Her research training is in the area of plant biology and her research has
focused on the role of the phytochrome system in regulating plant growth and
development. Dr. Silverthorne came to the National Science Foundation in 1999
as a Program Director from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she
served as Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology. She
subsequently accepted a permanent Program Director position in 2003 and served
as a Cluster leader responsible for the management of the Plant Genome Program
in the Division of Biological Infrastructure (DBI). Between November 2006 and
March 2008, Dr. Silverthorne was on detail at the White House Office of Science
and Technology Policy as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Life Sciences. In
November 2007, Dr. Silverthorne was appointed Acting Deputy Director for DBI,
and she became Deputy Director in December 2008. In June 2009, she moved to the
Division of Integrative Organismal Systems where she currently serves as the
Division Director.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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