[Bgsa] FW: Important seminar this Friday at 10:10 in Genomics

[Vincent Careau]

Grand Challenges in Organismal Biology

by Jane Silverthorne, NSF, Director of Division of Integrative Organismal
Systems

DATE: Friday, November 2nd, 2012
LOCATION: Genomics Auditorium, RM 1102A
TIME: 10:10 am

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

 

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