Third Annual Translational Research Symposium
Thursday, April 26, 2012
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Boston University Metcalf Trustees Center
John and Kathryn Silber Administrative Center, One Silber Way, 9th Floor
Boston, MA
Sponsored By: The Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
David Center, MD, Institute Director and Associate Provost for Translational Research
Keynote Speaker: James Collins, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and
William F. Warren Distinguished Professor, Boston University
“Translational Network Biology: Synthetic Biology, Systems Biology, and Microbial Threats”
Since 1990, Dr. Collins has been a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. Dr. Collins’ scientific accomplishments have been recognized by numerous awards, including the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, the Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Award in Aging, the inaugural Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award, and being selected for Technology Review’s inaugural TR100 – 100 young innovators who will shape the future of technology, and the Scientific American 50 – the top 50 outstanding leaders in science and technology. He received a MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award”, becoming the first bioengineer to receive this honor. This year, Dr. Collins was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for “contributions to synthetic biology and engineered gene networks”.
