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PART III - The Evolving Relationship Between Instrumentation and Research--A Panel Discussion
PART III - The Evolving Relationship Between Instrumentation and Research--A Panel Discussion
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is on leave from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, where he is AT&T Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Among his activities at the university are a complete revision of the undergraduate computer science curriculum, research on computer architecture and computer security, and an effort to assist humanities scholars exploit information technology.
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Through computational methods we will be able to fold all proteins and see what their likely behaviors are. Furthermore, we'll be able to deduce the circuitry of life.We'll be able to recreate protein net works and gene regulatory networks.
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it would be I said that I wanted them to develop a set of instruments that medical doctors can use. That created a medical instruments department that became one of the fastest growing measurement." parts of the corporation.
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For example, one exciting possibility is doing dynamical measurewith individual ments at the nano scale, really understanding at the level of single molecules the interac tions in individual cells. We could follow this process in real time and understand its molecules." properties by building up statistical aggregates of individual entities.
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There's no reason why a very sophisticated machine cannot be put in the hands of a cop, as long as the data go back to the lab and the cop isn't responsible for figuring out what the data mean. If some of these technologies can be boxed up, they can be complete black boxes for crime scene investigators, which would create huge efficiencies.
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The second was that the provost had veto power over the choice of the director, which was also a quality control provision. But in all major regards -- managing the budget, per sonnel, the ability to make decisions about how to use resources -- the Whitehead Institute was totally independent.
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Look at what happened in the Simpson trial. I'm convinced that the DNA was right, though there was sloppi- -- Robert Gaensslen ness in the case, but the jury simply disregarded the DNA evidence, and they are entirely entitled to do that.
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Maybe you can make instruments so reliable and so able to interpret the data that all you have to do is have it -- Robert Gaensslen print out a complete diagnosis of what you've done; maybe it will even tell you where you've made a mistake. I've had a scientific argument with a man who claims that he can measure NMR splittings to hundredths of a hertz.
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Forensic labs use these machines in their mature stages to look at specimens for which the machines were not designed. It's fine if you're looking at cell lines and if you know you have a single source.
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Leroy Hood: My philosophy has always been that one of the obligations of a scientist is to transfer knowledge to society through K-12 science education. In Seattle we've set up a K 12 science education program that is focused on innovation, inquiry, and teacher training.
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