Andrea Califano is the Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, in the departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics and of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University. He is currently the founding director and chair of the Columbia Initiative for Systems Biology. He also serves as Associate Director for Bioinformatics in the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Califano serves on numerous editorial and scientific advisory boards, including the Board of Scientific Advisors of St. Jude Children’s Hospital, the Sanford-Burnham Institute, MD Anderson Genomic Medicine department, and the National Cancer Institute.
Andrea Califano
Clyde and Helen Wu Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, Columbia University
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May 11th
2013
May 11th
2013
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Synthetic and Systems Biology: Reinventing the Code of Life
This roundtable will examine the promises and risks of synthetic and systems biology, including their potential to transform medicine, energy, and the creation of life, as well as their ethical and societal implications.
Sat
Oct 11th
2014
Oct 11th
2014
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Cancer: Body & Mind
This roundtable will examine current advances in the biology of cancer and consider how emerging research informs, and complicates, our understanding of any relationship between mind, immunity, and disease progression.