The interplay of biology and technology
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Genetics and Medicine, University of Washington, Box 357360, Seattle, WA 98195
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Contributed by Stanley Fields
Abstract
Technologies for biological research arise in multiple ways—through serendipity, through inspired insights, and through incremental advances—and they are tightly coupled to progress in engineering. Underlying the complex dynamics of technology and biology are the different motivations of those who work in the two realms. Consideration of how methodologies emerge has implications for the planning of interdisciplinary centers and the training of the next generation of scientists.
Footnotes
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↵ * E-mail: fields{at}u.washington.edu.
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This contribution is part of a special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected on May 2, 2000.
- Copyright © 2001, The National Academy of Sciences
