Synthetic Biology Grantee Dr. Huimin published two papers on his research: "Synthetic Biology: Putting Synthesis into Biology" in Volume 3 January/February 2011 issue of WIREs Systems Biology & Medicine and "Rapid Characterization and Engineering of Natural Product Biosynthetic Pathways via DNA Assembler" in Issue 4, 2011 of Molecular BioSystems. Complex Systems’ grantees Caterina Scoglio, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, and Michael Parchman, Mario E. Ramirez Endowed Distinguished Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, published a paper early 2011 on the quality of care and network properties of outpatient healthcare delivery in the Veterans Health Administration in Implementation Science.

Futures interdisciplinary research grants provide seed funding to Futures Conference research participants, on a competitive basis, to enable further pursuit of important new ideas and connections stimulated by the national conference, bringing people together in a variety of new ways and sparking new interdisciplinary research.  The grants provide select researchers an opportunity to explore new research areas, learn new skills, and/or collaborate across disciplines, in cases where this would not otherwise be possible. These grants will help researchers move towards the interfaces between disciplines.

Grant applications from The Informed Brain in a Digital World Conference attendees are currently being reviewed.  Applicants will be notified of the status of their proposals by April 2013.

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