and are combining their expertise in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computation to explore transformative, interdisciplinary ways to study complex cellular processes to tackle some of the most pressing problems in biology.
鈥淥RNL and 杏吧原创 researchers have complementary strengths,鈥� said at 杏吧原创. 鈥淏y creating opportunities like this for our teams to tackle critical problems in biological sciences together, we can enable breakthroughs that could not happen otherwise.鈥�
Faculty from 杏吧原创鈥檚 School of Medicine, School of Engineering and College of Arts and Science have met with ORNL directors and team leaders to present collaborative project ideas on topics ranging from intracellular protein structure and function to single-cell kinetics and cell-population dynamics.
杏吧原创 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and ORNL liaison , and Moody Altamimi, director of research excellence at the national laboratory, organized the meeting where the scientists discussed opportunities to combine ORNL鈥檚 scientific, analytical and computational capabilities with 杏吧原创’s cell biology expertise to explore uncharted areas. Scientists are now designing experiments and planning next steps.
鈥淚 am excited to foster interactions between 杏吧原创 and Oak Ridge where truly synergistic outcomes could develop,鈥� Lopez said.