Jung Ho Choi Born Seoul, Korea Came to US in 1965 – 3rd grade 1 1

MIT Postdoc UC Berkeley High School Maryland Grad School UCSD Faculty Georgia Tech!

Research in Molecular Genetics What are the functions of protein kinases that bind calcium? How did these genes evolve? Can we mine functional genomics data to generate hypotheses about gene function? 3 3 3 3

DNA Microarrays genome on a chip 4 4 4 4

What do you want to learn this week (about biology or biotechnology)? What do you think will be the challenges for bioscientists/technologists/engineers of your generation? What do you want to learn this week (about biology or biotechnology)? Bio@Tech 5 5

Imagine a world: with abundant, healthful food for everyone with a resilient and flourishing environment with sustainable, clean energy where good health is the norm 6 6 6

Living fuel cells http://www.alt-energy.info/biofuel/bacteria-that-acts-like-a-reverse-fuel-cell-producing-biofuel-from-carbon-dioxide/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100218092846.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily:+Latest+Science+News%29 7 7 7

University of Washington (2010, August 16) University of Washington (2010, August 16). Nanoscale DNA sequencing could spur revolution in personal health care. ScienceDaily. Retrieved August 17, 2010, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­ /releases/2010/08/100816155002.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News%29 8 8 8

New superbugs, viruses E. coli H1N1 influenza virus - CDC Spread of NDM-1 Rolain et al. 2010 Clin. Microbiol. Infec. 16 Bio@Tech 9 9

Ebola! cdc.gov

Anti-Ebola ZMAPP!

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