Georgia Tech School of Biology Jung Ho Choi Born Seoul, Korea Came to US in 1965 – 3 rd grade B.S. Biology, MIT, 1978 Ph.D. Biology, UC San Diego, 1983 Postdoc at UC Berkeley, Assistant Prof. Biology, Georgia Tech, 1986 Associate Chair, School of Biology Program Director, Professional MS Bioinformatics
Georgia Tech School of Biology 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?
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Georgia Tech School of Biology What do you think will be the challenges for bioscientists/technologists/engineers of your generation?
Georgia Tech School of Biology 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
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Georgia Tech School of Biology New superbugs, viruses Spread of NDM-1 Rolain et al Clin. Microbiol. Infec. 16 H1N1 influenza virus - CDC E. coli
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How will human population growth and global warming affect each of these goals – health, environment, energy, food?