{"350981":{"#nid":"350981","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The Buzz on Bioscience","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022intro-text\u0022\u003EBiomedical engineering at Georgia Tech has risen from a handful of projects to national prominence in just two decades. Today, more than half of all incoming freshman pursue a degree in biomedical engineering, biochemistry, or biology. These students want to both understand living systems and make things that improve people\u2019s lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENow, more than ever, those opportunities are plentiful in biosciences at Georgia Tech, where researchers are creating medical devices for children, understanding how diseases occur, improving vaccines, and building better biomaterials for drug delivery. Georgia Tech\u2019s unique blend of engineering, biology, chemistry, and computing \u2014 along with partnerships with world-class medical facilities in Atlanta, such as Emory University and Children\u2019s Healthcare of Atlanta \u2014 has transformed the Institute\u2019s campus into a magnet for bio-minded scientists.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhat we bring to the table is a new perspective in the biological sciences that is data driven, that is quantitative, that focuses on devices and techniques and on being unafraid to ask fundamental questions,\u201d said Ravi Bellamkonda, the chair and professor of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u201cIt\u2019s a different approach to biology as an engineer.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe rise of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech has created a ripple effect across the biosciences on campus. Biologists studying genetics, ecology, and personalized medicine are collaborating with engineers to solve challenging medical problems. The bio quad, home to the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB); the U.A. Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building; the Ford Environmental Science and Technology (ES\u0026amp;T) Building; and the Molecular Science and Engineering (M) Building, already forms a hub of interdisciplinary research. Soon, other collaboration-oriented buildings will be added, solidifying the Institute\u2019s commitment to developing its bioscience portfolio, which touches everything from mechanical engineering, to electrical engineering, to materials science and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBioscience the Georgia Tech way has attracted high-profile faculty, such as M.G. Finn, pioneer of click chemistry and rumored Nobel Prize candidate. Also flocking to campus are fresh young minds, such as Susan N. Thomas, an assistant professor in the new field of immunoengineering. These researchers and others, who might not have come to Georgia Tech even 10 years ago, say that the Institute is already making a dent in some of the world\u2019s biggest medical challenges, and is poised to do more. Nascent fields of research, such as immunoengineering, systems biology, pediatric bioengineering, chemical biology, and biomanufacturing, are emerging strengths on campus, positioning Georgia Tech to help define what these fields become. Georgia Tech is already recognized as a leader in regenerative medicine, cardiovascular engineering, neuroengineering, and mechanobiology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cConsidering what had been done in the past 10 years, I thought the next 10 years at Georgia Tech would be pretty exciting,\u201d said Finn, the interim chair and professor of the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. \u201cVery few places in the world \u2014 if anywhere \u2014 will embed fundamental science in with applications science and technology better than we do here.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead more\u0026nbsp;of this article from Georgia Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/features\/buzz-bioscience\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;magazine\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The biosciences are big at Georgia Tech. Researchers discuss what\u2019s happening and how they see the future."}],"uid":"27902","created_gmt":"2014-12-02 12:30:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:37","author":"Brett Israel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"351001":{"id":"351001","type":"image","title":"Bioscience faces","body":null,"created":"1449245714","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:15:14","changed":"1475895078","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:18","alt":"Bioscience faces","file":{"fid":"201961","name":"bioscience_teaser.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bioscience_teaser.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bioscience_teaser.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":62236,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bioscience_teaser.jpg?itok=hGREcob5"}}},"media_ids":["351001"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"762","name":"Bioscience"},{"id":"1503","name":"Biotechnology"},{"id":"93761","name":"Krish Roy"},{"id":"10832","name":"Manu Platt"},{"id":"5084","name":"Melissa Kemp"},{"id":"111331","name":"mg finn"},{"id":"2471","name":"Ravi Bellamkonda"},{"id":"169542","name":"Susan Thomas"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBrett Israel\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-491-6792\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/btiatl\u0022\u003E@btiatl\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["brett.israel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}