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Cremona, Italy
Opportunity and a challenge for composers
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741
Convergence in life sciences
Disciplinary integration
a new knowledge base new diagnostics
new therapeutics
The lymphoid and immune system
T helper cells
Activate B cells and macrophages
Cytotoxic T cells
Kill virus infected cells
Lymphocytes
Plasma cells
Produce antibodies
Platforms for immune responses within the human body
Engineering and the instruments
Imaging technology
Engineering “firefly” cells
for the understanding of cell behaviour
Cell migration and the instrument
Mathematics and the in silico world
Computational biology
Cell convergence
new language skills for new generations
<50µm >50µm
Cell migration
Computational modelling
In silico
Adhesion time (seconds)
A Te
st S
core
Chemokine threshold
Ex vivo
Computational modelling
Convergent technologies will extend research frontiers in the decades to come
Willingness to fund risky research to capitalize on the next revolution in life sciences
RIKEN, Japan Centre for Developmental Biology
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