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