ISB News

Bringing DNA Sequencing to the High School Classroom

Christopher Lausted and Dr. Danielle Vermaak were featured guests of an ISB Research Roundtable presentation. The husband-and-wife team detailed the planning and rollout of a DNA sequencing curriculum project that was tested in Vermaak’s Lincoln High School science classroom in Seattle.

Lee Hood Wins IEEE Innovations in Healthcare Technology Award

Lee Hood Wins IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) announced that Dr. Lee Hood, president of Institute for Systems Biology, is the 2014 recipient of the Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. He is being recognized for "pioneering contributions to DNA sequencing technologies that revolutionized life and health sciences." Read about all the medal recipients here.  

Dr. Lee Hood Receives Research!America Award

Dr. Lee Hood received the Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award from Research!America at a ceremony on March 12, 2014, in Washington D.C. From the Research!America Website for the Advocacy Awards (link): Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award (Benefactor: The Geoffrey Beene Foundation) Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, will be honored with Research!America’s 2014 Geoffrey Beene Builders of Science Award for pioneering the development of instruments that paved the way for…