NSERC CREATE Graduate program in Genome Science and Technology

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Technological innovation and biological discovery are intimately related. The last ten years have seen a complete paradigm shift in the life sciences, occasioned by transformative technologies that allow us to rapidly and quantitatively analyze samples on the DNA, protein, and cellular levels. Exploiting and furthering these advances requires a new generation of biologists, physical scientists, and engineers. Biologists must increasingly be quantitative and must be intimately familiar with the capabilities and limitations of emerging technologies. Similarly, engineers and technologists must have first hand knowledge of the current opportunities and bottlenecks in science. The traditional boundaries of biology, physical science, and engineering are thus becoming blurred, and there is an urgent need for training programs that bridge the nexus of technology and biology.