Planning IUCRC at City University of New York: Center for Biological Applications of Solid-State Systems (CBASS)

半导体技术的摩尔定律通过其对通信和计算的革命性影响，一直是全球经济增长的最大推动力。与此同时，生命科学领域的发现和技术活动呈爆炸式增长。然而，除了计算基础设施的巨大改进和用于显微镜的高性能相机之外，半导体技术的进步对生命科学的贡献甚微。固态系统生物应用中心（C-BASS）寻求在生物技术和半导体领域之间建立新的联系，并培养精通这两个领域的一代科学家和工程师，从而改变这两个领域。在纽约城市大学（CUNY）， C-BASS的重点将是纳米制造方法与生物系统的集成，以便在设备和生命系统之间创建无缝接口。我们支持一系列利益相关者的综合活动，包括教育机构、大小公司和国际合作伙伴。纽约市立大学C-BASS项目的成果将提供与生物/设备接口相关的见解和技术，这将使一系列领域的变革成为可能，包括生物学、生物医学工程、半导体技术和医学。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Moore's Law scaling of semiconductor technology has been the single biggest driver of economic growth worldwide through its revolutionary impact on communications and computation. At the same time, discovery and technological activity in the life sciences has exploded. Life sciences efforts have, however, benefited little from advances in semiconductor technologies beyond the dramatic improvements in computation infrastructure and higher performance cameras for microscopy. The Center on Biological Applications of Solid-State Systems (C-BASS) seeks to transform both the biotechnology and semiconductor sectors by forging new connections between these two largely disjoint ecosystems and by training a generation of scientists and engineers well versed in both fields. At the City University of New York (CUNY), C-BASS the focus will be integration of nanofabrication methodologies with biological systems on order to create a seamless interface between devices and living systems. We have support integrated activities of a range of stakeholders including educational institutions, large and small companies, and international partners. The results of the C-BASS effort at CUNY will provide insights and techniques relevant to bio/device interfacing that will enable transformation of a range of fields including biology, biomedical engineering, semiconductor technology, and medicine.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.