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Reflections on the National Science Foundation’s Understanding the Rules of Life Program
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division on Earth and Life Studies; Board on Life Sciences; Carol Berkower, Rapporteur.
In 2016, the National Science Foundation (NSF) established a five-year program on Understanding the Rules of Life (URoL) to identify generalizable rules that govern biological systems at micro and macro levels. At the request of NSF, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a series of workshops to explore the achievements of the URoL program. Presenters and participants discussed integration of multi-disciplinary, systems-level approaches, broader implications for studying highly complex systems, future scientific questions and future societal needs, and the production of generalizable rules that apply to different fields and scales. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop.
Contents
- The National Academies of SCIENCES • ENGINEERING • MEDICINE
- PLANNING COMMITTEE ON UNDERSTANDING THE RULES OF LIFE PROGRAM—SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES: A WORKSHOP SERIES
- Reviewers
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- The National Science Foundation’s Big Idea on Understanding the Rules of Life
- 1. URoL: Epigenetics
- 2. URoL: Microbiome
- 3. URoL: Building a Synthetic Cell
- 4. URoL: Multidisciplinary Research, Education and Training, and Broader Impacts
- Appendix A. Workshop Agendas
- Appendix B. Biographical Sketches for Workshop Planning Committee and Participants
- Appendix C. URoL-Funded Projects
Suggested citation:
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Reflections on the National Science Foundation’s Understanding the Rules of Life Program: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27020.
Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.17226/27020
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