Pamela Silver
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Pamela Silver is a Professor in the Department of Systems Biology
at Harvard Medical School. She is the first Director of the Harvard University PhD Program in Systems Biology. Silver is also a core faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
at Harvard University. Previously she has held academic appointments at Princeton University and The Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
She has made important contributions in the areas of cell biology. cancer and genome organization. She is also involved in the emerging field of Synthetic Biology
. She has been recognized with a Presidential Young Investigator Award, an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, the NIH Director's Lecture and an NIH MERIT Award. She serves on numerous Editorial Boards and both public and private Scientific Advisory Boards
Systems biology
Systems biology is a term used to describe a number of trends in bioscience research, and a movement which draws on those trends. Proponents describe systems biology as a biology-based inter-disciplinary study field that focuses on complex interactions in biological systems, claiming that it uses...
at Harvard Medical School. She is the first Director of the Harvard University PhD Program in Systems Biology. Silver is also a core faculty member at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering is a cross-disciplinary institute at Harvard University which focuses on emulating nature's design principles to engineer new bioinspired materials and devices with applications in healthcare, manufacturing, robotics, energy, and sustainable...
at Harvard University. Previously she has held academic appointments at Princeton University and The Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
She has made important contributions in the areas of cell biology. cancer and genome organization. She is also involved in the emerging field of Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology
Synthetic biology is a new area of biological research that combines science and engineering. It encompasses a variety of different approaches, methodologies, and disciplines with a variety of definitions...
. She has been recognized with a Presidential Young Investigator Award, an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, the NIH Director's Lecture and an NIH MERIT Award. She serves on numerous Editorial Boards and both public and private Scientific Advisory Boards