20th Anniversary Symposium

Holden Thorp, PhD

AAAS

Keynote speaker

Editor-in-Chief, Science

Maintaining and Communicating a Robust Scientific Record in the Age of AI and Social Media

Daphne Koller, PhD

Insistro

Founder and CEO of Insistro

Transforming Drug Discovery Using Artificial Intelligence

Jo Handelsman, PhD

University of Wisconsin

Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

Advising the President on Science Policy

Shirley Malcom, PhD

AAAS

Senior advisor and Director, SEA Change,
American Association for the Advancement of Science

The Social Contract in Genomics

Carlos Bustamante, PhD

Stanford University

Founder and President of Galetea

Enabling Precision Health At Scale For All

Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD

Washington University in St. Louis

Founding Director, The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology

Seeing the microbial dimension of ‘ourselves’ in a rapidly changing world

This symposium aims to raise awareness of the challenges confronting the next generation of biomedical researchers. The symposium brings together leaders from academia, industry, and government to discuss scientific and social challenges surrounding modern biomedical research. Topics include, 

• preparing for the role of artificial intelligence in biomedical research
• increasing diversity among the subjects and practitioners of human genetics
• advising the government on science policy
• thinking about what comprises an effective community of scientists

We hope to spark conversations among stakeholders from diverse disciplines about Washington University’s role in addressing these issues. The symposium is open and free to all members of Washington University and the wider Saint Louis community of researchers. The symposium is part of the ongoing celebration of the 20-year anniversary of The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology, a community of Washington University investigators dedicated to research, teaching, and innovation in genomics, systems biology, and computational biology.