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Post−genomic science: cross−disciplinary and large−scale collaborative research and its organizational and technological challenges for the scientific research process

E. Welsh‚ M. Jirotka and DJ Gavaghan

Abstract

We examine recent developments in cross-disciplinary science and contend that a 'Big Science' approach is increasingly evident in the life sciences-facilitated by a breakdown of the traditional barriers between academic disciplines and the application of technologies across these disciplines. The first fruits of 'Big Biology' are beginning to be seen in, for example, genomics, (bio)-nanotechnology and systems biology. We suggest that this has profound implications for the research process and presents challenges both in technological design, in the provision of infrastructure an

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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A−MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES    

Keywords

biology

Number

1843

Pages

1533–1549

Volume

364

Year

2006

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