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Biotech opportunities

Biological systems operate under well-described rules. With this understanding, the green (agro) and red (human health) biotech industries can address critical needs. In agro-tech, the focus is on designing crops capable of producing biomass that can be efficiently converted into hydrocarbons. In molecular medicine, developing sensitive and specific tests for monitoring the actual therapeutic effect of interventions could improve patient outcomes. These are challenging problems that require data from well-designed studies and the application of advanced data analysis methods. My primary concern is to determine, with high confidence, which molecular elements (e.g., germline variations or steady-state levels of RNA molecules) contribute to, or are associated with, specific endpoints of interest.