Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged
Does the future of bioengineering lie in models or experiments? The long-standing debate on how and how much experimental and theoretical research in our field should cooperate can shape the future. This debate means often a choice, early in the bioengineer’s career. A bioengineer may prefer to addr...
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| author | Malandrino, Andrea |
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| description | Does the future of bioengineering lie in models or experiments? The long-standing debate on how and how much experimental and theoretical research in our field should cooperate can shape the future. This debate means often a choice, early in the bioengineer’s career. A bioengineer may prefer to address scientific questions based on experimental tests, or on computational and theoretical analyses. This fundamental choice can drive the future bioengineer’s mindset. Unsurprisingly, laboratories and researchers often assemble in separate, competitive teams. Indeed, the way bioengineers tackle a question is shaped by the characteristic techniques – experimental, theoretical, and computational – they are trained for. Here, without neglecting the obvious advantages of specializing exclusively in experimental, or theoretical and computational studies, I advocate a way of doing synergistic research that combine different approaches. Moreover, I believe that bioengineering desperately needs synergy and cooperation to pave the way for significant discoveries. We need efforts to train a new generation of biomedical engineers: individuals who take advantage of these synergies, who design projects accordingly, and who make these approaches work cooperatively. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1017182022-10-01T09:39:36Z Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged Malandrino, Andrea Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Malandrino, Andrea Does the future of bioengineering lie in models or experiments? The long-standing debate on how and how much experimental and theoretical research in our field should cooperate can shape the future. This debate means often a choice, early in the bioengineer’s career. A bioengineer may prefer to address scientific questions based on experimental tests, or on computational and theoretical analyses. This fundamental choice can drive the future bioengineer’s mindset. Unsurprisingly, laboratories and researchers often assemble in separate, competitive teams. Indeed, the way bioengineers tackle a question is shaped by the characteristic techniques – experimental, theoretical, and computational – they are trained for. Here, without neglecting the obvious advantages of specializing exclusively in experimental, or theoretical and computational studies, I advocate a way of doing synergistic research that combine different approaches. Moreover, I believe that bioengineering desperately needs synergy and cooperation to pave the way for significant discoveries. We need efforts to train a new generation of biomedical engineers: individuals who take advantage of these synergies, who design projects accordingly, and who make these approaches work cooperatively. Seventh Framework Programme (European Commission) (Marie Sklodowska-Curie International Outgoing Fellowship Grant PIOF-GA-2013-625500) 2016-03-16T16:32:27Z 2016-03-16T16:32:27Z 2016-01 2015-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2296-4185 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101718 Malandrino, Andrea. “Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged.” Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 3 (January 11, 2016). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7928-0951 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2015.00207 Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Frontiers Research Foundation Frontiers Research Foundation |
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| title | Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged |
| title_full | Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged |
| title_fullStr | Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged |
| title_full_unstemmed | Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged |
| title_short | Models and Experiments in Bioengineering: Why Synergies Are Encouraged |
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