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James J. Collins is considered the “Father of Synthetic Biology”. He is Termeer Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Biological Engineering and Institute for Medical Engineering & Science at MIT, USA, and is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and the Wyss Institute. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and a charter fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Collins works in synthetic biology and systems biology, with a particular focus on using network biology approaches to study antibiotic action, bacterial defence mechanisms, and the emergence of resistance. He has pioneered the development and use of nonlinear dynamical approaches to study, mimic and improve biological function, and helped to transform biology into an engineering science. His current research interests include synthetic biology and systems biology and the reverse engineering naturally occurring gene regulatory networks. He recently used AI/ML approaches to develop a new class of antibiotics – a global first.
