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Suggested Citation:"For More Information." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Understanding the Rules of Life Program: Scientific Advancements and Future Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27021.
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This booklet was prepared by the National Academies based on highlights from a series of workshops presented in Reflections on the National Science Foundation’s Understanding the Rules of Life Program: Proceedings of a Workshop Series. Both publications are available for free download from the National Academies at https://nap.nationalacademies.org. This project was funded by the National Science Foundation.

PLANNING COMMITTEE ON UNDERSTANDING THE RULES OF LIFE PROGRAM—SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES: A WORKSHOP SERIES

David Shaw (Chair), Mississippi State University

Dennis E. Discher (NAE/NAM), University of Pennsylvania

Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis, Georgia Institute of Technology

Jennifer Martiny, University of California, Irvine

Margaret J. McFall-Ngai (NAS), Carnegie Institution for Science

Connie J. Mulligan, University of Florida

Randy J. Nelson, West Virginia University

Keegan Sawyer, KeyLogic Associates

Corey Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology

NATIONAL ACADEMIES STAFF

Kavita M. Berger, Director, Board on Life Studies

Camilla Yandoc Ables, Senior Program Officer, Study Director

Jessica De Mouy, Research Associate

Christl A. Saunders, Program Coordinator

ABOUT THE BOARD ON LIFE SCIENCES

The National Academies’ Board on Life Sciences (BLS) was established in 1984 to provide guidance to policy and decision makers on fundamental, emerging, and applied life science and biotechnology research that is critical to the bioeconomy, science, health, agriculture, energy, environment, national security, and defense. BLS also works with experts across many scientific disciplines from government, academia, industry, and other nongovernmental organizations in the United States and internationally to ensure that its activities include a diversity of perspectives, are scientifically robust, and address timely and critical issues. For more information, visit BLS at http://nationalacademies.org/bls.

Suggested Citation:"For More Information." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Understanding the Rules of Life Program: Scientific Advancements and Future Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27021.
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Suggested Citation:"For More Information." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Understanding the Rules of Life Program: Scientific Advancements and Future Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27021.
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Suggested Citation:"For More Information." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2023. Understanding the Rules of Life Program: Scientific Advancements and Future Opportunities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/27021.
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In 2023, the National Academies held a series of facilitated workshops to gather information on progress to date on projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Understanding the Rules of Life (URoL) program. A fundamental goal of the URoL program is to identify the causal, predictive relationships that drive how life functions—a concept articulated as the "rules of life." Principal investigators of the URoL program shared findings from their research and how those findings might contribute to identifying rules of life that are generalizable across fields and scales. Participants also discussed how they have incorporated multidisciplinary, systems-level approaches into their work. This booklet highlights the program's focus areas and reach, major scientific breakthroughs, and lessons for research and education across scientific disciplines. This booklet is intended for policy and lay audiences interested in learning more about the goals and opportunities of NSF's URoL program.

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