Applications of integrative biology to address global challenges

As the name “Integrative Biology” reflects the belief that the study of biological systems is best approached by incorporating many perspectives like communicative and integrative biology, cellular biology, molecular biology, tissue biology, developmental biology, evolutionary biology, computational biology, structural biology, mathematical biology, and integrative and comparative biology. We bring together a diversity of disciplines that complement one another to unravel the complexity of biology. The concept includes anatomy, physiology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics, and covers all organisms from microorganisms, animals to plants. Our broad range of expertise includes cell biologists, geneticists, physiologists, behaviorists, morphologists, microbiologists, computational biologists, systems biologists, structural biologists, ecologists,biophysicists, and biotechnologists. IB is a multi- and interdisciplinary approach for researches using experimental or computational quantitative technologies to characterize biological systems at the molecular, cellular, tissue, and population levels. It mainly included investigations that contribute to a quantitative understanding of how component properties at one level in the dimensional scale (nano to macro) determine system behavior at a higher level of complexity. Today, more than ever, biology has the potential to contribute practical solutions to many of the significant challenges confronting the world. IB for the ۲۱st Century recommends greater integration within biology, and closer collaboration with physical, computational, and earth scientists, mathematicians, and engineers be used to find solutions to five vital societal needs: sustainable food production, climate change, ecosystem restoration, optimized biofuel production, and improvement in human health.