{"id":1414,"date":"2023-01-24T23:11:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T23:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/?page_id=1414"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:32:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:32:46","slug":"exploring-medical-frontiers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/research-creativity\/our-impact\/exploring-medical-frontiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Medical Frontiers"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--hero-title-with-summary \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--hero-title-with-summary\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--intro-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--intro-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Health care, science, engineering, design and more converge at USC to take on today&#8217;s most pressing issues affecting the human body. At the forefront of medical developments worldwide, the university&#8217;s cooperative approach models what it means to work together for the common good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--full-width-image-and-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--full-width-image-and-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1180568371-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1180568371-1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1180568371-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/iStock-1180568371-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"Medical 3D illustration of antibodies with a cell background.\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Novel Approaches<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"col\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Developing biodevices and life-saving medicines is just the beginning. Traditionally, barriers exist between experts in different disciplines fighting the same disease or health problem; at USC, we clear the way for new avenues of collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <blockquote><p>This is a critical time in health care where only a select few institutions will have the ability to take advantage of the great advances in science to provide markedly improved clinical care if not cure intractable diseases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Steven Shapiro, USC Senior Vice President for Health Affairs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n    \n        \n    \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Breadth in Medical Research<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n      <ul class=\"interactive-content-pane-pagination\"><\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"right\">\n    <div class=\"select-container\">\n      <label class=\"visually-hidden\" for=\"swiper-1538218411\">Select option to display slide<\/label>\n      <select id=\"swiper-1538218411\">\n                  <option value=\"0\">Stem Cell Research &#038; Regenerative Medicine<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"1\">Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease Research<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"2\">Comprehensive Cancer Research<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"3\">Neuroimaging &#038; Informatics<\/option>\n                  <option value=\"4\">Keck School of Medicine of USC Institutes, Centers &#038; Programs<\/option>\n              <\/select>\n      <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 35\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 35 35\" xml:space=\"preserve\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n        <polygon fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" fill=\"#FC0\" points=\"17.5,20.3 23.7,14.1 25,15.4 17.5,22.9 10,15.4 11.3,14.1 \"\/>\n      <\/svg>\n    <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"swiper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                              \n                    \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Woman looking into a microscope. 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Scientists are researching kidney, liver, neural, blood, cardiovascular, skeletal and skin disease models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/stemcell.keck.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC\">Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at USC<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                              \n                    \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Woman looking into a microscope. 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The center&#8217;s studies include observational studies that follow participants over time while examining changes that may occur with age, and therapy studies such as exercise training, medications and vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/adrc.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about Alzheimer Disease Research Center at USC\">Alzheimer Disease Research Center at USC<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                              \n                    \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Woman looking into a microscope. 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Our interdisciplinary team investigates brain structure, function and disease, using techniques such as mathematics, genomic analysis and ultra-high-field MRI scanning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                \n                                  <ul>\n                                          <li>\n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/www.ini.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute \">USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute <\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/li>\n                                      <\/ul>\n                              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                              \n                    \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/7316758702_0f40b1667c_4k-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Woman looking into a microscope. 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The mission? Improve the lives of the more than 100 million people living with diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>This collaborative team is advancing our understanding of the complex inner workings of the human body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/884924910  >Watch Video: Welcome to Inner Space<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"swiper-container\">\n    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quotes-carousel-slide swiper-slide\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quotes-carousel-slide\"\n    \n      >\n\n      <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Hear from key members of the interdisciplinary team developing new methods for understanding and treating diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Left to right: Carl Kesselman (engineering), Alex McDowell (cinema), Kate White (chemistry) and Helen Berman (quantitative and computational biology) have joined forces to revolutionize biological discovery and accelerate advancements in diabetes treatments and therapies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"attribution-wrapper\">\n                  <strong> <\/strong>\n        \n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bridge-institute\/pancreatic-beta-cell-consortium\/?_gl=1*mmk90u*_ga*MTU4Nzg0NTQyMC4xNzQ0OTI5MjU4*_ga_9CGGZR54T2*MTc0NTUxNTIyOC42MC4wLjE3NDU1MTUyMjguMC4wLjA.  >USC&#8217;s Pancreatic Beta Cell Consortium<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GR52703-scaled-1x1-1-768x768.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GR52703-scaled-1x1-1-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GR52703-scaled-1x1-1-768x768.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Group photo of interdisciplinary researchers\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n                \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quotes-carousel-slide swiper-slide\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quotes-carousel-slide\"\n    \n      >\n\n      <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&#8220;Our work aims to create a profoundly new approach to exploring and understanding the fundamental mechanisms of the cell and the role that this can play in human health.<\/p>\n<p>Achieving this requires creativity at multiple levels, not only in creating the end product of a whole cell model but also in creating entirely new approaches to science that leverage synergies between biology, computer science, interactive storytelling and human perception.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"attribution-wrapper\">\n                  <strong>Carl Kesselman<\/strong>\n        \n                  <span>Director, Informatics Systems Research Division, Information Sciences Institute; William M. Keck Professor, Engineering; Professor, Epstein Department Industrial and Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Population and Public Health Sciences, and Biomedical Sciences<\/span>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/carl-1x1-1-768x768.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/carl-1x1-1-768x768.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Carl Kesselman\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n                \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quotes-carousel-slide swiper-slide\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quotes-carousel-slide\"\n    \n      >\n\n      <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&#8220;We want the USC community at large to fully understand what we mean by interdisciplinary collaboration. True collaboration is like a jazz quintet, perfectly balanced, individual performers who rely on each other to create a form that has never before existed and could not exist without the one harnessing the power of the other.<\/p>\n<p>It is not top down, it does not work to instruction, it exists as pure form and it can do anything, built on the reverberations from the Rosetta Stone development of shared language, in any discipline.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"attribution-wrapper\">\n                  <strong>Alex McDowell RDI<\/strong>\n        \n                  <span>Professor of Practice, USC School of Cinematic Arts; Director, USC World Building Media Lab; William Cameron Menzies Endowed Chair in Production Design; Creative Director, Experimental Design Studio<\/span>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alex-1x1-1-768x768.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/alex-1x1-1-768x768.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Alex McDowell\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n                \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quotes-carousel-slide swiper-slide\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quotes-carousel-slide\"\n    \n      >\n\n      <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&#8220;I\u2019ve had a lot of freedom and support at USC to explore developing new methods for cellular mapping. The university supported me leading an international consortium and driving science forward quite early in my career, which was very encouraging.<\/p>\n<p>Having access to different departments and schools gave me a lot of new perspectives for how we need to think about complex biological systems and how we interact with and interpret the data.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"attribution-wrapper\">\n                  <strong>Kate White<\/strong>\n        \n                  <span>Gabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry<\/span>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kate-1x1-1-768x768.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/kate-1x1-1-768x768.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Kate White\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n                \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--quotes-carousel-slide swiper-slide\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--quotes-carousel-slide\"\n    \n      >\n\n      <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>&#8220;Creativity requires having a very big vision and an ability to think out of the box. This means not being restrained by conventional thinking and to have the confidence to pursue projects that others think are too risky.<\/p>\n<p>In our whole cell modeling project, we have chosen to cross disciplinary boundaries to invent totally new ways of representing the cell and its constituents. We have invented a new visual language that borrows from architecture, chemistry, and is implemented using an algorithmic approach.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n          <div class=\"attribution-wrapper\">\n                  <strong>Helen Berman<\/strong>\n        \n                  <span>Distinguished Professor (Research) of Quantitative and Computational Biology<\/span>\n        \n              <\/div>\n    \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/helen-1x1-1-768x768.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/helen-1x1-1-768x768.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n        alt=\"Helen Berman\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"swiper-controls\">\n      <button class=\"button-prev\" aria-label=\"Previous Slide\">\n        <svg height=\"15\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 15\" width=\"9\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m18.3928571 19.3214286 6.2142858-6.2142857 1.2857142 1.2857142-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5 1.2857143-1.2857142z\" fill=\"#fff\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" transform=\"matrix(0 -1 -1 0 22.107143 25.892857)\"\/><\/svg>\n      <\/button>\n\n      <div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\n      <button class=\"button-next\" aria-label=\"Next Slide\">\n        <svg height=\"15\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 15\" width=\"9\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m18.3928571 19.3214286 6.2142858-6.2142857 1.2857142 1.2857142-7.5 7.5-7.5-7.5 1.2857143-1.2857142z\" fill=\"#fff\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" transform=\"matrix(0 1 1 0 -13.107143 -10.892857)\"\/><\/svg>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Accelerating discoveries from bench to bedside, the Michelson Center brings together diverse disciplines \u2014 think engineering, cinema, information sciences and more \u2014 to reimagine\u00a0biomedical discovery and application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n              <div class=\"links-container\">\n          \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--link\">\n\n    \n    \n  \n<a class=\"link \"  href=https:\/\/michelson.usc.edu\/  aria-label=\"Read more about Learn more about the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience\">Learn more about the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/michelson-center-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/michelson-center-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/michelson-center-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/www.usc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/michelson-center-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        alt=\"The front of the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience building\"\n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>USC Leonard D. 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