Molecular design lies in the intersection of computer science, molecular biology, biochemistry, physics, engineering, and other fields. Years ago, different disciplines seemed distinct and separate. Today, though, the most urgent questions cut across boundaries. So do the answers. When scientists work at IMD, they re coming from different regions of the landscape of science, to converge on molecular design.
Interdisciplinary science is strong stuff.
A thousand results could come from molecular design, some as deeply desired as a cure for Alzheimer s or multiple sclerosis. Think about electricity and airplane flight. Its impact on society past, present, and future is one of incalculable change and often great good. The numerous research institutes at UH exist on the cutting edge of modern science, consciously reaching out to other sectors that put science to use. The outreach these institutions perform may be quite informal, like IMD tipping researchers off to good modeling tools.