Dr. Aitchison is Executive Director for Integrative Biology at ISB. His laboratory has been exploiting systems based assays and analyses to reveal and understand complex biological phenomena. Over the past ten years, his lab has focused on yeast as a model for developing systems biology approaches. He recently took a Principal Investigator position at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute to develop and apply systems approaches to infectious disease research and to drive the cutting edge of systems biology while bringing new developments to infectious disease research through collaborative research programs. He holds an appointment at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute as Director of Integrative Biology and adjunct positions at the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia and the University of Washington.