Broad Institute
Institute faculty share prestigious neuroscience prize
April 26, 2012
Ed Boyden and Feng Zhang awarded the Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize
Study shows unified process of evolution in bacteria and sexual eukaryotes
April 5, 2012
A single gene mutation can sweep through a population, opening the door for the concept of ‘species’ in bacteria.
Eric Lander wins Dan David Prize
March 5, 2012
Broad Institute director, biology professor shares prize in the 'future' category.
Data mining without prejudice
December 16, 2011
A new technique for finding relationships between variables in large datasets makes no prior assumptions about what those relationships might be.
Also labeled: Algorithms, Data, Graduate, postdoctoral, Health sciences and technology, Machine learning, Mining, Research
Seeing cancer in three dimensions
November 21, 2011
Scientists find that the 3-D structure of a cancer cell’s chromosomes plays a big role in which genes get deleted or copied.
Also labeled: Cancer, Collaboration, Genetics, Genome, Health sciences and technology, Physics, Research
Connecting neurons to fix the brain
October 26, 2011
New technology helps scientists discover drugs to strengthen synapses.
Analysis of 29 mammals reveals genomic ‘dark matter’
October 13, 2011
Genomic comparison offers a new map for charting human disease and biology.
Five from MIT win NIH grants
September 20, 2011
Grants support biomedical research that will ‘challenge the status quo’ with risk-taking, innovative ideas.
Science school for judges
September 20, 2011
MIT and the Broad Institute open their doors to the judicial community for a workshop at the intersection of science and the law.
5 from MIT win NIH awards
September 30, 2010
The grants are designed to promote risky, innovative research with the potential to transform a field of study.








