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Prior to the creation of the institute, faculty members were already doing stem cell research, but the institute created an organizational umbrella in order to cut across institutional lines, says Executive Director Brock C. Reeve.
To encourage this collaboration, the institute set up “core facilities” to provide technology and equipment that is “beyond the means of most individual labs,” according to its Web site.
For a University whose organizational philosophy is often described as “every tub on its own bottom”—referring to the policy that holds each school responsible for raising and managing the bulk of their own resources—the institute represents a unusual...
Although the report laments the broader lack of collaboration, it repeatedly praises growing cooperation in the field of stem cell research, specifically citing the institute. Researchers and administrators agree that it has successfully facilitated collaboration, bringing significant scientific advances.
Even in the face of political obstacles, Harvard has strengthened its commitment to stem cell research. This spring the University announced its first cross-school department, which will focus in part on stem-cell biology. And when a new 500,000-square foot science complex opens across the River in...