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The Broad Institute, a Harvard-MIT collaboration whose mission is to apply emerging genomics research and technology towards medical application, was awarded a grant yesterday from the National Institute of Health’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) to pursue initiatives involving whole genome DNA sequencing over the...
The Broad Institute was selected as a grant recipient through a “competitive, peer-reviewed process,” according to the NHGRI Web site.
In a press release, Broad Institute Director Eric Lander described DNA sequencing as “transforming biology and medicine by shedding light on such diverse problems as cancer, infectious disease, metabolic disease, gene regulation and evolution.” Because DNA carries all of the biological information that defines...
Among the presumed candidates for Harvard’s presidency who were paid significantly more than Summers in 2004-2005 are Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson, who earned $983,365; University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann ’71, who earned $767,030; and Columbia University President...
For Harvard’s three oft-mentioned internal candidates—Provost Steven E. Hyman, Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan, and Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust—only Hyman’s salary is publicly available. In 2004-2005, he earned $416,939 in combined salary...