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...Absolutely no lay-offs will take place in the HMS Genetics Dept. as a result of technological advances,” wrote Cliff Tabin, chairman of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, in an e-mail statement. “Indeed new technology will probably mean we need to hire new people to run advanced machines in our cores over time. However we are set up far differently from the Broad...
...Though a leaf-crunching walk through the woods may be a relaxing forum for exchanging ideas with other department members during a weekend retreat, booking hotel reservations for 300 people for three nights is an example of a cost the department could do without, said department chair Clifford J. Tabin, who added that this year’s retreat will be held in an auditorium on campus...
...realize that we’re in a crisis situation, but believe it’s manageable,” Tabin said. “I’m concerned that I’m going to spend a lot of hours working on this, but I’m not concerned that faculty and students are going to suffer...
...Other cost-cutting measures have yet to be determined, and the department will be grappling with decisions such as whether to purchase a new piece of imaging equipment and whether to hire new faculty members in the coming months, Tabin said...
...Tabin and his colleagues honed their techniques working in Himalayan communities in Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and other parts of the region. Each cataract operation costs only $15, and the ready-made eyeglasses that he provides, premade for a village-wide range of strengths, are $3. In the skilled hands of Tabin and his team, the eyesight of a village is restored in days at a tiny cost per person...