Collaborations and consortia

Scientific progress today requires data and collaboration on a massive scale. Our researchers engage with partners around the globe to pursue projects that are larger than any one institution could successfully complete alone, and which convene the best minds in science to solve fundamental problems. This page represents a selection of the collaborations and consortia in which Broad scientists are involved. 

All of US research program logo

All of Us is gathering and analyzing health data from one million or more people living in the United States.

AVE logo

AVE is propelling systematic measurement of variant impact on functional elements of human and pathogen genomes.

Biobank Rare Variant Analysis (BRaVa) Consortium logo

BRaVa is a collaborative effort between 16 biobanks and cohorts from across the globe to analyse rare genetic variation.

The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)

The NCI- and NHGRI-funded TCGA molecularly characterized over 20,000 primary cancer and matched normal samples spanning 33 cancer types.

Center for Integrated Solutions in Infectious Diseases (CISID) logo

CISID takes on ambitious questions in infectious disease research to broadly transform the diagnosis, treatment, and management of infection.

Covid-19 Host Genetics Initiative

An international consortium studying the genetic determinants of COVID-19 susceptibility, severity, and outcomes.

Dependancy Map Consortium logo

The DMC brings the Broad Institute and industry partners to work together to create resources to accelerate the pace of precision cancer medicine.

Electronic Medical Records & Genomics (eMERGE) Network logo

This nationwide research network aims to accelerate the incorporation of genetic and other risk information into clinical care.

ENCODE logo

The NHGRI-funded ENCODE Consortium is building a comprehensive parts list of functional elements in the human genome.

GH4GA logo

A policy-framing and technical standards-setting organization, GA4GH seeks to enable responsible genomic data sharing.

Global Biobank Meta-analysis Initiative

GBMI is creating a framework to jumpstart global collaboration among biobanks and similar initiatives.

GIANT consortium logo

GIANT seeks to identify genetic loci that modulate human body size and shape.

gnomAD web

gnomAD aggregates and harmonizes exome and genome sequencing data from population-scale sequencing projects.

GTEx logo

GTEx is developing a resource for studying gene expression and regulation and its relationship to genetic variation.

HCA logo

The HCA is creating cellular reference maps for every cell type in the human body.

ICDA logo

The ICDA aims to accelerate discovery from genetic maps to biological mechanisms to physiology and medicine.

IVGF

IGVF is developing a framework for understanding the effects of genomic variation on genome function and phenotypes.

Jump logo

The Joint Undertaking in Morphological Profiling (JUMP)-Cell Painting Consortium created a new imaging data-driven approach to drug discovery.

Ladders to Cures Scientific Accelerator logo

The Ladders to Cures (L2C) Scientific Accelerator catalyzes advances leading to treatments and cures for patients with genetically-defined diseases.

OASIS logo

OASIS is assessing the combination of Cell Painting, transcriptomics and proteomics in a variety of cell models for drug compound safety assessment.
 

PGC logo

PGC advances genetic discovery of biologically, clinically, and therapeutically meaningful insights in psychiatry.

Sentinel

Sentinel is an early warning outbreak framework to detect pathogenic threats in real-time and prepare the global community to stop diseases before they spread.
 

TOPMed logo

This NHLBI-funded program is exploring the fundamental biological processes that underlie heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders and advancing precision medicine.