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Ramnik Xavier
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Jacques Deguine
Scientific Advisor
jdeguine@broadinstitute.org

Daphney Chin
Program Coordinator
dchin@broadinstitute.org

Grand Rounds Organizing Committee

Joshua Boyce
Raif Geha
Ellen Gravallese
Andrew Luster
Hans Oettgen
Arlene Sharpe
George Tsokos
Eliezer Van Allen

Latest news

Fluorescent microscopy image of two mouse neurons with branching nerve fibers spreading across a black background. Cell bodies glow pink and gold, with thin interconnected projections highlighted in yellow and magenta

News 05.13.2026

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A researcher wearing glasses and a lab coat looks into a large microscope in a dark room.

News 05.01.2026

Single-molecule tracker illuminates workings of cancer-related proteins

Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel in their Broad Institute lab.

News 04.22.2026

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News 04.15.2026

Massive ancient-DNA study reveals natural selection has accelerated in recent human evolution