The Broad Institute connects approximately 4,000 scientists and other professionals. #WhyIScience invites members of the Broad community to share what motivates them to support the institute’s mission – to accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease.
- Hayden Metsky helps keep viruses under surveillance
- Putting genetic alterations on the map: Alison Taylor’s work on chromosome aberrations is adding detail to The Cancer Genome Atlas
- Alisha Caliman cuts across disciplines as a computational chemist
- Christina Cuomo, leader of genomic research on the fungal kingdom
- Anne Carpenter shows that, in biomedicine, a picture can be worth a million data points
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Annie Apffel
From catcher’s glove to lab gloves: A former student-athlete reflects on her first year as a career scientist - Utthara Nayar is targeting cancer drug resistance
- Yang Luo uses math to explore the interplay between DNA, the immune system, and disease
- Adrianne Gladden-Young hopes to make a difference in the fight against infectious disease
- Practical science: Jane Wilkinson shapes genomic research with collaborative approach
- Anna Greka on mentors, superheroes, and a neglected disease
- Alicia Martin seeks diversity to better understand human genetics
- Irresistible: Lola Fagbami talks about her work on drug-resistance and the curiosity that drives her pursuit of science
- Elinor Karlsson draws disease insights from dog descent
