#WhyIScience

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.

Meet some of our amazing researchers and staff in these #WhyIScience profiles:

combats cardiovascular disease on multiple fronts

Samantha Baxter

helps bridge the gap between genomic researchers and the patient experience

is Broad Genomics' resource concierge

Pradeep Natarajan

uncovers the genetic secrets of heart disease

helps scientists tell their stories

writes code that gives scientific research a boost

helps keep viruses under surveillance

puts genetic alterations on the map

cuts across disciplines as a computational chemist

Christina Cuomo

leads genomic research on the fungal kingdom

shows that, in biomedicine, a picture can be worth a million data points

transitions from student-athlete to career scientist

targets cancer drug resistance

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

shapes genomic research with collaborative approach

studies a neglected kidney disease

seeks diversity to better understand human genetics

researches drug resistance in malaria

Elinor Karlsson

draws disease insights from dog descent

News at the broad

News / 01.10.19

Flippable DNA switches help bacteria resist antibiotics and are more common than thought

News / 11.26.18

CRISPR pioneers Feng Zhang and David Liu respond to report of embryo editing in China

News / 12.11.18

Study reveals new link between atrial fibrillation and mutations in heart disease gene

News / 01.22.19

Scientists engineer new CRISPR platform for DNA targeting