#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:
talks about the importance of classical neuroanatomy in developing novel genetic tools to study psychiatric disease.
helps scientists characterize the fate of their therapeutics under development, in both cells and animal models.
talks about the importance of supporting early-career researchers and what inspires her as a woman in science
discusses what brought him to the United States and the mentors who helped him along the way
discusses the benefits of interdisciplinary research, how to mentor a team during a pandemic, and how he’s helping to fight racism.
talks about her passion for coding, STEM education, and advocacy for the Black community at Broad
talk about their single-cell genomics study on COVID-19 disease in children
talks about her career in software engineering and her passion for mentoring young girls of color in science.
talks about the importance of animal models in her work investigating the roots of autism and other psychiatric disorders.
talks about the benefits and challenges of a career analyzing large and diverse datasets
talks about his staff scientist career path and how he has tackled imposter syndrome as a minority scientist
solves the structures of proteins and supports the development of better therapeutics
