Broad Institute
The institute was founded to seize the opportunity that arose from the Human Genome Project -- the international effort that successfully deciphered the entire human genetic code. Despite that accomplishment, scientists knew they still lacked a clear understanding of the genetic basis of disease, and how to translate that understanding into more effective prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
To reach these goals, it was clear that a new type of research institution had to be created. The traditional academic model of individual laboratories working within their specific disciplines was not designed to meet the emerging challenges of biomedicine. To gain a comprehensive view of the human genome and biological systems, they instead had to work in a highly integrated fashion.
That meant working in nimble teams that combined biology, chemistry, mathematics, computation, and engineering with medical science and clinical research. It also meant working at a scale usually seen in industry, with access to world-class infrastructure. At the same time, this institution had to foster an atmosphere of creativity, risk-taking, and open sharing of data and research. Finally, this new model needed to seek collaborations beyond its borders.
Broad Institute is an “experiment” in this new way of doing science. It spans some of Boston’s leading institutions (Harvard, MIT, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals) and scientific disciplines (biology, chemistry, medicine, computer science, and engineering). Today, the Broad community includes more than three thousand scientists, committed to advancing research in areas including infectious disease, cancer, psychiatric research, and cardiovascular disease.
Embedded in this new approach to doing science, are our values including:
- Propelling the understanding and treatment of disease
Broad Institute is empowering a revolution in biomedicine to accelerate the pace at which the world conquers disease. - Collaborating deeply
Broad Institute is a mission-driven community that brings together researchers in medicine, biology, chemistry, computation, engineering, and mathematics from across MIT, Harvard, and the Harvard-affiliated hospitals, along with collaborators around the world. - Reaching globally
Broad Institute is committed to addressing medical challenges across the world, including collaborating with scientists and public health experts to address important needs in developing countries - Empowering scientists
Broad Institute fosters an environment in which scientists can take risks on bold ideas with transformative potential. - Building partnerships
Broad Institute works to build and sustain international consortia to speed discovery in areas including psychiatric research, infectious disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. - Sharing data and knowledge
Broad Institute is committed to making the extensive data, methods, and technologies it generates rapidly and readily accessible to the scientific community to drive biomedical progress around the world.
(Read about our principles for disseminating scientific innovations) - Promoting inclusion
Broad Institute believes that progress in biomedical research requires a fully inclusive community across sex, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and gender identity.
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Computational Associate II - Neurobiology and Therapeutics of Psychiatric Disorders
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements We are seeking a motivated Computational Associate II to join the Sheng research group in the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. This group investigates the neurobio...
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Postdoctoral Associate - Circuit Neuroscience and Therapeutics
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard is looking for outstanding postdoctoral scholars to join a research group led by Prabhat Kunwar, PhD. This group aims to understand the neural circuits underlying psychiatric d...
1h
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The People Partner at Broad Institute plays a pivotal role in the overall Human Resources organization fostering a positive and productive work environment, serving as a comprehensive resource for both management ...
1h
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Postdoctoral Associate - Getz Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Overview: The Getz Lab (at the Broad Institute and MGH) is a world-leading laboratory for cancer genome analysis. We develop highly innovative, robust, and widely-used computational methods to study the molecular ...
1h
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Operations Coordinator, Data & Systems
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Job Description: The Broad Institute's Cancer Program is dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of cancer through systematic and innovative research. The Cancer Dependency Map (DepMap) initiative s...
1h
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Postdoctoral Associate - Talent community for Broad-wide openings
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Postdoctoral associates are very important members of our Broad community because they are a crucial part of making breakthroughs in our research work in human biology, health, and disease. They push scientific fr...
1h
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Clinical Process Development Associate III
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Genomics Platform is dedicated to solving the world's most challenging biomedical problems through the continuous development and investment in cutting edge technology and large-scale genome sequencing researc...
14h
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Research Associate II- Center for Human Brain Variation
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard is looking for an outstanding Research Associate II to join the experimentalist team in the Center for Human Brain Variation. The mission of the project is to address an unmet ...
20h
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Postdoctoral Associate- Proteomics
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Proteomics Group (Carr/ Udeshi Lab) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral associate to develop and apply state-of-the art mass spectrometry-based proteomics t...
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Senior Science Writer - Development
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is one of the world's leading biomedical research institutes. Our mission is to propel the understanding of the biological roots of human disease, with the aim of improving d...
6d
| Job Type | Full Time |