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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Burlington, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Translational Analysis Group (TAG) at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, led by Dr. Mark Fleharty, is seeking a Computational Scientist II with extensive experience building and maintaining NGS pipelines....
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Director of HR Technology plays a critical role in aligning HR technology strategy with business goals, driving efficiencies, and enhancing capabilities across the entire HR ecosystem. This role will focus on ...
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Research Scientist II - Methods Development Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The combination of molecular and computational advances over the past decade has substantially augmented our ability to create transformative methods. While this accelerated pace of methods development offers grea...
1d
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Computational Associate I - Macosko Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Computational Associate I - Stanley Center - Macosko Lab The Macosko lab is seeking an exceptional computational associate to join our team that is leveraging cutting-edge genomics measurements of human tissues to...
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Comparative Medicine Technicians
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Are you passionate about advancing collaborative biomedical science to transform biology and medicine through animal research? We're seeking talented professionals to join our Comparative Med Tech team at the Broa...
4d
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Principal AI Computational Scientist
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Would you like to work at the intersection of AI and healthcare, solving complex computational problems that can transform medicine and deepen our understanding of the biological world? The newly founded Computati...
4d
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Senior Government Relations Specialist
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Broad Institute's Office of Government Relations (OGR) is seeking a Senior Government Relations Specialist to help build and expand our local, state, and federal advocacy efforts. This role is ideal for a gove...
5d
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Postdoctoral Associate - Schmidt Center - 41058
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Schmidt Center's mission is to create the theoretical, computational and algorithmic paradigms that will enable us to understand the programs of life and how they connect across scales, from proteins to cells ...
6d
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Postdoctoral Associate - Hacohen Lab
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements We are seeking a creative and highly-motivated postdoctoral associate to join our study on the discovery and targeting of cancer antigens. The Hacohen lab is a dynamic, multi-disciplinary group that studies immune...
6d
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Research Scientist I - Hacohen Lab - Antibody Engineering
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Hacohen Lab at The Broad Institute is developing novel antibody discovery and engineering technologies to address unmet needs in cancer immunology, and target diverse cancer types. We are currently seeking a S...
8d
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