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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Senior Director, IT Optimization and Digital Experience
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a research organization that convenes a community of researchers from across many disciplines and partner institutions-MIT, Harvard, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals. The ...
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Computational Scientist I- Center for Genomic Medicine
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Talkowski Laboratory in the Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic Computational Scientist to...
5h
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Project Manager, THRIVE PERC Program
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Pediatric Epilepsies & Rare CNS (PERC) Gene Editing Platform is the Center for Therapeutic Genetics (CTG) project funded by ARPA-H's THRIVE program. PERC aims to develop and clinically deploy platformized deli...
19h
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Software Engineer II - GTEx Group
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx; http://gtexportal.org) group at the Broad Institute is looking for exceptional candidates to join these efforts, with a focus on characterizing how genetic variation regulates...
19h
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Project Coordinator - dGTEx Consortium & Ardlie Group
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Coordinator to support both the Developmental GTEx (dGTEx) Consortium and the Ardlie Group. This role serves as a central coordination point for consortium o...
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Director, Global Initiative for Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education in Research
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Global Initiative for Neuropsychiatric Genetics Education in Research (GINGER) is the education arm of the Stanley Global Neuropsychiatric Genetics Initiative, a Stanley Center effort to expand the diversity o...
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Research Scientist I - Protein Sciences and Structural Biology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Embedded within the Broad Institute, the Center for the Development of Therapeutics (CDoT) is a highly collaborative organization of professional drug discovery scientists. Our mission is to translate cutting edge...
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Computational Scientist I - Scalable Services
Burlington, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is seeking a talented and motivated Computational Scientist to join Broad Scalable Services. In this role, you will be at the forefront of translating cutting-edge genomic re...
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Manager, Research Administration
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Description & Requirements Our research teams are working on redefining the boundaries of science and medicine with an interdisciplinary model designed to meet today's most critical biomedical challenges. Here, you will find a supportive an...
4d
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Postdoctoral Associate - The 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 ...
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| Job Type | Full Time |