Center for Genome Research
The
MIT Center for Genome Research (formerly the
Whitehead Institute/
MIT Center for Genome Research, soon to be the
MIT Broad Institute) served as the flagship of the
Human Genome Project, the international effort to identify the blueprint for a human being. Founded in
1990, the Center grew to become one of the largest genome centers in the world and an international leader in the field of
genomics, the study of all of the
genes in an organism and how they function together in
health and
disease. Today, the Center houses a broad range of thriving research programs combining
structural genomics, medical and population genetics, and clinical medicine. The Center's annual budget is $80 million, and it employs 250 people, including scientists and medical researchers from
Whitehead,
MIT, and
Harvard.