The Broad Institute is a research collaboration of MIT, Harvard and its affiliated Hospitals, and the Whitehead Institute, created to bring the power of genomics to medicine
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Parts list for a powerhouse

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Researchers map cells’ inner landscapes

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GENOMICS THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST

Science and art are often viewed as different or even opposite pursuits, but for many artists, visual imagery results from an investigation not unlike that of scientists. Viewed in this way, both fields involve the generation of knowledge, and each may stand to learn from the other. The Broad’s first resident artist, Daniel Kohn, puts the unexpected connections between art and science in the Spotlight.