http://www.broad.mit.edu/ Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard - news for everyone en Fri Jul 25 07:59:28 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/images/logo.gif http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=5015 $3M award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funds interdisciplinary research that bridges chemical biology and genomicsResearchers at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT have received a grant to support novel, integrative research aimed... Mon, July 21 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4988 New catalog reveals mitochondria's proteins, enables studies of biology and metabolic diseaseWithin cells, tiny biological machines called mitochondria convert energy from food into a form the body can use. These powerhouses are crucial to metabolism... Thu, July 10 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4994 Work flows from advanced large-scale methods for measuring proteins; Inventory includes nearly 300 novel proteins, highlights basis of rare metabolic diseaseImagine trying to figure out how your car's power train works from just a few... Thu, July 10 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4989 The Broad Institute invites you to the 2008 installment of its annual summer lecture series, Midsummer Nights' Science. This series of four weekly talks will begin July 9 and is free and open to the public. Each week, scientists... Tue, July 08 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4990 Scientists use genomic tools to create maps of DNA methylation and to probe cellular reprogrammingMuch of the field of stem cell biology and development remains uncharted territory. Just as famous explorers and astronomers mapped out... Tue, July 08 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4982 Large-scale study helps untangle Crohn's with discovery of 21 new genetic risk factorsThe causes of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, have evaded researchers since the disease was first described 75 years... Sun, June 29 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4985 Making sense of genomic data can be a real puzzler, but the Broad's computational researchers know how to put the pieces togetherWith faster, cheaper DNA sequencing tools springing up, more data than ever are flowing... Thu, June 26 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4969 Researchers discover that microRNA directs development of certain blood cellsScientists have wondered for decades how two very different types of blood cells -platelets and red blood cells - arise from the exact same... Mon, June 09 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4964 In the Broad's educational outreach lab, high school students identify the microbes around themFor fifteen high school sophomores, May 17 was a big day. At lunchtime, they sat together in a conference room at the Broad, munching... Mon, June 02 2008 http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/display_news.cgi?id=4821 Associate member Charles Lee receives 2008 Ho-Am Prize for groundbreaking work on human genomic variation Charles Lee, an assistant professor at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and an associate member at the... Mon, April 14 2008 Search the Broad News database text http://www.broad.mit.edu/cgi-bin/news/list_news.cgi