Center for Genome Research
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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.