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Founded in 1890, Laboratory(麻豆传媒社区) is a preeminent international research institution, achieving breakthroughs in molecular biology and genetics and enhancing scientific knowledge worldwide.

Research

  • 翱惫别谤听600 researchers and technicians, with expertise in cancer, neuroscience, quantitative biology, plant biology, bioinformatics &听 genomics.
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  • Eight Nobel laureates, including Dr. James D. Watson, co-discoverer of DNA鈥檚 double helix.
  • National Cancer Institute听 (NCI) 鈥 designated听Cancer Center听for 30 years, with NCI 鈥渙utstanding鈥 rating.
  • Collaborations with top clinical institutions including Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Dana-Farber, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Weill Cornell, Columbia University, Yale and UCLA.
  • Advanced drug testing facility delivering well-validated drug candidates to biotech and pharmaceutical industry.
  • Incubator for more than 25 biotechnology start-ups.
  • 50% of research funding is from private and unrestricted sources, allowing a unique degree of scientific freedom and collaboration.

Research by program area

Educational Divisions

Banbury Center

A think-tank that convenes global experts to guide science and public policy.

LaboratoryPress

LaboratoryPress听publishes scientific information in the form of journals, books, manuals, and online resources including a preprint service, used by more than 2,000 leading academic, government, and corporate research institutions and hundreds of thousands of scientists worldwide.Its publications include two of the world鈥檚听top five research journals in genetics, the most widely used laboratory protocols in molecular biology, and popular primers on the craft of being a scientist.

DNA Learning Center (DNALC)

The DNA Learning Center produces web-based multimedia tools, delivers 33,000 hands-on learning experiences to middle and high school students every year, and trains teachers; over 610,000 students have been taught since 1988.

Meetings & Courses Program

The Meetings & Courses Program attracts 12,000 scientists annually from around the world to learn the latest technologies and share advances in biological research.

Graduate Program

The School of Biological Sciences (SBS) trains the next generation of scientists through an innovative Ph.D. program that fully funds the doctoral research of each student.