Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Research ServicesMassachusetts, United States1001-5000 Employees
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard is a large biomedical research organization based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It brings together participants from its partner institutions—including undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, professional scientists, administrative staff, and academic faculty—to advance human biology and disease research. The institute emphasizes a culture that fosters creativity and engages people at all levels in its mission, empowering researchers to tackle difficult biomedical challenges both intellectually and technically. Its organization is structured around three types of units: core member laboratories, programs, and platforms that collaborate closely with others around the world to address problems in human biology and disease. Recent developments include a cross-institution collaboration involving City of Hope, Broad Institute, and Keio University to study how gut bacteria interact with diet to influence fat metabolism in mice.