8th Annual
Longwood Medical
Thursday, April 24, 2014
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Find new lab products, improved analytical equipment, and learn about new research techniques.
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Network with other researchers and outside science professionals.
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Learn about new research techniques and technologies.
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Get creative ideas when you take a break from your normal routine.
Attendance is free for science professionals - register here!
Fun Facts:
- 56% of Harvard Medical School's gifts and pledges are invested in research and teaching. Harvard scientists were able to work on 428 new and current projects in 2012. Harvard Medical school has a total faculty of 11,017 which includes 8,224 resident physicians and Post Doc fellows.
- The Broad Institute of Harvard received a $600 million endowment to convert the institute into a permanent biomedical research organization aimed at transforming medicine. The commitment is the largest to support biomedical research activity at universities anywhere in the world.
- Philanthropist Len Blavatnik recently donated $50 million to Harvard to fund scientific research.
see opening of new translational center below: