Marc Vidal, PhD The National Human Genome Research Institute
(NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH),
recently announced grants expected to total approximately $30
million to establish a new Center of Excellence in Genomic
Science at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and continue its support
of the center at Stanford University. Begun by NHGRI in 2001,
the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science program assembles
multi-institution, interdisciplinary teams dedicated to making
critical advances in genomic research. The new center at Dana-
Farber will receive about $16 million and the center at Stanford
University in Stanford, Calif., will receive about $14 million.
"Our goal is to foster the development of creative
collaborations that will use genomic tools and technologies to
expand our understanding of human biology," said NHGRI Director
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD. "These new centers will explore
some of the most important questions facing biology today. We
look forward to seeing what exciting fi