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Tracy Hampton, PhD

JAMA. 2006;296:1826-1827.

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In today's research environment, investigators can find it difficult to secure funding, especially for projects that might go out on a limb or are not directly linked to particular diseases. In an attempt to free scientists of such restraints, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has spent the last 6 years planning, constructing, and recruiting scientists to a research campus that will foster innovative studies and unique collaborations.

Janelia Farm is the Howard Hughes Medical Insitute's new research campus that will promote pioneering studies and unique collaborations. (Photo credit: Paul Fetters/Howard Hughes Medical Institute)

While the HHMI has until now been a virtual institute, focusing its efforts on providing funding to select investigators across the United States, this month the institute's new Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Va, is officially open for business. Its mission: giving scientists a new home for pursuing studies that are difficult . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CULTURE OF COLLABORATION