Multichannel pipette dispensing samples into a 96-well plate
Brown laboratory mouse at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
A Dana-Farber scientist at work in his lab.
Civitas Therapeutics, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative therapeutics.
A lab member inspects a histological section on a microscope slide. Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science.
Paramedics rush a patient on oxygen into the emergency department at Lawrence General Hospital in Massachusetts.
Amigo Suite at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Alexandra Golby is a Senior Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
A cancer biologist uses a motorized pipette to dispense solution into a six-well culture plate. Plates like this are used to grow cancer cells.
Bruker NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectrometer with an Ascend 800 superconducting magnet. Scientists use NMR to work out the detailed 3D structures of molecules in cancer drug discovery.
Researcher at Harvard's New England Primate Research Center in Southborough, MA, holds an infant marmoset.
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery department.
A researcher in a pathology lab examines a human brain specimen.
Organ scaffold from the lab of Dr. Harald Ott, Massachusetts General Hospital.
A scientist watches a liquid-handling robot process samples for Parkinson's disease research supported by the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
Two students examine a 3D protein model they printed with a MakerBot printer.
A technician uses mechanical arms to handle radioactive material behind a lead-shielded wall.
A glass chip etched with microscopic channels, developed at the Whitehead Institute in Cambridge, MA, to read DNA faster during the Human Genome Project. Tiny channels replaced bulky lab equipment and cut sequencing time from hours to minutes.
Two scientists study a flask of cancer cells inside a biosafety hood.
A Dana-Farber principal investigator talks with a member of his lab as she examines cells under a microscope.
A culture flask holds cancer cells in pink growth medium. Its color comes from phenol red, a dye that shifts hue to signal whether the cells are healthy.
Dana-Farber Gastrointestinal Cancer Center doctors review a patient's abdominal CT scans.
A Squirrel Monkey at Harvard's New England Primate Research Center.
Rows of disposable pipette tips
Stained colonies in petri dishes reveal which cells withstood radiation, a simple test at the heart of cancer treatment research.
Scientists in a Parkinson's disease lab carefully transfer a sample into a tube.
An instructor listens alongside a student as he checks the heartbeat of a patient simulator.
A researcher holds a stack of cell culture plates in her lab.
Squirrel monkey at New England Primate Research Center.
A scientist examines the results of a western blot, a test that detects specific proteins in cell samples.
A scientist in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology uses a precision probe to test a microfabricated device on a silicon wafer.
A breast cancer patient receives an intravenous infusion of cyclophosphamide at Mass General. Cyclophosphamide is a mainstay of breast cancer treatment.