Dr. Eric Lander is President and Founding Director of the Broad
Institute of Harvard and MIT, a new kind of collaborative biomedical
research institution focused on genomic medicine. Dr. Lander is also
Professor of Biology at MIT and Professor of Systems Biology at the
Harvard Medical School. In addition, Dr. Lander serves as Co-Chair of
the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, which
advises the White House on science and technology. A geneticist,
molecular biologist and mathematician, Dr. Lander has played a
pioneering role in all aspects of the reading, understanding and medical
application of the human genome. He was a principal leader of the
international Human Genome Project (HGP) from 1990-2003, with his group
being the largest contributor to the mapping and sequencing of the human
genetic blueprint. Dr. Lander was an early pioneer in the free
availability of genomic tools and information. Finally, he has mentored
an extraordinary cadre of young scientists who have become the next
generation of leaders in medical genomics. The recipient of numerous
awards and honorary degrees, Dr. Lander was elected a member of the U.S.
National Academy of Sciences in 1997 and of the U.S. Institute of
Medicine in 1999.
Previously announced new 2013 courses include: 8.02x
Electricity and Magnetism from Walter Lewin; Justice
from Michael Sandel; Introduction
to Statistics from Ani Adhikari; The
Challenges of Global Poverty from Esther Duflo; The
Ancient Greek Hero from Gregory Nagy; Quantum
Mechanics and Quantum Computation from Umesh Vazirani; Human
Health and Global Environmental Change, from Aaron Bernstein and
Jack Spengler.
In addition to these new courses, edX is bringing back several courses
from the popular fall 2012 semester: Introduction
to Computer Science and Programming; Introduction
to Solid State Chemistry; Introduction
to Artificial Intelligence; Software
as a Service I; Software
as a Service II; Foundations
of Computer Graphics.
About the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard was founded in
2003 to empower this generation of creative scientists to transform
medicine with new genome-based knowledge. The Broad Institute seeks to
describe all the molecular components of life and their connections;
discover the molecular basis of major human diseases; develop effective
new approaches to diagnostics and therapeutics; and disseminate
discoveries, tools, methods and data openly to the entire scientific
community.
Founded by MIT, Harvard and its affiliated hospitals, and the visionary
Los Angeles philanthropists Eli and Edythe L. Broad, the Broad Institute
includes faculty, professional staff and students from throughout the
MIT and Harvard biomedical research communities and beyond, with
collaborations spanning over a hundred private and public institutions
in more than 40 countries worldwide. For further information about the
Broad Institute, go to www.broadinstitute.org.
About edX
EdX
is a not-for-profit enterprise of its founding partners Harvard
University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on
transforming online and on-campus learning through groundbreaking
methodologies, game-like experiences and cutting-edge research. EdX
provides inspirational and transformative knowledge to students of all
ages, social status, and income who form worldwide communities of
learners. EdX uses its open source technology to transcend physical and
social borders. We're focused on people, not profit. EdX is based in
Cambridge, Massachusetts in the USA.
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