New Institute Director at Johns Hopkins Coincides With 'Big Bet' on Basic Science
Thursday, August 23, 2018 - 10:40
in Mathematics & Economics
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine leaders plan to invest $100 million over the next five years to hire new faculty and support programs aimed at unraveling the mysteries of biology. Such "basic" science discoveries underpin virtually every major medical breakthrough, say the leaders, and they have appointed structural biologist James Berger, Ph.D., to direct the Johns Hopkins institute dedicated to this effort.