Exhibits

Image of Ó³»­´«Ã½ Discovery Center Welcome Gallery: Three blue and white teardrop-shaped exhibit structures stand next to the main entrance of the Richard Merkin building.

Welcome

To tackle human disease, we need to know its roots. We’re excited to share our work with you.

 

 

 

View of Ó³»­´«Ã½ Discovery Center Cancer Gallery: a museum gallery exhibit on cancer research, covering targeted therapies and immunotherapy, explaining cancer development, mutation identification, and treatment processes.

Cancer

Scientists are working to understand cancer’s vulnerabilities and find targets for new and better cancer drugs. 

 

Image of Ó³»­´«Ã½ Discovery Center Psychiatric Research Gallery, featuring three orange and white wedge-shaped exhibit structures.

Psychiatric research

Ó³»­´«Ã½ researchers and collaborators around the world have discovered several genetic risk factors for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder  â€“ and that’s only the beginning.

 

 

Image of Ó³»­´«Ã½ Discovery Center Infectious Disease Gallery: four bright red and white wedge-shaped exhibits in the center of the museum. The exhibits focus on ways that scientists are approaching infectious disease research.

Infectious disease

Researchers at Ó³»­´«Ã½ are working on better ways to diagnose and combat infections, including those that are resistant to antibiotics. 

 

 

View of the Ó³»­´«Ã½ Discovery Center Rare & Common Disease Gallery:  two maroon and white wedge-shaped exhibits. While common diseases involve many genetic variants, rare diseases stem from a single variant, affecting one in ten people, and CRISPR gene editing offers promising cures by correcting these disease-causing misspellings in the genetic code.

Rare and common diseases

Take a deeper look at how Ó³»­´«Ã½ies are tackling heart disease, diabetes, and rare diseases. 

 

View of Ó³»­´«Ã½ Discovery Center Ask a Ó³»­´«Ã½ie digital experience where visitors can interact with Ó³»­´«Ã½ scientists.

Ask a Ó³»­´«Ã½ie & Be a Researcher

Ask a Ó³»­´«Ã½ie is a digital, interactive experience for visitors to meet scientists with the Ó³»­´«Ã½, learn about their work, and be inspired. Visitors can select from a list of questions to ask each scientist and see a video response.

Be a Researcher is an interactive, digital experience where visitors can help discover the biological mechanism of a disease and develop a new strategy for treatment. 

 


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