{"id":3,"date":"2008-11-04T17:47:45","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T22:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T02:16:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Genome Science Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gsi\/files\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10-scaled-e1665084305658-1024x395.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"395\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4588 size-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10-scaled-e1665084305658-1024x395.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10-scaled-e1665084305658-650x251.png 650w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10-scaled-e1665084305658-768x296.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10-scaled-e1665084305658-1536x592.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2022\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-10-scaled-e1665084305658-2048x789.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Established in 2008, the Boston University Genome Science Institute (GSI) seeks to expand our understanding of the role of genes in human health by fostering collaboration and serving as a resource for BU investigators engaged in genetics and genomics research and education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The GSI spans both the Medical and the Charles River Campuses connecting a variety of investigators in departments and schools within the University. There are more than 120 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/people\/faculty\/\">GSI faculty<\/a> members from the schools of Medicine, Public Health, Dental Medicine, and Arts and Sciences. The GSI unites these investigators through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/seminars\/gsi-seminar-series\/\">seminars<\/a>, an annual\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/initiatives\/research-symposium\/\">Research Symposium<\/a>, and other opportunities for formal and informal interaction among faculty and students. We work closely with the BU faculty to expand and strengthen training and research opportunities for BU students interested in genetics and genomics.<\/p>\n<h3>Follow us at: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/bu-gsi.bsky.social\">@BU-GSI.BSKY.SOCIAL<span>\u202c<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gsi\/files\/2025\/08\/bluesky_media_kit_banner_2-573x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2025\/08\/bluesky_media_kit_banner_2-573x300.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2025\/08\/bluesky_media_kit_banner_2-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2025\/08\/bluesky_media_kit_banner_2-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2025\/08\/bluesky_media_kit_banner_2-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/files\/2025\/08\/bluesky_media_kit_banner_2-2048x1073.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/initiatives\/\">initiatives<\/a>. Join the <a href=\"mailto:gsi@bu.edu\">GSI.<\/a> We welcome suggestions on how the GSI can better facilitate and develop genetics and genomics research at BU, please contact <a href=\"mailto:gsi@bu.edu\">us<\/a>.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 2008, the Boston University Genome Science Institute (GSI) seeks to expand our understanding of the role of genes in human health by fostering collaboration and serving as a resource for BU investigators engaged in genetics and genomics research and education. The GSI spans both the Medical and the Charles River Campuses connecting a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1231,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":19,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5362,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions\/5362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gsi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}