The close collaboration between faculty and professional scientists — who span bench scientists, computational scientists, and software engineers — has been a distinguishing characteristic of the Ó³»´«Ã½ since its inception.
A group of Institute Scientists play a key role by catalyzing scientific connections across the Ó³»´«Ã½ community and beyond; engaging in key institutional issues, developments and decisions, including shaping scientific priorities; fostering the continual renewal of the Ó³»´«Ã½ community by recruiting, mentoring and supporting a new generation of young scientists; and fulfill key citizenship and service roles that strengthen the Ó³»´«Ã½ community. Drawn from Ó³»´«Ã½â€™s more than 650 professional scientists, the Institute Scientists serve four-year terms.