Life at CRI

The Children’s Research Institute is home to over 100 researchers from all over the world working to answer fundamental scientific questions. Researchers at the CRI receive outstanding training, support and scientific guidance. 

Quick Facts Since Our Founding

Founded
in
2011
Primary Faculty
7
HHMI Investigators
2
Extramural Funding
$101M
Senior Author Publications
82
NIH R01
Grants
14

CRI Statistics

Publications in High Impact Journals*

*With an impact factor of 20 or above.

Recent Publications
Morrison Lab: Ascorbate regulates haematopoietic stem cell function and leukaemogenesis. Nature 

 

DeBerardinis Lab: Lactate Metabolism in Human Lung Tumors. Cell

 

Zhu Lab: Arid1a has context-dependent oncogenic and tumor suppressor functions in liver cancer. Cancer Cell

 

Ge Lab: Control of cerebral ischemia with magnetic nanoparticles. Nature Methods

 

Xu Lab: In situ capture of chromatin interactions by biotinylated dCas9. Cell 
Extramural Funding
CRI Postdoctoral Fellowship Sponsors
Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA
Damon Runyon Foundation
American Cancer Society
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation
American Heart Association
Human Frontier Science Program
American Lung Association
German National Academy of Sciences
European Molecular Biology Organisation
Gruss Lipper Israeli Program
The Dermatology Foundation

Our Global Community

Scientists and researchers come from all over the world to join CRI.

Why CRI?

Graduate students, postdocs and CRI staff share what it means to work at CRI.

Life at the Institute