Environment
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the larger Harvard Medical School and Longwood Medical Area communities provide an enormously stimulating research environment that facilitates collaboration, innovation, and training of the next generation of biomedical scientists at the highest levels. There are countless formal and informal venues that spark new collaborative research directions. As one example, Dr. Eck participates in bi-monthly “Lung Cancer Therapeutics” lunchtime meetings in which thoracic oncologists and basic science PIs (including Nathanael Gray, Pasi Jänne, Matthew Meyerson, Dan Costa, and Bruce Johnson among others) present recent findings and work in progress in their labs. In addition, Eck and members of his lab participate in a wide range of seminar series and departmental retreats, in particular those sponsored by the Department of Cancer Biology at the DFCI and Departments of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at HMS. The DFCI, HMS and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center provide numerous core facilities and resources, including the Institute for Chemistry and Chemical Biology (ICCB), a resource for small-molecule screening and characterization, and SBGrid, a collaborative resource for structural biology computing.
In Fall 2015 the Eck lab relocated to the 4th floor of the newly constructed Longwood Center building. The goal of the DFCI expansion at Longwood Center is to bring together experts in Medicinal Chemistry, Structural Biology, Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, and Disease-focused Discovery Cancer Biology to promote development of novel cancer therapeutics. An X-ray Crystallography Core Suite overseen by Dr. Eck is housed on the 3rd floor, along with Electron Microscopy and NMR facilities.
In Fall 2015 the Eck lab relocated to the 4th floor of the newly constructed Longwood Center building. The goal of the DFCI expansion at Longwood Center is to bring together experts in Medicinal Chemistry, Structural Biology, Protein Biochemistry and Proteomics, and Disease-focused Discovery Cancer Biology to promote development of novel cancer therapeutics. An X-ray Crystallography Core Suite overseen by Dr. Eck is housed on the 3rd floor, along with Electron Microscopy and NMR facilities.