Board Member Makes $1 Million Challenge Gift To The Jackson Laboratory

Geneticist and author Weslie Janeway of New York has made a $1 million “challenge gift” to The Jackson Laboratory for the recruitment and support of new scientists working to understand the genetic basis of human disease. The challenge gift, intended to encourage $1 million in matching gifts from other donors, will be used to pay for faculty starting salaries, lab equipment and experiments. “Mrs.

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Filed under: Biology on March 31st, 2009