About a month ago, I spent a week at a workshop to learn a new technique to teach students. I was in Ashburn, VA and at the Janelia Farms Research Center of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. If you've seen "The Aviator" with Leo DiCaprio, you'd know who Howard Hughes was. This is a biomedical research facility build with the money he left behind. It is a state-of-the art, no expense too large, glass-walled structure that costed about $500 million! To receive a research grant from the HHMI means you are or well on your way to induction into the Academy of Science or winning the Nobel Prize.
Even though we were there to learn, we were pampered by stays in rooms that were beyond luxurious and food that was glorious. I gained 5 pounds in one week!
There are labs in there!
Beautiful sunset over the building and a small pond
A great blue heron lives by the pond in front of the research building.
A great blue heron lives by the pond in front of the research building.
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