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Occupying 689 wooded acres along the Potomac River, Janelia Farm provides a variety of services and facilities to support its diverse community of scientists and staff—inside and outside the lab.

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The Janelia Farm model frees scientists of constraints commonly found in other research environments, providing access to world-class resources and a talented support staff.

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In addition to our resident scientists and fellows, we offer visiting scientists, graduate, and undergraduate candidates a range of scientific programs.

Graduate scholar Arbora Resulaj (left) and her mentor, Janelia Fellow Dmitry Rinberg (right).

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Janelia Farm regularly hosts scientific meetings, ranging from workshops to intensive, specialized conferences. See what's coming up and visit the archive of past events.

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Janelia provides outstanding employment opportunities, at all levels.

Janelia provides outstanding employment opportunities, at all levels.

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Many tools developed in Janelia Farm labs are made freely available to outside researchers, while others are taking shape through collaborations with industry, academia, and government.

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Janelia’s sense of community comes from a core belief that people of diverse disciplines and backgrounds can accomplish great things when working with a common purpose.

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An Interview with Gerry Rubin

Executive director Gerry Rubin discusses where Janelia Farm fits in the scientific landscape.

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Escape maneuvers

Evading a predator – or a swatting hand – takes some coordination. Gwyneth Card’s lab is examining flies’ escape maneuvers to learn how the brain controls sequences of behavior.

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Have Microscope...

Biology students and faculty immersed in summer courses at Woods Hole get their hands on a powerful imaging tool developed by Janelia scientists.

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Speaking of Janelia

Janelia Farm is an exhilarating place to work. Hear from scientists and staff about why they came to Janelia and what they hope to contribute.

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Graduate Scholar John Tuthill

From the fly lab where he spends most days, Tuthill shares his thoughts on Janelia's collaborative nature and what it takes to thrive there.

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Birth of an Idea: The GECI Project

Understanding behavior at the level of the single neuron is the ultimate goal of the scientists who make up Janelia's GECI project. But first, they must build a better suite of molecular tools.

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Undergraduate Scholar Eric Trautman

As an undergraduate summer scholar at Janelia, Trautman designed and built retroreflectors for tracing in-flight mechanics of dragonflies.

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Bob's Pub: Three Impressions

Catch a glimpse of life at Bob's, where Janelia eats, drinks, plays and collaborates.

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Introduction to Janelia

Janelia Farm is a pioneering research center where scientists from many disciplines gather to collaborate on some of science's most challenging problems.

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Janelia in a Snapshot

See highlights of Janelia's unique architecture.

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DIADEM

Five teams, one goal: to create a functional atlas of the brain.

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Catalyst for Creativity

In this six-minute video from the HHMI 2011 Annual Report, five lab heads explore how Janelia Farm is a catalyst for their work.

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Undergraduate Scholar Xun (Helen) Hou

In her stint as an undergraduate scholar at Janelia, Hou investigated the neural basis of social interaction.

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Designs Made Real

To find out how cells divide and rearrange themselves in a growing embryo, scientists designed and built a new kind of microscope.

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Arbora Resulaj

Resulaj, a former engineer who now studies olfaction in mice, compares life at Janelia to her first-year experience at Cambridge University.

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Life at Janelia

The amenities offered at Janelia Farm aren't just perks; they are designed to meet the needs of everyday life, freeing employees to spend more time doing what they love- great science!

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