The goal is to synthesize knowledge from all relevant disciplines - from genomics , anatomy and physiology to computer modelling - into a comprehensive theory of how the mouse uses its cortex to see .
The broad institute was to become a joint effort between harvard and m. i. t.headed by dr. lander that would encourage scientists to collaborate to solve big problems in biology genetics and genomics .
" There has never been a breast cancer genomics project on this scale , " said the atlas 's program director , brad ozenberger of the national institutes of health .