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2016 ANNUAL REPORT
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Table of Contents
2016 Year in Review
Letter fromH. Robert Horvitz, Chair
Letter fromMaya Ajmera, President & CEO
Overview and Top Ten
Regeneron Sponsorship Announcement
2016 Society Competitions
Intel Science Talent Search
STS 75
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Anniversary Gala
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
BroadcomMASTERS
Alumni
STS 75
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Anniversary Alumni Conference
Science News Media Group
Science News
Science News for Students
Outreach & Equity
Science News
in High Schools
Advocate Grant Program
Research Teachers Conference
STEMAction & Research Grants
Society for Science & the Public
Financials
Donors
Board of Trustees
Executive Team and Staff
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Science News
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DECEMBER 24, 2016
ONLY THE ESSENTIALS
One of biology’s biggest achievements in
2016 was intentionally as small as possible:
building a bacteriumwith only 473 genes.
That pint-size genetic blueprint is a mile-
stone in a decades-long effort to create an
organism containing just the bare essentials
of life. Ultimately, such cell templates could
transform the field of medicine, as well as
agricultural and chemical industries.