(MGRI), which promotes and sponsors projects that aid scientists in developing methodologies that can be applied broadly across genomics research to improve the accuracy and speed with which functional associations can be made with sequences of genetic information.
Besides Caskey, the Merck Trustees of MGRI are: Franz Hefti of Merck Neurosciences Research Center in Terlings Park, England; Anthony Ford-Hutchinson of the Merck Center for Therapeutic Research in Montreal, Canada; and Bennett Shapiro and Alan Williamson of Merck Research Laboratories in Rahway, N.J.