Cnidarian Research institute Cnidarian Research institute is a non-profit corporation interested in research on the phylum Cnidaria. Their mission includes goals of Education, Exploration, and Conservation. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Biomedical research, grants. HHMI investigators contributed to the discovery of genes related to diseases such as cystic fibrosis and obesity, and to basic understanding of cell development and communiation. Scientists are employed by HHMI and conduct their work at HHMI facilities at leading research institutions nationwide.
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a philanthropy whose scientists carry out biomedical research at the frontiers of biology. HHMI also awards grants for science education and international science. This basic research is targeted to the development new diagnostic methods and cancer treatments. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals. The main task of the Institute are researches devoted to different aspects of animal systematics, paleontology, faunistics, and cytology.