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Don C Wiley (->) was a researcher at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which is connected with Battelle. Dr. Philip Leder (HomelandHealth.com ->), 
although a virtual unknown outside of medical circles, has impressive credentials. He is Chairman of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School 
and a Senior Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He was a contemporary of Dr. Don C. Wiley at Harvard..." 
Part of the HHMI (Northern Virginia) is the Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon and they currently working on a new plant in Ashburn,
which is supported by Battelle:
February 12, 2001 http://techway.washtech.com/news/2_3/techcap/7182-1.html 

"Northern Virginia has always been trying to get their toehold in biotech," said Walt Plosila, vice president with Battelle Memorial Institute in Cleveland,
and former director of the High Technology Council of Maryland.
"This certainly would be a major anchor for them."

For some reasons the HHMI management likes loactions next to airports: 1) "...They wanted the (Alexandria) center to be an hour's drive from headquarters in Chevy Chase, 
on a site at least 100 acres and no more than an hour's drive to an airport.." 2) "...The Janelia Farm site, on the other hand, is eight miles from Dulles International Airport..."
On Janelia we will find Celera (Craig Venter), another huge pharmacy company, who is proud to be happen as one of the first companies, who recognised the human DNA. 
Actually since September 2001 they have another, not really controversial job: They have to identify all victims of the Twin Towers. Right now they had to confirm, 
that 1/3 of all victims had been WTC twintowers Building photos totally pulverised and no DNA can be identified, which never happened before in the history of criminology.

http://www.bizforward.com/wdc/issues/2002-01/bioscience/

"... For Chevy Chase, MD-based Howard Hughes, which announced the site selection in February 2001, Janelia Farm offers the perfect mix of rural solitude and urban access.
Just eight miles north of Dulles Airport and within 30 miles of most government agencies, the Loudoun County site 
was once to be the U.S. headquarters of Dutch software developer Baan Companies, which had already started constructing three office buildings there ...

...In all, Maryland now has about 270 biotech companies, including high-profile big hitters like Celera, Gene Logic, Human Genome Sciences and MedImmune. 
Most are in DC suburbs, although Baltimore has snagged a few, thanks to Johns Hopkins University...." 

More here: The HHMI story
http://washtech.com/washtechway/2_3/techcap/7183-1.html