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@hhmi-science.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 1:34 PM

It took >60 years to develop long-lasting, preventive antibody treatments for RSV, & #HHMIInvestigator Jesse Bloom & team’s new deep mutational scanning method found resistance-associated RSV variants are rare — good news for infants & other vulnerable populations: bit.ly/4d8lBlp.

HHMI Investigator Jesse Bloom stands outdoors with arms crossed, smiling slightly at the camera. He wears glasses, a short-sleeved plaid shirt in purple, blue, and tan, and a black digital wristwatch. Behind him, a softly blurred brick-and-glass building rises above green trees.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 6:05 PM

Proteins can reshape themselves in less than a millisecond. Now, #HHMIInvestigator Dorothee Kern & team @scripps.edu have developed a machine learning model to predict these rapid changes, & it could help researchers uncover new connections between protein movement & human health: bit.ly/4d6klPH

HHMI Investigator Dorothee Kern stands smiling with one hand on her hip beside a large white cylindrical scientific instrument marked with blue lettering. She wears a sleeveless black top with a woven neckline and ruffled front, a wide white woven belt with an oversized silver buckle, and white pants. Behind her are a wooden support beam, equipment cabinets, and an orange warning light.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:38 PM

Celebrating #HHMIInvestigator Kevan Shokat (@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social), awarded the 2026 Stephenson Global Prize for his groundbreaking cancer research. By discovering a way to disable the cancer-driving protein KRAS, Shokat launched an incredible new era in cancer treatment: bit.ly/47mCi9b.

"Portrait of Kevan Shokat, HHMI Investigator at the University of California, San Francisco, wearing a blue lab coat and smiling in a laboratory setting. Green banner reads 'Stephenson Global Prize.' Text below reads 'Kevan Shokat, HHMI Investigator | University of California, San Francisco.'"

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 11:26 AM

Thrilled to celebrate #HHMIInvestigator Karl Deisseroth @stanforduniversity.bsky.social, winner of the '26 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his role in developing optogenetics, allowing scientists to directly test how specific neural circuits contribute to behavior & disease bit.ly/4huCFVb

A graphic announcing the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for Karl Deisseroth, HHMI Investigator at Stanford University. Deisseroth stands outdoors in front of a green ivy-covered wall, wearing a light gray shirt and looking directly at the camera. Gold geometric node-and-line designs frame the upper corners of the image. A green banner across the lower portion displays "2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine" in white serif text, with "Karl Deisseroth" and "HHMI Investigator | Stanford University" below it in white against a dark background.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 3:33 PM

Congratulations to #HHMIInvestigator Charles Zuker, winner of the 2026 Wolf Prize in Medicine! Zuker's groundbreaking research into taste has helped reveal how the brain transforms signals from the outside world into perceptions, actions, & behaviors: bit.ly/4AIg7Ib.

A graphic announcing the Wolf Prize in Medicine for Charles Zuker, HHMI Investigator at Columbia University. Zuker stands arms crossed and smiling in a research laboratory, wearing a brown leather jacket and glasses pushed up on his head. Behind him, shelves are stocked with reagent bottles, pipettes, and laboratory supplies. A green banner in the lower right displays "Wolf Prize in Medicine" in white serif text, with "Charles Zuker" and "HHMI Investigator | Columbia University" below it.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 7:34 PM

Parasitic protists, which cause diseases like sleeping sickness & leishmaniasis, affect ~1 billion people each year. But #HHMIInvestigator Vamsi Mootha & consortium have ID'd a vulnerability they share: ancient mitochondrial machinery that could be a target for a new kind of drug. bit.ly/4dfEJho

Top left: Part of Mootha's project consortium; bottom left: Giardia lamblia parasite, shown in its active, dividing form. Courtesy Vamsi Mootha.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 2:01 PM

Like humans, zebra finches learn to vocalize by imitation — a trait found in only a handful of species.

#HHMIInvestigator Erich Jarvis's lab has assembled the first complete songbird genome, & it could hold the key to understanding how vocal learning evolved: bit.ly/4A74dHu.

Erich Jarvis standing with arms crossed in a laboratory filled with chemical bottles and lab equipment.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 8:14 PM

Congrats to #HHMIInvestigator Catherine Dulac (@harvard.edu), winner of @rockefeller.edu's 2026 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize! Dulac's research changed science's understanding of instinctive behaviors such as mating, parenting, & aggression by revealing the underlying neural circuits: bit.ly/4iHU7Xl

Catherine wearing a flower-print shirt in her office

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 6:26 PM

ERG, activated by gene fusion in ~50% of prostate cancers in men w/European ancestry, was long considered undruggable. Now #HHMIInvestigator Arul Chinnaiyan & co have developed a molecule probe that binds to ERG, killing cancer cells & preventing tissue invasion in preclinical models bit.ly/46wb7bv

Arul Chinnaiyan in a suite in his office

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 9:53 PM

Plant cells have their own language, & #HHMIInvestigator Keiko Torii has spent 30 years decoding it. Her team’s new work on how cells communicate to guide stomatal development — & how plants balance that with pathogen defense — could help scientists develop more resilient crops: bit.ly/4hFvOIy.

HHMI Investigator Keiko Torii in her lab, surrounded by plants.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 1:28 PM

Snakes evolved resistance to their own venom over millions of years — & now #HHMIInvestigator Sean Carroll & collaborators are harnessing vipers' toxin-blocking proteins to build a better antivenom. In lab tests, optimized combinations were ~10x more potent than current treatments bit.ly/4bzdwW5

Western diamondback rattlesnake, courtesy of Sean Carroll.

@hhmi-science.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 2:34 PM

Congratulations to #HHMIInvestigator Edward Chouchani (danafarber.bsky.social), recipient of @asbmb.bsky.social sky.social’s Earl and Thressa Stadtman Young Scholar Award — an honor recognizing early career excellence in biochemistry & molecular biology: bit.ly/4xg9hGI.