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@hhmi-science.bsky.socialEarly career faculty? #FreemanHrabowski Scholar applications open Nov. 3! In the words of current Scholar Claudia Moreno (@uwdeptmedicine.bsky.social), “Don’t think twice — apply." Register now to check your eligibility, preview the application, unlock additional resources, & more: bit.ly/fhs26.
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialIt 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-science.bsky.socialEvery cell has an organelle signature — a “fingerprint” created from the shape, size, & arrangement of its internal structures. Scientists at our Janelia Research Campus can now read these signatures across 1000s of cells, revealing how tissues adapt to diet & disease bit.ly/4j6DmoH 📹 Feliciano Lab@
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@hhmi-science.bsky.socialEvery cell in our body comes from 1 fertilized egg. #HHMIInvestigators Jonathan Weissman, Jay Shendure, & teams have figured out how to trace that cellular development, creating new tools that generate maps of the origin & outcome of vast numbers of cells in a developing mouse: bit.ly/4dVhnhe.
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialProteins 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
@apnews.comReposted by @hhmi-science.bsky.socialDr. Karl Deisseroth spent hours fielding congratulatory calls after learning that he had won a Nobel Prize for medicine for helping to open a new field of brain science called optogenetics.
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialCelebrating #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.
@hhmi-science.bsky.social@deisseroth.bsky.social shares the prize with Peter Hegemann of Humboldt University of Berlin and Georg Nagel of University of Würzburg, for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels.
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialThrilled 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
@hhmi-science.bsky.social@hhmi-science.bsky.socialCongratulations 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.
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialParasitic 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
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialPostdoc or early career faculty? Applications for our '28 #FreemanHrabowski Scholars & #HannaGray Fellows Programs open 11/3! Prep by joining us 10/22 @ 2pm ET for a live informational webinar w/the HHMI Science Programs team — comp details, how-tos, & a Q&A session. Register at bit.ly/3VHe2fq
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialLike 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.
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialMeet Tremella mesenterica (aka "witches' butter”), shown here at the cellular level via confocal microscopy. This fungus's polysaccharides may hold medical potential — research has shown immune-stimulating, anti-inflammatory, & antiallergic effects. 📸: Igor Siwanowicz, HHMI Janelia Research Campus
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialOur bodies create around 330 billion new cells every day through cell division. Andrew Moore at our Janelia Research Campus captured that process in stunning detail — a feat that earned him 4th place in Nikon's 2026 Small World in Motion Competition. bit.ly/4yT5d0k
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialCongrats 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
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialERG, 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
@hhmi-science.bsky.socialPlant 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.
