Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is a United States non-profit medical research organization based in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Testing a drug that may halt an overactive immune response before it ramps up

A multicancer blood test could be a game changer for early diagnosis

A new way to breach brain barriers to attack tumors

Using genetically engineered bacteriophages to fight infection: Viruses that can infect and kill bacteria

Scientists have used an experimental therapy that relies on bacteria-infecting viruses collected, in part, through HHMI’s SEA-PHAGES program to fight a Mycobacterium infection in a 15-year-old girl. The patient, a 15-year-old girl, had come to London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for a double lung transplant. It was the summer of 2017, and her lungs were struggling to

Using genetically engineered bacteriophages to fight infection: Viruses that can infect and kill bacteria

New hope for neurodegenerative brain disorders

DGIST’s research Team has clarified the fundamentals of coiled toxin protein which causes neurodegenerative brain disorders A research team led by Professor Sung Bae Lee of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Professor Daehee Hwang of New Biology (Vice-head of the Plant Age and Life Research Group, IBS) has identified the early neuropathology mechanism of structural

New hope for neurodegenerative brain disorders

Using genomics and gene editing rapidly bring groundcherries toward domestication

By combining genomics and gene editing, researchers have figured out how to rapidly bring a plant known as the groundcherry toward domestication. Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and… groundcherries? A little-known fruit about the size of a marble could become agriculture’s next big berry crop. To prepare the groundcherry (Physalis pruinosa) for mainstream farming, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Using genomics and gene editing rapidly bring groundcherries toward domestication

Easy-to-use technology that simultaneously monitors neural activity at hundreds of different sites within the brain

Neuropixels probes represent a significant advance in measurement technology and will allow for the most precise understanding yet of how large networks of nerve cells coordinate to give rise to behavior and cognition. Neuroscientists who want to follow the nervous system’s cellular conversations will soon have access to easy-to-use technology that simultaneously monitors neural activity

Easy-to-use technology that simultaneously monitors neural activity at hundreds of different sites within the brain

A process that could one day enable precise DNA surgery to correct mutations that cause human diseases

A new type of DNA editing enzyme, developed in HHMI Investigator David Liu’s lab, lets scientists directly and permanently change single base pairs of DNA from A•T to G•C. The process could one day enable precise DNA surgery to correct mutations that cause human diseases. DNA editing just got a sharp, new pencil. Researchers have

A process that could one day enable precise DNA surgery to correct mutations that cause human diseases

AI saves 3,800 years work building the most comprehensive neural maps of behavior yet created (fly)

Scientists at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus created comprehensive brain maps linking different groups of neurons to specific behaviors, using a machine-learning program that annotated more than 225 days of videos of flies – a feat that would have taken humans some 3,800 years. A smart computer program named JAABA has helped scientists create a brain-wide

AI saves 3,800 years work building the most comprehensive neural maps of behavior yet created (fly)

IsoView Microscope helps scientists see the big picture

High-speed microscope images entire living organisms at high resolution A new microscope developed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus is giving scientists a clearer, more comprehensive view of biological processes as they unfold in living animals. The microscope produces images of entire organisms, such as a zebrafish or fruit fly embryo, with

IsoView Microscope helps scientists see the big picture

Another Milestone in Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis

Berkeley Lab Researchers Use Solar Energy and Renewable Hydrogen to Produce Methane A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) developing a bioinorganic hybrid approach to artificial photosynthesis have achieved another milestone. Having generated quite a buzz with their hybrid system of semiconducting nanowires and bacteria

Another Milestone in Hybrid Artificial Photosynthesis

NTU scientists discover new treatment for dementia

Pushing new frontiers in dementia research, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have found a new way to treat dementia by sending electrical impulses to specific areas of the brain to enhance the growth of new brain cells. Known as deep brain stimulation, it is a therapeutic procedure that is already used in some

NTU scientists discover new treatment for dementia

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Flexible 'slinkies' form in DNA of archaea
on March 2, 2021 at 9:07 am
New cryo-electron microscopy images suggest archaeal microbes pack their chromatin into tight coils that can spring open, forming unexpected contortions.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
on February 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. HHMI was founded in 1953 and has flourished as the foremost benefactor for basic research in the areas of ...
Holmes awarded HHMI fellowship for promising early-career scientists
on February 19, 2021 at 2:48 pm
Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The fellowship provides up to $1.4 million ... make the transition to becoming principal investigators. Holmes’ research focuses on finding ...
Trainee Spotlight: Marissa Scavuzzo chosen for prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Hanna H. Gray Fellowship
on February 18, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Marissa Scavuzzo, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Paul Tesar, PhD, was selected as one of 21 scientists to receive the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Hanna H. Gray Fellowship ...
HHMI Commits $30 Million to Increase Diversity in Science with 21 Hanna Gray Fellows
on February 18, 2021 at 12:54 pm
HHMI announces the selection of 21 exceptional early career scientists as 2020 Hanna Gray Fellows to support diversity in biomedical research. The 2022 Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program competition will ...

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February 12, 2021
Here's How Insects Coax Plants into Making Galls - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
March 2, 2021
Flexible “Slinkies” Form in DNA of Archaea - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
March 2, 2021
HHMI Announces Open Access Publishing Policy - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Flexible 'slinkies' form in DNA of archaea
on March 2, 2021 at 9:07 am
New cryo-electron microscopy images suggest archaeal microbes pack their chromatin into tight coils that can spring open, forming unexpected contortions.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
on February 22, 2021 at 4:00 pm
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. HHMI was founded in 1953 and has flourished as the foremost benefactor for basic research in the areas of ...
Holmes awarded HHMI fellowship for promising early-career scientists
on February 19, 2021 at 2:48 pm
Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). The fellowship provides up to $1.4 million over eight years to outstanding early-career scientists. Its aim is to help those with the ...
Trainee Spotlight: Marissa Scavuzzo chosen for prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Hanna H. Gray Fellowship
on February 18, 2021 at 4:00 pm
Marissa Scavuzzo, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow in the lab of Paul Tesar, PhD, was selected as one of 21 scientists to receive the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Hanna H. Gray Fellowship ...
Postdoc Leah Guthrie named HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow
on February 18, 2021 at 3:03 pm
LEAH GUTHRIE, a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Medicine, has been selected as a 2020 Hanna Gray Fellow through the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.The fellowship program selects ...