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 molecular biology, genetics, immunology and biomedical research. HHMI has a $17.5 billion dollar endowment and yearly awards around $450 million dollars to scientists in university labs involved in scientific pursuits that coincide with industrialists Howard Hughes' goal of discovering the “genesis of life itself”.
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New methods to improve super-resolution imaging techniques are giving biologists a clearer and more complete view of the inner workings of living cells.
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A zebrafish swims toward its intended target, but strong currents push it off course. Nevertheless, the tiny fish swims back to its original location, determined to finish its journey.
Plants & Animals
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New research from the Lippincott-Schwartz Lab at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus being presented at Cell Bio 2022 provides a close-up look at the individual molecules that facilitate communication between cellular structures. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 1, 2022
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A new review in Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology from the Lippincott-Schwartz Lab at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus examines the diverse endoplasmic reticulum structures that have been described by light and electron ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 14, 2022
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Scientists at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus have discovered a new kind of synapse in the tiny hairs on the surface of neurons.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 1, 2022
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Astronomers build new telescopes and peer at the night sky to see what they might find. Janelia Group Leader Abraham Beyene takes a similar approach when looking at the cells that make up the human brain.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 25, 2022
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While developing a new system for recording within cells, geneticist Jay Shendure and his team decided to give it a test run by using it to encode text. Since their invention relied on a nearly brand-new recording medium, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 11, 2022
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Biologist Xinnian Dong says her "best Christmas gift ever" arrived in the form of a phone call. The call was from her longtime friend and collaborator at Duke University, Pei Zhou, who rang with long-awaited news: they had ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 11, 2022
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For more than two decades, scientists have puzzled over how vertebrates make the essential polysaccharide hyaluronic acid, which has broad medical applications. One team took a different tack and solved the mystery.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 31, 2022
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The breakthrough came on molecular biologist Christopher Garcia's birthday.
Molecular & Computational biology
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