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November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
What roots the animal tree of life — the sponge, or the comb jelly?
HHMI Investigator Nicole King & her team used a new method to answer an old question, & their results offer strong evidence that sponges may have evolved first. hhmi.news/3M2JkbG
HHMI Investigator Nicole King & her team used a new method to answer an old question, & their results offer strong evidence that sponges may have evolved first. hhmi.news/3M2JkbG
Which Came First: The Sponge or the Comb Jelly? HHMI Scientists Weigh In | HHMI
HHMI Investigator Nicole King and her team implemented a new method to determine which animals evolved first. The new research strongly supports the hypothesis that sponges root the animal tree of lif...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
What roots the animal tree of life — the sponge, or the comb jelly?
HHMI Investigator Nicole King & her team used a new method to answer an old question, & their results offer strong evidence that sponges may have evolved first. hhmi.news/3M2JkbG
HHMI Investigator Nicole King & her team used a new method to answer an old question, & their results offer strong evidence that sponges may have evolved first. hhmi.news/3M2JkbG
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We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Xin Jin has been named the 2026 Peter Gruss Young Investigator. Her pioneering work developing high-throughput in vivo screening strategies is unraveling the genetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders. buff.ly/RI9emVa
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that Dr. Xin Jin has been named the 2026 Peter Gruss Young Investigator. Her pioneering work developing high-throughput in vivo screening strategies is unraveling the genetic mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders. buff.ly/RI9emVa
The world’s “most dangerous animal” just got easier to study 🦟
HHMI’s @leslievosshall.bsky.social & #VosshallLab at @rockefeller.edu have built the 1st cellular atlas of Aedes aegypti, mapping everything from legs to antennae. Available now to all researchers, & the public: bit.ly/4oO4MzB
HHMI’s @leslievosshall.bsky.social & #VosshallLab at @rockefeller.edu have built the 1st cellular atlas of Aedes aegypti, mapping everything from legs to antennae. Available now to all researchers, & the public: bit.ly/4oO4MzB
Researchers release the world’s first head-to-toe cellular atlas of the mosquito - News
The atlas makes the most dangerous animal in the world a lot easier to study—and perhaps defeat one day.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The world’s “most dangerous animal” just got easier to study 🦟
HHMI’s @leslievosshall.bsky.social & #VosshallLab at @rockefeller.edu have built the 1st cellular atlas of Aedes aegypti, mapping everything from legs to antennae. Available now to all researchers, & the public: bit.ly/4oO4MzB
HHMI’s @leslievosshall.bsky.social & #VosshallLab at @rockefeller.edu have built the 1st cellular atlas of Aedes aegypti, mapping everything from legs to antennae. Available now to all researchers, & the public: bit.ly/4oO4MzB
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ICYMI: A team of researchers unveiled the complete connectome of an entire male fruit fly central nervous system, encompassing the central brain, optic lobes, and ventral nerve cord. https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
Researchers reveal connectome of the male fruit fly central nervous system
A team of researchers at HHMI's Janelia Research Campus has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system—a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ICYMI: A team of researchers unveiled the complete connectome of an entire male fruit fly central nervous system, encompassing the central brain, optic lobes, and ventral nerve cord. https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇
Bats are more than just Halloween icons — HHMI scientists are studying them to explore fundamental questions about the brain & behavior. Their discoveries could have important implications for other species, including humans. Read more: bit.ly/434gm18
Bats are more than just Halloween icons — HHMI scientists are studying them to explore fundamental questions about the brain & behavior. Their discoveries could have important implications for other species, including humans. Read more: bit.ly/434gm18
October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃🦇
Bats are more than just Halloween icons — HHMI scientists are studying them to explore fundamental questions about the brain & behavior. Their discoveries could have important implications for other species, including humans. Read more: bit.ly/434gm18
Bats are more than just Halloween icons — HHMI scientists are studying them to explore fundamental questions about the brain & behavior. Their discoveries could have important implications for other species, including humans. Read more: bit.ly/434gm18
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The first detailed look at how mosquitoes mate from @leslievosshall.bsky.social's lab reverses the assumption that male mosquitoes control the process, finding that a subtle female behavior dictates whether mating will take place or not. @currentbiology.bsky.social
More here: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
More here: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The first detailed look at how mosquitoes mate from @leslievosshall.bsky.social's lab reverses the assumption that male mosquitoes control the process, finding that a subtle female behavior dictates whether mating will take place or not. @currentbiology.bsky.social
More here: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
More here: https://bit.ly/4huwEpL
4 HHMI Investigators have been elected to the @nam.edu!
Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Learn how these investigators are advancing our understanding of biology and human health: hhmi.news/4oxodfS #NAMmtg
Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Learn how these investigators are advancing our understanding of biology and human health: hhmi.news/4oxodfS #NAMmtg
October 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
4 HHMI Investigators have been elected to the @nam.edu!
Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Learn how these investigators are advancing our understanding of biology and human health: hhmi.news/4oxodfS #NAMmtg
Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Learn how these investigators are advancing our understanding of biology and human health: hhmi.news/4oxodfS #NAMmtg
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Rockefeller's Jeff Friedman has won the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize, one of the nation’s most prestigious prizes in biomedicine. Friedman is recognized for his discovery of leptin, which established a biological basis for obesity. Congrats, Jeff!
Jeffrey M. Friedman is awarded the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize - News
Jeffrey M. Friedman has been awarded the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research, one of the nation's most prestigious prizes in biomedicine. Friedman, who is Rockefeller's Marilyn M. Simpson Professor, a Howard Hughes Medic...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Rockefeller's Jeff Friedman has won the 2025 Albany Medical Center Prize, one of the nation’s most prestigious prizes in biomedicine. Friedman is recognized for his discovery of leptin, which established a biological basis for obesity. Congrats, Jeff!
🎉Congrats to Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award! His research will explore how sense of touch contributes to communal behaviors.
October 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🎉Congrats to Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @ishmailsaboor.bsky.social on receiving the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award! His research will explore how sense of touch contributes to communal behaviors.
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NEWS🎉 We’re excited to announce @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Investigator David Stern will join the Institute from Janelia Research Campus. His lab studies how aphids transform plants at the genetic level, uncovering secrets of #evolution & new strategies for pest control. @hhmi.org bit.ly/4np96Fb
Stowers Institute recruits renowned developmental and evolutionary…
David Stern, Ph.D., brings groundbreaking research on insect–plant interactions for next-generation pest control to the Institute.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NEWS🎉 We’re excited to announce @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Investigator David Stern will join the Institute from Janelia Research Campus. His lab studies how aphids transform plants at the genetic level, uncovering secrets of #evolution & new strategies for pest control. @hhmi.org bit.ly/4np96Fb
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🪱New research from the Wang Lab shows how changes in a worm’s lysosomes promoting longevity are transferred to its offspring through the epigenome, revealing how epigenetic modifications that help organisms cope with environmental stress can be inherited.
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Leaving a mark: New research shows how longevity is inherited across generations
New research from the Wang Lab reveals a novel connection between lysosomes & the epigenome and provides new insights into how lysosomes regulate longevity over generations & drive the histone-based t...
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September 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🪱New research from the Wang Lab shows how changes in a worm’s lysosomes promoting longevity are transferred to its offspring through the epigenome, revealing how epigenetic modifications that help organisms cope with environmental stress can be inherited.
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🎉 Congratulations to HHMI Investigators Clifford Brangwynne and Akiko Iwasaki, the two winners of the 30th annual Keio Medical Science Prize. This international prize, awarded by Keio University in Tokyo, honors scientists who have made major contributions to the fields of medical or life sciences.
September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🎉 Congratulations to HHMI Investigators Clifford Brangwynne and Akiko Iwasaki, the two winners of the 30th annual Keio Medical Science Prize. This international prize, awarded by Keio University in Tokyo, honors scientists who have made major contributions to the fields of medical or life sciences.
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🌟 Launch your own lab at Janelia 🌟
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
September 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌟 Launch your own lab at Janelia 🌟
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹 No teaching requirements
🔹 100% internally funded
🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
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We are looking for an #AIEngineer to help build protein language models that capture evolutionary constraints with @matsen.bsky.social and @jbloomlab.bsky.social at #AI@HHMI @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
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AI Engineer - Evolutionary Protein Language Models
Primary Work Address: 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, VA, 20147 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. Intro: AI@HHMI: HHMI is investing $500 million over the next 10 years ...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We are looking for an #AIEngineer to help build protein language models that capture evolutionary constraints with @matsen.bsky.social and @jbloomlab.bsky.social at #AI@HHMI @hhmijanelia.bsky.social
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🎉Congratulations to @maribyndloss.bsky.social @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social and Kim Orth—three HHMI scientists recently honored by The American Society for Microbiology @asm.org
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September 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🎉Congratulations to @maribyndloss.bsky.social @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social and Kim Orth—three HHMI scientists recently honored by The American Society for Microbiology @asm.org
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🧪For more than a decade, the GENIE Project Team has collaborated with tool developers & users to take innovative biological sensors from novel prototypes to widely used laboratory staples.
Now, @janeliagenie.bsky.social is unveiling their latest collaborations.
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Now, @janeliagenie.bsky.social is unveiling their latest collaborations.
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Unleashing the GENIE: Janelia’s Project Team develops state-of-the-art sensors for biological research
For more than a decade, the GENIE Project Team at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus has collaborated with the research campus’s tool developers and tool users to take innovative biological sensors from n...
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September 16, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🧪For more than a decade, the GENIE Project Team has collaborated with tool developers & users to take innovative biological sensors from novel prototypes to widely used laboratory staples.
Now, @janeliagenie.bsky.social is unveiling their latest collaborations.
www.janelia.org/news/unleash...
Now, @janeliagenie.bsky.social is unveiling their latest collaborations.
www.janelia.org/news/unleash...
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📢 Applications are open!
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 Applications are open!
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
Join us in May to explore computational simulation of biomechanical body models, bridging #neuroethology, #ML, physics simulation & computer vision. 🧠🤖 👁
🛏️ Lodging, meals & registration covered
➡️ Apply by Nov. 21 @ https://janelia.news/SIB26
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📢 Conduct your PhD thesis research at Janelia.
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
September 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
📢 Conduct your PhD thesis research at Janelia.
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
🎓 Apply by Dec 3 for our joint graduate programs with Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in neuroscience & cross-disciplinary biology.
🌐 Collaborate across disciplines
🛠️ Work with tool builders
🤝 Train in a supportive environment
➡️ janelia.org/graduate
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Out now in @Nature.Com: Researchers from @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social develop engineered proteins to selectively reduce #cocaine-seeking behavior without affecting natural rewards. This innovative method may lead to new gene therapies for cocaine #addiction
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Rewiring Addiction With Designer Proteins
By custom engineering proteins in the brain, scientists at UC San Diego have shown that addiction can be rewired at the molecular level without negatively impacting enjoyment of normal activities.
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August 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Out now in @Nature.Com: Researchers from @UCSDMedSchool.bsky.social develop engineered proteins to selectively reduce #cocaine-seeking behavior without affecting natural rewards. This innovative method may lead to new gene therapies for cocaine #addiction
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🎉Congratulations to David Baker, winner of the @royalsociety.org's Croonian Medal and Lecture for pioneering the design of completely new proteins and playing key roles in the development of protein structure prediction and protein engineering tools.
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August 28, 2025 at 6:24 PM
🎉Congratulations to David Baker, winner of the @royalsociety.org's Croonian Medal and Lecture for pioneering the design of completely new proteins and playing key roles in the development of protein structure prediction and protein engineering tools.
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LOCL-TL allows researchers to study which proteins are being made, or translated, at specific locations within the cell. @jswlab.bsky.social developed this tool and used it to characterize translation happening at the mitochondria. wi.mit.edu/news/locally... @hhmi.org
Locally produced proteins help mitochondria function | Whitehead Institute
Jonathan Weissman and colleagues developed an optogenetic approach to study where in the cell proteins get made and used it to characterize two groups of proteins produced next to mitochondria. This c...
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August 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
LOCL-TL allows researchers to study which proteins are being made, or translated, at specific locations within the cell. @jswlab.bsky.social developed this tool and used it to characterize translation happening at the mitochondria. wi.mit.edu/news/locally... @hhmi.org
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🧪 New proteomics research is enabling scientists to decipher how neurotransmitter receptors behave & change as an organism develops, information that could help scientists better understand the formation & function of synapses.➡️ https://hhmi.news/4mFMhMY
Researchers detail how neurotransmitter receptors in the fly brain change during development
New proteomics research is enabling scientists to decipher how neurotransmitter receptors behave and change as an organism develops. The new work could help scientists better understand the formation and function of synapses--the junctions where communi...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🧪 New proteomics research is enabling scientists to decipher how neurotransmitter receptors behave & change as an organism develops, information that could help scientists better understand the formation & function of synapses.➡️ https://hhmi.news/4mFMhMY
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📢We're #hiring Group Leaders!
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📢We're #hiring Group Leaders!
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Please join us in congratulating HHMI Investigators Jennifer Doudna (@jenniferdoudna.bsky.social) and David R. Liu, recipients of national awards from the American Chemical Society (@acs.org) for 2026.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Please join us in congratulating HHMI Investigators Jennifer Doudna (@jenniferdoudna.bsky.social) and David R. Liu, recipients of national awards from the American Chemical Society (@acs.org) for 2026.
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