HHMI - Howard Hughes Medical Institue

Discoveries by two HHMI investigators show how proteins that organize into liquid droplets inside cells make certain biological functions possible.

By probing how DNA is packaged in single mouse cells, scientists have uncovered how different types of cells distinguish themselves. The resulting atlas could lead to clearer views of tissue development and how diseases take hold. 

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded grants to 45 doctoral student-adviser pairs to support the development of their scientific leadership and commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the sciences.

Scientists at HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus have taken detailed pictures of the entire brain of an adult female fruit fly using transmission electron microscopy.

With grants to 33 colleges and universities, HHMI is catalyzing efforts to improve the inclusion of students from diverse backgrounds in science education.

A weakened version of the bacteria that causes cholera provides quick protection to rabbits. The vaccine may one day stop outbreaks of the deadly intestinal disease.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded grants to 45 doctoral student-adviser pairs to support the development of their scientific leadership and commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the sciences.

Three brain development genes are found only in humans and may have helped drive the rapid expansion of the brain starting roughly three million years ago.

HHMI invests $200 million in a small cadre of leading scientists, challenging them to push the limits of what we know about biology.

Sixty-six exceptional medical and veterinary students are embarking on a year of research with support from HHMI.

Merging lattice light sheet microscopy with adaptive optics reveals the most detailed picture yet of subcellular dynamics in multicellular organisms.

The crystal structure of a G protein commonly mutated in pituitary tumors could help researchers develop anti-cancer drugs.