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The first complete genetic sequences of individual mountain lions point the way to better conservation strategies for saving threatened populations of the wild animals.

Scientists have found a new species of choanoflagellate. This close relative of animals forms sheets of cells that “flip” inside-out in response to light, alternating between a cup-shaped feeding form and a ball-like swimming form.

HHMI and the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) are convening a diverse group of stakeholders from across academia to consider how to improve research assessment policies and practices. All are invited to livestream the keynote, panel, and plenary talk sessions.

Scientists have discovered and purified a substance made by rotifers that can paralyze the worms that cause schistosomiasis, a dangerous infection that affects 200 million people worldwide.

William G. Kaelin, Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, and Gregg L. Semenza are the recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.

HHMI announces the selection of 15 exceptional early career scientists as 2019 HHMI Hanna Gray Fellows to support diversity in biomedical research. The 2020 Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program competition is now open. Applications are due on January 8, 2020.

Janelia Research Campus scientists have mapped more than 1,000 neurons in the mouse brain. It’s the most extensive neural wiring diagram available, and the data are accessible online.

Janelia scientists have developed a new way to track neural activity. The technique can target specific brain cells and relies on dyes that are brighter and more stable than those currently used.

HHMI has awarded grants to 44 doctoral adviser-student pairs to improve faculty mentoring skills, support new scientific leaders, and foster diversity and inclusion in science.