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Stowers Institute @stowersinstitute.bsky.social · 8d

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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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · 13d

🪱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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HHMI @hhmi.org · 19d

🥇 @virusesimmunity.bsky.social's work focuses on antiviral immunity and viral disease pathogenesis, with the goal of developing and improving vaccines and therapies.

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HHMI @hhmi.org · 19d

🥇 @brangwynnelab.bsky.social studies phase separation in cells and its role in intracellular signaling, which could potentially help researchers better understand diseases like Alzheimer’s.

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HHMI @hhmi.org · 19d

🎉 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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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · 20d

🌟 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

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Stephan Saalfeld @herrsaalfeld.bsky.social · 20d

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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HHMI @hhmi.org · 22d

🥇 HHMI Investigator Kim Orth, who studies bacterial strategies for infection and survival, received the ASM Award for Basic Research. She was also recently honored by the @asbmb.bsky.social with the Earl and Thressa Stadtman Distinguished Science Award! 🎉 www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/...

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HHMI @hhmi.org · 22d

🥇In recognition of her distinguished career, including her pioneering work on CRISPR gene editing, Nobel Prize winner and HHMI Investigator @jenniferdoudna.bsky.social received the ASM Lifetime Achievement Award.

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HHMI @hhmi.org · 22d

🥇 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar @maribyndloss.bsky.social received the ASM Award for Early Career Basic Research. She studies the link between beneficial host-microbiota metabolic interactions and human disease.

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HHMI @hhmi.org · 22d

🎉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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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · 22d

🧪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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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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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · 26d

📢 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

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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · Sep 5

📢 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

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UC San Diego Health Sciences @ucsdhealthsci.bsky.social · Aug 27

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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HHMI @hhmi.org · Aug 28

🎉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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Whitehead Institute @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 27

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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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · Aug 27

🧪 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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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · Aug 26

📢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

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HHMI @hhmi.org · Aug 22

Liu received the ACS Award for Creative Invention. This award recognizes an inventor with a successful application of research in chemistry and/or chemical engineering that contributes to the material prosperity and happiness of people.

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HHMI @hhmi.org · Aug 22

Doudna is the recipient of the 2026 Priestley Medal. This award is the highest honor bestowed by ACS, and it annually recognizes an individual for distinguished service to chemistry.

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HHMI @hhmi.org · Aug 22

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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HHMI @hhmi.org · Aug 7