2023 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD Columbia University Ishmail Abdus-Saboor is interested in the skin-brain axis for tactile sensations. He wants to understand how the brain ...

While this might look like the pattern on a quilt, this is actually a magnified image of the pattern on the hardened forewings of a beetle. These wings are not used for flying but instead protect the ...

Now why would someone throw paint all over a perfectly good human brain? The good news is that this isn’t a paint splattered brain, but the colors are meaningful. This is a functional magnetic ...

HHMI breaks ground for the Janelia Farm Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) today officially broke ground for its Janelia Farm Research Campus that will be ...

Content of the introductory science experience, which embodies inclusive learning. Learning Community Cluster 1 will implement three coordinated projects: faculty training in the core values of equity ...

HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, brings together teams of scientists to unlock the fundamentals of biology. The Center plays a key role in HHMI's efforts to intentionally integrate ...

New research by HHMI scientists shows that the emotional memory of an experience is malleable. By manipulating neural circuits in the brain of mice, scientists have altered the emotional associations ...

Together, we’re unlocking the fundamentals of biology and building an open, inclusive future for science. Learn more about how we’re moving science forward. HHMI hires individuals from all backgrounds ...

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected 45 doctoral students and their advisers to advance diversity and inclusion in the sciences. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected 45 ...

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected the 2021 class of Gilliam adviser-student pairs as part of a program to advance diversity and inclusion in science. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institutet announced this morning that the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Jack W. Szostak, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute ...

HHMI announces the selection of 25 exceptional early career scientists as 2022 Hanna Gray Fellows. The 2023 Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program competition is now open for applications. HHMI announces the ...